Game Runs Slowly

[Gaspar212]

Hey guys...

I have re-installed BF2 R after being away for a long time, but my game runs slowly. I think I have all the requirements to run the game just fine.

Operating System - Windows Vista

Processor - AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 4400+ 2.30 GHz

RAM - 3,00 GB

Graphics Card - ATI Radeon 2100 700mb

I thought this was enough to play BF2 R, at least meats the minimum requirements that come in the PR Manual

Can you help me out?

[Hunterman0101]

Vista x32 or x64?

It ll be better to install Win XP SP3 x32 and all ll work fine.

[Gaspar212]

I have Vista 32 bit.

How can I get the Win XP SP3 x32?

[LITOralis.nMd]

Hunterman you can not talk about pirated software on this forum.

[LITOralis.nMd]

Gaspar212, your video card is marginally able to play PR, since you left the PR developers have pushed the BF2 engine further, I'm not sure you can play.

First, download new drivers for your GPU chipset.

Second, fully uninstall your current drivers for your current GPU chipset.

LITOralis.nMd']download this.
Driver Fusion - The Complete Driver Solution

install it, run it, completely uninstall the Radeon 2100 drivers.

REBOOT.

Do NOT allow the new hardware wizard to install drivers.

Install the drivers, make sure to do a custom install so no junkware is added in the installation.

REBOOT.

You should then be good to go, though on some games you might need to delete the shaders caches once, especially with BF2 and PR.

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Next, you need to optimize your system for gaming:

LITOralis.nMd']Recording with Fraps cuts fps by 50% on ALL systems. NO way around this afaik.

As for increasing your fps, we have some common solutions,
delete the shaders cache in your c:\Users\[USERNAME]\Documents\Battlefield 2\mods\bf2\cache folder
then
1. defrag your hard drive. the PR and addons installers tend to get fragmented, which slows down read/writes and slows down fps.
2A. Download and install IOBit Gamebooster3. Speed Up Slow Computer, Keep PC and Internet Secure, Freeware Download - IObit
MajorGeeks.com has a decent video tutorial on using this program:
Using IOBit Game Booster 3 by Majorgeeks.com - YouTube

2B. Read through these guides:
Windows 8 Install & Optimization Guide for SSDs & HDDs ─ Sean's Windows 8 Install & Optimization Guide for SSDs & HDDs
Windows 7 Install & Optimization Guide for SSDs & HDDs - Sean's Windows 7 Install & Optimization Guide for SSDs & HDDs
Windows 8, 7 , Vista, and XP Tweakguides from Tweakguides.com TweakGuides.com - The TweakGuides Tweaking Companion

3. Download Bitsum ProcessLasso Free. Make sure you download the correct version, Free 32 bit or Free 64 bit, Process Lasso - Automate and optimize priorities, CPU affinities, power profiles, and much more!
-- Start PR, alt tab to desktop, open ProcessLAsso window, right click on PR.exe, TR.exe, BF2.exe, PRMumble.exe and pnkbstra.exe and pnkbstrB.exe and give them default priority status of High, set the Tr PR and BF2 to gaming mode, and give them high or higher access to RAM.
4. Determine which OS you have, and if it is 32 bit or 64 bit. Once you are 100% certain you know , follow this guide for your OS:
https://www.realitymod.com/forum/f27-pr ... b-ram.html

5. Check your Page File, if set to a sliding value, I suggest
deleting pagefile.
rebooting.
resetting pagefile manually to a single minimum/maximum.
Here is the raw information to determine your correct pagefile: How to determine the appropriate page file size for 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2008 and or Windows 2008 R2
And here is a video tutorial to figure out your correct pagefile size:

then optionally:
manually setting it to a single minimum/maximum, and getting a defrag progam that will move the pagefile to the beginning of your hard drive. A free option:FAQ Special files - How do I defragment "C:\pagefile.sys" (the swapfile)?

SO.
Step 1. fixes any hard drive issues.
Step 2. shut downs unneeded background processes freeing up RAM and system resources.
Step 3. Gives the BF2 and PR and PRmumble and punkbuster programs High priority for RAM and system resources.
Step 4. Gives the BF2 and PR.exe programs the ability to use individually over 2GB of RAM when needed, and reduces the amount of RAM being reserved (wasted) by the OS.
Step 5. Create fixed size Pagefile and defragmenting it.