Battlefield 2

IDLE · December 5th, 2006

Battlefield 2 works just fine on the latest RC2 version of Vista. actually runs much smoother than XP did. the latest nvidia drivers for 32bit vista had no isses or any glitches. worked great!

GEN3RIC · December 7th, 2006

How is it running smoother on Vista? I heard "all gaming will be 10-15% slower on Vista due to WPF" (which I believe is bogus since the fancy effects are turned off when the game starts..)

I am curious because if it really is good, then I will gladly install it on Vista! It ran pretty bad on my XP box, pretty much just because of RAM limitations. I already excessively access my pagefile.. I need more RAM

**LordOfLA** · December 7th, 2006

well gaming was supposed to be worse on xp too

GEN3RIC · December 7th, 2006

as opposed to what? i forgot what gaming was like before XP.

DOS?????? LOL

**VenomXt** · December 7th, 2006

Windows 2000.

IDLE · December 11th, 2006

i cant tell you why it runs better, but it does. the graphics seem to be more smooth than XP. i dont know if its the drivers that came for vista that changed in Xp. no idea. just thought i would share some love and let you all know.

Dublex · December 11th, 2006

Its most likely to be DX10 if that is on vista and the drivers, rather than Vista itself, as the difference between XP and Vista isn't really like the difference between a skoda and a ferrari

**Shamus MacNoob** · December 11th, 2006

DX10 makes no difference with a card that is DX9 none at all

IDLE · December 15th, 2006

agreed. mine is not DX10 capable. i have a 6800GS OC

Sadistic · December 21st, 2006

Originally Posted by IDLE

agreed. mine is not DX10 capable. i have a 6800GS OC

its not capable but run the same games as a dx10...since it has SM 3.0....

the first game that will come out (Crysis) will run in dx 10 and dx9 + SM 3.0..

**Shamus MacNoob** · December 24th, 2006

The new games will have dx10 and also dx 9 why because if they all went DX10 right away they would loose 95% of their sales.

**LeeJend** · December 24th, 2006

Been thinking on the BF2 improved performance and after reading benchies from NetRyder I'm pretty sure the improvement comes from better utilization of multithreading and multiprocessors in Vista.

My BF2 chokesperiodically as some background task kicksin and starves yhe BF2 thread of resources. This has not been apparent on BF 2142. On the other hand BF2142 has issues with choking the the game server or the Internet connection.

Takes a tough server to run BF 2142. Many servers forbid moving the Titans off the main base. It overloads them badly. Really annoying since close air support is necessary to replace the Orbital bombardemnt that is not available in Titan mode.

LeGen aka NMO_LeGen

Dublex · December 25th, 2006

Originally Posted by LeeJend

Takes a tough server to run BF 2142. Many servers forbid moving the Titans off the main base. It overloads them badly. Really annoying since close air support is necessary to replace the Orbital bombardemnt that is not available in Titan mode.

LeGen aka NMO_LeGen

I don't know, it makes you have to think of a better strategy and watch the ground positions more if you can't move the titan off its starting point.

**epk** · January 3rd, 2007

idle... what are your system specs? cos i tried bf2 on vista rc2 w/ lastest nv drivers (my graphics board is a 7600gs) and it runs way slower than on xp sp2

it works perfect, just really slow (same as f.e.a.r.)

**Shamus MacNoob** · January 3rd, 2007

All games will be slower on Vista thats the price we pay each new OS ... but hardware is so much faster now it really wont matter in the end.

**Khayman** · January 3rd, 2007

not true, just not true

IDLE · January 3rd, 2007

Originally Posted by epk

idle... what are your system specs? cos i tried bf2 on vista rc2 w/ lastest nv drivers (my graphics board is a 7600gs) and it runs way slower than on xp sp2

it works perfect, just really slow (same as f.e.a.r.)

AMD 3000+ 64bit Athlon
2gig DDR 400 mem
250 SATA drive
BFG Geforce 6800 GC OC AGP 8x
Audigy 2 Gamer sound card

Nothing is overclocked except my video card but it was done by BFG

**epk** · January 3rd, 2007

Originally Posted by Khayman

not true, just not true

what? games being slower on vista? why wouldn't they be? it uses more resources and drivers are less optimized

it's true that in the end it won't matter... it's the same as what happened with xp

in response to idle comment: that's weird... maybe it's the 2gb of ram (i only got 1 and vista needs a lot)

IDLE · January 3rd, 2007

Originally Posted by Khayman

not true, just not true

i would have to agree. i thought that when i first tested Vista out, but the last build i have is basically flawless for what i use it for.( the last connect beta build 5744?)

