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[Capt. Conair]

So, about a month ago i got a 2.8 ghz processor and a new motherboard... which would allow me to play BF2. my old processor was 1.4ghz (bleh). Then about a week ago, i got 512mb more RAM to give me a total of 1024. I thought I'd have virtually no lag on regular BF, but nope. I still get the same amount of lag as before (it actually seems like more sometimes), and I can still only play on servers with 20 or less people. Preferably 15 or less.

Does anyone know whats wrong? or did i install something wrong?

[PuCkBuNnY]

Is your ping bad at these servers? Anything about 150max and 150 isn't pleasant to play on will have loads of lag. Cause you pc sounds just fine and dandy to play BF.

[Limpnoodle]

It is lag from your connection or is it lag because your system is running low on resources? You could have an uber comp. but if your connection sucks then you will have lag.

-Limp

[King of the Squirrels]

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Report back and we will see what we can do.

[paper_gh0st]

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[Capt. Conair]

Thanks Squirrel... I did all of that and found a fair amount of problems, but i still get the same amount of lag. I defrag about once a month and did it yesterday, but that didnt seem to make a difference either. Finally, how would i find the speed of my hard drive, and if it is my internet connection, how could i improve that?

Thanks for the help.

[Lin]

Have you power cycled your modem recently? It's possible your ISP has made changes to your service, and power cycling will complete that process.

[Snake]

What type of video card do you have?

[Jack]

Does the lag you get consist of: 1) reload bug from hell, 2) running into things when you think you are well clear of them, 3) ghosts (random soldiers appear right by you in the middle of bfn for a second), 4) rubber bullets, 5) 4 nades, 6) not being able to cycle between weapons, etc.?

And as Snake said, what is your vid card? The CPU upgrade should help you, but most of the time the vid card is a prob.

Finally, are you on a network at home or not? If you are, make sure you are the only one on when yoo play.

Try this link


http://www.the-armor...read.php?t=2241

[Capt. Conair]

Lin, how would i power cycle my modem?

Jack and Socal, I've got a Nvidia Geforce FX 5500 128 mb, and my lag consists of all six of those, all the time.

At home, I'm connected to my other computer's internet with a wireless Linksys thing. That may be the problem.

[Jack]

Welcome to my world. Change the vid card or try to OC it if you know what you are doing. Nvidia's Coolbits is pretty easy to use.

As far as the network, get wired if you can.

One thing you may want to try is buy a card from a place that gives refunds on them. Take it home, use it for a day and see if it helps. If it does not, bring it back. If you get an Nvidia card you will be able to use the same drivers.

BTW, do you have all the latest drivers for your vid card, audio, mobo (GART and all those good things), etc.?

[Noobie1 Canoli]

Define Lag. Do you mean that you game stutters? Or are you pinging out?

If it is your connection, check DSL Reports

Use 2 tests: Speed Test and Tweak Test

go from there.

[Lin]

Power cycling is just what the ISP calls it, it means turning the power off of your modem to clear the onboard memory. If you have a router you might want to power cycle that at the same time. Then boot up the modem until it's ready, bring up the router and let it go through its testing stages, and then your computer.

[King of the Squirrels]

Basically Just unplug them "router and modem" form the wall/ power strip. Let stay unplug to several minutes and clear thier memory. It will not hurt them. follow lin instruction I bet this help out too.

[Timmy]

if ur problem is that persistent then call ur internet provider and they should fix it for free

[Afrika Korps]

I would upgrade the Graphics Card if I had the cash.

An ATi 9600XT 256mb would run it nice and smooth. The card you have right now is equivalent to the Ati 9200.

I have a nVidia GeForce 2 MX. And I rawk it hawrd.

[pr0nasaurus rex]

The wireless networking should have virtually ZERO effect on performance. When playing lan games on my home wifi network, pings stay below 20 all the time.

On my 1.5mbps cable internet, on CS1, i usually get 40-60 ping. You should have no connection problems with broadband.

If you have dialup, you need to get broadband. I hate to say it, but it's become quite impossible to play games decently on 56k.

The GF FX5500 is probably your problem. The 5500 is terrible; I doubt it's even as good as a GeForce 4 MX440.

Get a GeForce 6600GT AGP for about $200, or, if your budget allows, a Radeon X800XL AGP for roughly $300.

[Vassilij Zaitsev]

[adinar]

Definitely do a DSL speed test & tell us what your download/upload speeds are. You still haven't said definitively if you have broadband?

What kind of pings do you get in game? Again, where you are located geographically will affect this.

What are your video settings in BF1942 set to? Option->Video (Custom, high, med, or low)? You may want to try running it at the lowest settings (custom, turn everything down, or off) to see if that helps.

For example, I have broadband (1.2Mbps connection), ping of anywhere btw 20-30, but am running a measly Geforce2 Ultra, but the game is definitely playable (little lag, little jerkiness) when I'm running the absolute lowest settings.

[Capt. Conair]

I'm pretty sure I have broadband... my download speed is about 1800 kbps, and my upload speed is just above 400 kbps.

I live in CO and usually get a ping of around 60-70.

All of my settings are turned down except for texture quality, which is at 60%.

It probably is my vid card, so I'll save up $200 and get one. Gahh, I'm broke after my "upgrade" though.