Sick of low fps, need help please

[ryan_ace_10]

Ive owned PR for a while now and many times experience low fps when games like metro 2033 and fallout new vegas run fine.

CPU - Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2220 @ 2.40GHz
GPU - NVidia GeForce GTX 275
RAM - 4Gb (recognises about 3.3gb)

At the moment I run it on high with 8x anti aliasing, but before you say why dont you run on lower settings, I've found it doesnt make much of a difference. On many maps even on low settings I am still getting low fps.

Another peculiar thing is my fps seems to drop a lot when I look towards the centre of the map whether I am staring into a brick wall or otherwise.

any help appreciated, I love the game but would like to experience it without bad fps.

[D33PS1X]

May I ask why you have a GTX 275 but a Pentium dual core? It could be the processors fault, since newer games might utilize the GPU more. See how fast your internet is/pingtest and then we'll see.

[SnipingCoward]

What resolution are you running?

Turning down AA usually helps with FPS alot.

This looking at the map center thing appears to be a more common problem, I think its beeing worked on by the devs. Along with a few other performance tweaks.

BF2 is a CPU intensive game. The better the CPU the better BF2 will perform.
Try setting affinity for the game (BF2.exe) to only one core.

[FuzzySquirrel]

Not sure if this is your problem but running in Compatibility Mode / Admin Mode destroyed my FPS so I'd make sure you have them disabled.

[ryan_ace_10]

D33PS1X - I have a fast internet connection (for where I live) around 2-3 MB/s. Good old australian internet, slow and expensive compared to the rest of the world . When i play on aussie servers ping is about 30-40.
And I have a gtx 275 and pentium d because i havent had the money for a mobo and cpu upgrade yet. Next thing on my list.

[R-COM]SnipingCoward - How do I go about setting setting the game to run on only one core??

FuzzySquirrel - I am running windows XP with only the one user so I am the system admin is that what you mean by admin mode? Or are you referring to that annoying tool in windows vista?

[ryan_ace_10]

oh and I am running resoution at 1920x1080

[ryan_ace_10]

Pingtest result
0% packet loss
ping - 38ms
jitter - 10ms

[SnipingCoward]

[R-COM]SnipingCoward - How do I go about setting setting the game to run on only one core??

google is your friend:
How To Set Processor Affinity To An Application In Windows 7,Vista,XP


1920x1080 is quite high of a resolution. Reducing it would probably increase your FPS but if you use a lower res than your LCD's native resolution you will have a blurry image.

[Mines_Skyline]

Try setting affinity for the game (BF2.exe) to only one core.

Now I understand that BF2.exe is a single core program. and i also understand that MANY MANY MANY people are suggesting the above solution. But what i dont understand is that when i tried that, i actually got worse performance. like a LOT worse. for some reason, BF2.exe is capable using more than 1 core on my computer.

I can even SEE that. When i put it on 1 core only, that core goes to 100% and all other cores are like 2-5% and my performance goes to shits. But as soon as i set it to 2 or 3 cores, i can actually see all 2 or 3 cores being used while the 4th core still stays at 2-5% and the performance goes back to normal. I dont understand why or how that happens, but it does for me.

So i guess for a dual core it wud be better, but not for a quad core? can someone explain why this happens?

[Johncro]

Your last statement would be false.
I have a Quad Core, with at least 100+ other people here.

what are your other specs?

[Mines_Skyline]

AMD Phenom X4 9600 @ 2.4 GHz
GTX 460 SC
4 GB DDR2 800 MHz

but my specs dont matter. all i want to know is why and how can BF2 use more than 1 core (for me at least) when it is a single core application.

[Johncro]

Do you have any more applicatiosn running?
Mumble, TS? Anti Virus?

[Mines_Skyline]

yes i do. Vent and Fraps (but not recording). I use gamebooster to shut off all the unused services and stuff.

[Johncro]

Turn those off and then report back

[Mines_Skyline]

what??? i need those. my question has nothing to do with fraps and vent dude.

All i want to know is HOW a single core app can use more than 1 core (3-4 cores)

[Johncro]

what??? i need those. my question has nothing to do with fraps and vent dude.

All i want to know is HOW a single core app can use more than 1 core (3-4 cores)

*sigh*

Its not about that.
Its the fact you have other applications up.

Let me explain.

You have BF2 Core 1
Fraps Core 2
Vent Core 3

very basic, like quite basic, but all applications use the processor cores, just because you have 3 running doesnt mean that only BF2 will use a core.

[Mines_Skyline]

u obviously didnt read my original post

i said when i have BF2 set to 1 core, i see 100% usage on THAT core and the other 3 cores are at 2-5% (with all the stuff thats running in the background)

when i switch it to TWO cores, then THOSE 2 cores go to like 60% each, and the OTHER 2 cores are STILL at 2-5%

so on. get it? quit trollin'!!! Thanks for offering to help, but let someone else explain since u dont know what im asking.

[Johncro]

Sorry for not understanding?
But trolling seriously?
i tried my best yet all i get is, stop trolling.
Have fun trying to get other help.