**Shamus MacNoob** · January 3rd, 2007

Originally Posted by Khayman

not true, just not true

Its a fact no one is going to deny they are saying 10% slower its just normal .

December 5th, 2006	Top \| #1
IDLE OSNN Senior Addict Joined: February 2004 Posts: 375 Reputation: 80 Power: 104	Battlefield 2 Battlefield 2 works just fine on the latest RC2 version of Vista. actually runs much smoother than XP did. the latest nvidia drivers for 32bit vista had no isses or any glitches. worked great!

December 7th, 2006	Top \| #2
GEN3RIC OSNN Senior Addict Joined: April 2005 Location: Woodbury, MN Posts: 634 Reputation: 260 Power: 96	Re: Battlefield 2 How is it running smoother on Vista? I heard "all gaming will be 10-15% slower on Vista due to WPF" (which I believe is bogus since the fancy effects are turned off when the game starts..) I am curious because if it really is good, then I will gladly install it on Vista! It ran pretty bad on my XP box, pretty much just because of RAM limitations. I already excessively access my pagefile.. I need more RAM

December 7th, 2006	Top \| #3
LordOfLA Godlike! Joined: February 2004 Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK Posts: 7,031 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 4137 Power: 213	Re: Battlefield 2 well gaming was supposed to be worse on xp too If HK-47 and GLaDOS had a child, the character they create would cause the video game world to overdose on awesome. -sheridanmovieguy: Dragon age forum user.

December 7th, 2006	Top \| #4
GEN3RIC OSNN Senior Addict Joined: April 2005 Location: Woodbury, MN Posts: 634 Reputation: 260 Power: 96	Re: Battlefield 2 as opposed to what? i forgot what gaming was like before XP. DOS?????? LOL

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December 11th, 2006	Top \| #6
IDLE OSNN Senior Addict Joined: February 2004 Posts: 375 Reputation: 80 Power: 104	Re: Battlefield 2 i cant tell you why it runs better, but it does. the graphics seem to be more smooth than XP. i dont know if its the drivers that came for vista that changed in Xp. no idea. just thought i would share some love and let you all know.

December 11th, 2006	Top \| #7
Dublex Quazatron R6 droid Joined: January 2002 Location: Hertfordshire, UK Posts: 624 Reputation: 180 Power: 134	Re: Battlefield 2 Its most likely to be DX10 if that is on vista and the drivers, rather than Vista itself, as the difference between XP and Vista isn't really like the difference between a skoda and a ferrari

December 11th, 2006	Top \| #8
Shamus MacNoob OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: January 2002 Location: Brossard,Quebec Posts: 4,199 Blog Entries: 1 Reputation: 1481 Power: 182	Re: Battlefield 2 DX10 makes no difference with a card that is DX9 none at all ASUS PN5-E SLI,Intel E8400,2 x 8800GTX 768mb SLI,ASUS VW266H 26 inch LCD, 8 GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer, Silverstone Strider 850watt PSU.Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit.

December 15th, 2006	Top \| #9
IDLE OSNN Senior Addict Joined: February 2004 Posts: 375 Reputation: 80 Power: 104	Re: Battlefield 2 agreed. mine is not DX10 capable. i have a 6800GS OC

December 21st, 2006	Top \| #10
Sadistic OSNN One Post Wonder Joined: December 2006 Posts: 1 Reputation: 0 Power: 0	Re: Battlefield 2 Originally Posted by IDLE agreed. mine is not DX10 capable. i have a 6800GS OC its not capable but run the same games as a dx10...since it has SM 3.0.... the first game that will come out (Crysis) will run in dx 10 and dx9 + SM 3.0..

December 24th, 2006	Top \| #11
Shamus MacNoob OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: January 2002 Location: Brossard,Quebec Posts: 4,199 Blog Entries: 1 Reputation: 1481 Power: 182	Re: Battlefield 2 The new games will have dx10 and also dx 9 why because if they all went DX10 right away they would loose 95% of their sales. ASUS PN5-E SLI,Intel E8400,2 x 8800GTX 768mb SLI,ASUS VW266H 26 inch LCD, 8 GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer, Silverstone Strider 850watt PSU.Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit.

