is 256MB enough?

Spacedog

my spec:

AMD2100+
256ddr
g-force 4 ti 4200 64MB

friends spec:

P4 2.4Ghz
256ddr
gforce 4 MX 64Mb

we both have simular machines, but battle field/ DC takes an age to load compared to other machines. and another age to stop jittering. is 256MB not enough or could it a driver problem with Nvidia cards?

any help appreciated.

shinzon

Thats more then enough to run DC, what version pf the NVIDIA drivers are ye using, update them if they havent been updated and you shud be alright, but remember more memory = better performance

regards

shin

jow

Hi,

Thats more then enough to run DC, what version pf the NVIDIA drivers are ye using, update them if they havent been updated and you shud be alright, but remember more memory = better performance

sorry, I think 256MB is the absolute minimum amount of memory...

Loading take ages, frame rates drop because of neverending access to the harddisk and so on.

Do yourself and your friend a favour and upgrade to minimum of 512 MB....

I had the same problem last year and upgrading it first to 512 and then to 768MB has given an incredible performance boost...

The GeForce 4200 will be good for at least 60 - 100 fps without anti-aliasing in 1024x768 resolution.

Maybe the MX will have to reduce some details.

But shinzon was right: have a look for the latest nvidia drivers (anything above 41.xx will do).

The performance in battlefield in very much dependent on the amount of memory.....

jow

shinzon

I was running bf1942 on 256 nps, no lagginess no page load probs

Regards

Shin

Spacedog

cheers lads, guess a bit of ram and a detonator d/l are in order

n1ck

I play with 2.4 p4 512 ddr and a gf 2 ti and host 32 bots only lag i get is when i am flying the choppers up quite high when it has to render loads of textures otherwise i am fine.

Winters

I play with 256 DDR and i can find it a bit too little at times. I plan to buy a stick of 512 DDR as soon as i can get the money. If you double your ram your loading times should drop by at least 33% i've been told.

Also, for the most updated drivers, see my site: [ GameEditing.tk ]. The site one has a preview of the downloads but all the drivers you need to keep your system and Battlefield running smoothly are in there

po0k

P3 800 Cu @ stock
640Meg PC100 SDRam
GF2 Pro 64meg DDR AGP 2x (mobo doesn't support 4x) @ stock
BX northbridge (I forget the model of my mobo, AOpen AX6BC or something)

At 800x600 with medium details I get a fine playable FPS (haven't played in a while, and have to peruse the console cmds yet but...), feels like ~60fps.

Used to playing at 85+

the_syco

geforce 4 mx = geforce 2 + a little updating.
even a geforce 3 is better than a geforce 4 mx.

Spacedog

true, GF4 MX is a GF2 with ddr memory, still a reasonably good card though if you aren't willing to pay an arm and a leg for a graphics card, You really have to be a game-nut to pay for the latest and greatest video cards.