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Guys, my game is freezing all the time.

First I thought it was Lag, but then I played Coop and the same thing happens!
Daniel, a german user told me that is because my RAM do not match with the Win 7 version(64 bits). He's right, but it can happen in a single game? Because I play Just Cause 2, Sniper Elite V2 on the highiest settings, AND NO LAGS!! And BF2 Vanilla and FH2 runs fine!

Someone can explain me that?

Daniel doesn't always give the best advise. Any type of RAM can work with Windows 7.

Please tell us your system specs and we'll try to help you out.

[R-COM]LITOralis.nMd wrote:Daniel doesn't always give the best advise. Any type of RAM can work with Windows 7.

Please tell us your system specs and we'll try to help you out.

ok, DO NOT LAUGH!

Intel Pentium Dual core E5400, 2.7GHz
2gb RAM
Sapphire HD 7750 1gb DDR5
Windows 7 64 bits

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 process priorities, CPU affinities, power profiles, and 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. reduce the amount of RAM being reserved (wasted) by the OS.
Step 5. Create fixed size Pagefile and defragmenting it.[/QUOTE]

Afaik I never meant the TYPE of RAM doesn't "fit", I just meant that 2 GB is incredibly low, PR would run just perfect on 4 GB...

I'll take a guess that you're running out of physical memory so Windows is having to fallback to virtual. If you're able to, get another 2GB of RAM installed (or at a minimum 1GB). After doing that, monitor how much memory your system uses when running memory-intensive applications. If it never uses more than the value of RAM you have installed then you have the option to disable Windows virtual memory for a significant performance increase.

This works great on XP, though I'm not sure about 7. It's possible it handles memory better and doesn't require it, but assuming it doesn't, it could easily explain the pauses you're seeing there (as the game struggles to load data from virtual memory fast enough).

Daniel wrote:Afaik I never meant the TYPE of RAM doesn't "fit", I just meant that 2 GB is incredibly low, PR would run just perfect on 4 GB...

Ja Daniel, you're right, but is strange the fact of games such BF3, Sniper Elite V2 and Just Cause 2 runs fine. Sniper and Just Cause i play on ultra and with antialiasing, BF3 i play on normal.

MATUSALEM wrote:but is strange the fact of games such BF3, Sniper Elite V2 and Just Cause 2 runs fine. Sniper and Just Cause i play on ultra and with antialiasing, BF3 i play on normal.

Different games, different demands, different code.

I can tell you for a fact that 2GB of RAM, even of BF2's lowest settings, will not be enough for PR. It will have to use virtual memory to make up for it, and that means disk access, and that (often) means pauses in game play. And you're running Windows 7 which I'll guess is using a lot more RAM in the first place compared to XP.

When the pauses occur, have a look at the hard disk activity light to see if it coincides.

I'll buy more 2GB, i hope that fix it.

Gr8 idea... And any chance you can get a little bit newer gfx card/bit more powerful than 9400 GT?

Daniel wrote:Gr8 idea... And any chance you can get a little bit newer gfx card/bit more powerful than 9400 GT?

hahaha, already done man, now i have AMD Radeon HD7750.

Ah ya, gr8, man, will you also be participating in our F|H Campaign "Eastern Turmoil" then ?
https://www.realitymod.com/forum/f376-p ... ost1860374 , image-heavy, will load some time...




Lol, my friend once had the 5770, you the 7750, is just one place better xD (position 64.)
http://www.pc-erfahrung.de/grafikkarte/ ... liste.html