December 24th, 2006	Top \| #12
LeeJend OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: January 2003 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 5,261 Reputation: 3386 Power: 199	Re: Battlefield 2 Been thinking on the BF2 improved performance and after reading benchies from NetRyder I'm pretty sure the improvement comes from better utilization of multithreading and multiprocessors in Vista. My BF2 chokesperiodically as some background task kicksin and starves yhe BF2 thread of resources. This has not been apparent on BF 2142. On the other hand BF2142 has issues with choking the the game server or the Internet connection. Takes a tough server to run BF 2142. Many servers forbid moving the Titans off the main base. It overloads them badly. Really annoying since close air support is necessary to replace the Orbital bombardemnt that is not available in Titan mode. LeGen aka NMO_LeGen Thought for the new millenium: In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates? - Open Office - Firefox - Thunderbird - Gimp -Ubuntu - Red Hat -

December 25th, 2006	Top \| #13
Dublex Quazatron R6 droid Joined: January 2002 Location: Hertfordshire, UK Posts: 624 Reputation: 180 Power: 134	Re: Battlefield 2 Originally Posted by LeeJend Takes a tough server to run BF 2142. Many servers forbid moving the Titans off the main base. It overloads them badly. Really annoying since close air support is necessary to replace the Orbital bombardemnt that is not available in Titan mode. LeGen aka NMO_LeGen I don't know, it makes you have to think of a better strategy and watch the ground positions more if you can't move the titan off its starting point.

January 3rd, 2007	Top \| #14
epk OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: October 2006 Location: Buenos Aires Posts: 1,242 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 951 Power: 90	Re: Battlefield 2 idle... what are your system specs? cos i tried bf2 on vista rc2 w/ lastest nv drivers (my graphics board is a 7600gs) and it runs way slower than on xp sp2 it works perfect, just really slow (same as f.e.a.r.)

January 3rd, 2007	Top \| #15
Shamus MacNoob OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: January 2002 Location: Brossard,Quebec Posts: 4,199 Blog Entries: 1 Reputation: 1481 Power: 182	Re: Battlefield 2 All games will be slower on Vista thats the price we pay each new OS ... but hardware is so much faster now it really wont matter in the end. ASUS PN5-E SLI,Intel E8400,2 x 8800GTX 768mb SLI,ASUS VW266H 26 inch LCD, 8 GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer, Silverstone Strider 850watt PSU.Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit.

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January 3rd, 2007	Top \| #16
Khayman I'm sorry Hal... Joined: January 2002 Location: England Posts: 5,514 Reputation: 1210 Power: 194	Re: Battlefield 2 not true, just not true "I'm on the server side. I don't know what side you're on"

January 3rd, 2007	Top \| #17
IDLE OSNN Senior Addict Joined: February 2004 Posts: 375 Reputation: 80 Power: 104	Re: Battlefield 2 Originally Posted by epk idle... what are your system specs? cos i tried bf2 on vista rc2 w/ lastest nv drivers (my graphics board is a 7600gs) and it runs way slower than on xp sp2 it works perfect, just really slow (same as f.e.a.r.) AMD 3000+ 64bit Athlon 2gig DDR 400 mem 250 SATA drive BFG Geforce 6800 GC OC AGP 8x Audigy 2 Gamer sound card Nothing is overclocked except my video card but it was done by BFG

January 3rd, 2007	Top \| #18
epk OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: October 2006 Location: Buenos Aires Posts: 1,242 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 951 Power: 90	Re: Battlefield 2 Originally Posted by Khayman not true, just not true what? games being slower on vista? why wouldn't they be? it uses more resources and drivers are less optimized it's true that in the end it won't matter... it's the same as what happened with xp in response to idle comment: that's weird... maybe it's the 2gb of ram (i only got 1 and vista needs a lot)

January 3rd, 2007	Top \| #19
IDLE OSNN Senior Addict Joined: February 2004 Posts: 375 Reputation: 80 Power: 104	Re: Battlefield 2 Originally Posted by Khayman not true, just not true i would have to agree. i thought that when i first tested Vista out, but the last build i have is basically flawless for what i use it for.( the last connect beta build 5744?)

January 3rd, 2007	Top \| #20
Shamus MacNoob OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: January 2002 Location: Brossard,Quebec Posts: 4,199 Blog Entries: 1 Reputation: 1481 Power: 182	Re: Battlefield 2 Originally Posted by Khayman not true, just not true Its a fact no one is going to deny they are saying 10% slower its just normal . ASUS PN5-E SLI,Intel E8400,2 x 8800GTX 768mb SLI,ASUS VW266H 26 inch LCD, 8 GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer, Silverstone Strider 850watt PSU.Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit.