Problems with textures on HD4890

[alphafour]

Hey guys My system is as follows -

Windows XP Pro 64-bit
Intel Core 2 Q6600 @ stock 2.4GHz
Seagate 320GB HDD
XFX HD 4890 1024MB
Kingston HyperX 4GB PC2-6400 DDR2 RAM
OCZ 550 W PSU

Now when i play the game everything is fine except for 3 things -

I set everything to high [except for AA which is set to off] (because with a system like mine you don't expect to need to tone everything done) but when I load up the game

1] - The shadows are very boxy and square edged and dont really look like they're on high setting.
2] all the textures except for the buildings are low quality although I've set them to high
3] I get black artifacts/tearing on the screen on the terrain and on some of the vehicles

So yeh all my drivers are upto date etc. I'll send a dxdiag if needed..

Anybody having the same problem?

[smee]

suggest that you delete cache and let it re optimize. first check what your setting are set to in your profile.con.

[Robbi]

the 48xx series is renowned for having bad textures with BF2, boxy shadows etc, Rudd had the same problems iirc, not sure if he had resolved them

[strickt]

You know with my gtx 260 I use full 16x AA so you definitely could turn the AA way up!

[DesmoLocke]

I am currently using a 8800GT Sli setup but prior to that I was using a single HD4850 and I can concur that the 48xx series has problems with shadows and AA with BF2. I definitely suggest a Nvidia card for BF2.

The 4890 is a great card but ATI drivers are always lacking imo.

[alphafour]

thanks the replies guys looks like im gonna have to put my crappy 8800 GTS320 in when i wanna play PR - what a P-ain in the a-R-se.. see what i did there.. smart eh..

EDIT - by the way can somebody tell me how to delete the cache because if its a file in my c drive i cant seem to find it my shaders file is empty already if thats where they're meant to be ?

Much appreciated folks.

[beemer]

thanks the replies guys looks like im gonna have to put my crappy 8800 GTS320 in when i wanna play PR - what a P-ain in the a-R-se.. see what i did there.. smart eh..

EDIT - by the way can somebody tell me how to delete the cache because if its a file in my c drive i cant seem to find it my shaders file is empty already if thats where they're meant to be ?

Much appreciated folks.

Goto

c:/ Documents and settings / Map with your name/my documents/battlefield2/mods/bf2/cache/ and delete the file whats in there.

When you start PR it is forced to optimize you shaders.

hope this helps
regards

[Robbi]

If you are putting your Nvidia card back in just to play PR then what about drivers?

Are you uninstalling the ATi ones everytime you want to plaY?!