I run BF good but....

FeuerKrieg14 · 10-30-2003, 12:34 AM

I want to know how i can get BF to load faster, my friend(who has poor performance in BF) loads in less than 10 seconds. i on the other hand take about 2 minutes. any help?

NDA · 10-30-2003, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by FeuerKrieg14

any help?

How about some system stats?

NDA

FeuerKrieg14 · 10-30-2003, 01:26 AM

i have 256 MB RAM, Geforce 4 TI 4200,with intel pentium 4 processor and windows XP

[Damien] · 10-30-2003, 01:51 AM

There's your problem, 256 of ram is not nearly enough, (take it from someone who knows only too well, I only have 256 and mine runs like shit.)

FeuerKrieg14 · 10-30-2003, 02:14 AM

it runs great with AF and AS on x6 and on max settings but i guess your right. ill just buy some ram.

but what ram do u recommend buying at around 50 bucks?

[Damien] · 10-30-2003, 02:52 AM

It all depends on what your board can take, I can't even run AA, AF or anything like that without mine going screwy. I have a 1.6g P4, 256 SDRAM, Geforce FX5600 (it runs like shit, I hope its just being bottlenecked by my ram and the fact that that its only running at AGP 4x and not 8x like it wants to as thats all my board can handle) and Win XP running on a 1mbit cable connection. I think if your board can handle it I personally would go for a 512 mb stick of pc2700 DDR, It's cheap and powerful enough for modest gaming use. You should check your mobo's website or the manual though before you buy to make sure it will be compatible.

10-30-2003, 05:07 AM

7200 rpm or faster hard drive with 8mb of cache ohhhh baby i load in no time yehah and more ram

System Specs
AMD Athlon XP 2200+
ASUS A7N8X-X
1024mb DDR PC2700(Dual Channel 512x2)
Sapphire Radeon 9600pro 128mb
SBLive! 5.1
60gig Maxtor UATA133
2 10gig Western Digital HD(Raid)
Sony 24x/16x/32x
MSI DVD-Rom 16x
Windows 2000 sp4

Kikmaidog · 10-30-2003, 11:17 AM

Also if you're on WinXP set the compatability mode of the BF1942 icon to Windows 2000. A few ppl suggested this, and I had painfully slow load times, but doing this made a massive difference.

It was originally on Win98 and that was the worst, no compatability wasn't as bad, but not good - Win2k compat mode though - very fast. Don't know why though...

[Damien] · 10-30-2003, 12:48 PM

Thanks, never knew about that. I'll give it a try.

Dick_Justice · 10-30-2003, 12:52 PM

Well, to load BF faster you must reduce the texture quality. Thats what takes so much time to load...

reduce it from 100 % to 80, or maybe 60 %. That should make a big difference.

Kikmaidog · 10-30-2003, 12:59 PM

I'm sure that's true, but this wasn't just a 'ooh, this is a little slow' thing. My load time... as I type - I just loaded in a map in 10 seconds right now. Before when it was on Win 98 compat mode it was taking 10 MINUTES... and i'm not exaggerating. I would go off and do stuff for a while, come back and it still wasn't loaded. It would go about 30% through the load, then music would stutter and the load would stall for ages etc.

Anyway, that was clearly a big problem, it might not work for everyone, but everyone I read that had this problem solved it this way - I was skeptical till I did it too.

Now if only I could get music back on the victory/loss 'results' screen instead of awful stuttering, my BF 1942 would be working again properly for the first time in 2 weeks when I patched to 1.45

Alas, it's not likely to happen...

kudakal · 10-30-2003, 02:32 PM

too much of that music gets annoying i suggest take it off in the options and who knows maybe it will load even faster.

Kikmaidog · 10-30-2003, 02:54 PM

Thanks for the tip, but personally I like the music a lot and wouldn't be satisfied turning it off. I don't find it annoying, but what I do find annoying is that I get the clicking bumping sound at the end of the battle.

420 · 10-30-2003, 03:53 PM

This is your prob. When I had 256 megs of memory, it took about 2 min. When I went to 512, it takes about 15 seconds.

FeuerKrieg14 · 10-30-2003, 08:19 PM

thanks you guys. tommorow is my b-day(halloween awww yeah baby) and im getting 256 more ram

. o yeah im gonna try that compatibility mode thing.

10-30-2003, 12:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
FeuerKrieg14 Private 1st Class Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In my room. Posts: 149	I run BF good but.... I want to know how i can get BF to load faster, my friend(who has poor performance in BF) loads in less than 10 seconds. i on the other hand take about 2 minutes. any help?

10-30-2003, 11:17 AM	#8 (permalink)
Kikmaidog Private Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 5	Also if you're on WinXP set the compatability mode of the BF1942 icon to Windows 2000. A few ppl suggested this, and I had painfully slow load times, but doing this made a massive difference. It was originally on Win98 and that was the worst, no compatability wasn't as bad, but not good - Win2k compat mode though - very fast. Don't know why though... __________________ --------------------------------------------------- - Where are you calling from? - I\'m calling from my house. - Where\'s that? - Down the street from you. YOU KNOW!

10-30-2003, 12:52 PM	#10 (permalink)
Dick_Justice Major Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Marl, Germany Posts: 3,350	Well, to load BF faster you must reduce the texture quality. Thats what takes so much time to load... reduce it from 100 % to 80, or maybe 60 %. That should make a big difference. __________________ Plays BF 2 in Europe under the name of \"Erich_Felsner\"

10-30-2003, 12:59 PM	#11 (permalink)
Kikmaidog Private Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 5	I'm sure that's true, but this wasn't just a 'ooh, this is a little slow' thing. My load time... as I type - I just loaded in a map in 10 seconds right now. Before when it was on Win 98 compat mode it was taking 10 MINUTES... and i'm not exaggerating. I would go off and do stuff for a while, come back and it still wasn't loaded. It would go about 30% through the load, then music would stutter and the load would stall for ages etc. Anyway, that was clearly a big problem, it might not work for everyone, but everyone I read that had this problem solved it this way - I was skeptical till I did it too. Now if only I could get music back on the victory/loss 'results' screen instead of awful stuttering, my BF 1942 would be working again properly for the first time in 2 weeks when I patched to 1.45 Alas, it's not likely to happen... __________________ --------------------------------------------------- - Where are you calling from? - I\'m calling from my house. - Where\'s that? - Down the street from you. YOU KNOW!

10-30-2003, 02:32 PM	#12 (permalink)
kudakal Corporal Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Posts: 156	too much of that music gets annoying i suggest take it off in the options and who knows maybe it will load even faster. __________________ #BF-Arrows on quakenet Armless

10-30-2003, 01:26 AM	#3 (permalink)
FeuerKrieg14 Private 1st Class Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In my room. Posts: 149	i have 256 MB RAM, Geforce 4 TI 4200,with intel pentium 4 processor and windows XP

10-30-2003, 01:51 AM	#4 (permalink)
[Damien] Sergeant Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 353	There's your problem, 256 of ram is not nearly enough, (take it from someone who knows only too well, I only have 256 and mine runs like shit.)

10-30-2003, 02:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
FeuerKrieg14 Private 1st Class Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In my room. Posts: 149	it runs great with AF and AS on x6 and on max settings but i guess your right. ill just buy some ram. but what ram do u recommend buying at around 50 bucks?

10-30-2003, 02:52 AM	#6 (permalink)
[Damien] Sergeant Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 353	It all depends on what your board can take, I can't even run AA, AF or anything like that without mine going screwy. I have a 1.6g P4, 256 SDRAM, Geforce FX5600 (it runs like shit, I hope its just being bottlenecked by my ram and the fact that that its only running at AGP 4x and not 8x like it wants to as thats all my board can handle) and Win XP running on a 1mbit cable connection. I think if your board can handle it I personally would go for a 512 mb stick of pc2700 DDR, It's cheap and powerful enough for modest gaming use. You should check your mobo's website or the manual though before you buy to make sure it will be compatible.

10-30-2003, 05:07 AM	#7 (permalink)
Anonymous Posts: n/a	7200 rpm or faster hard drive with 8mb of cache ohhhh baby i load in no time yehah and more ram System Specs AMD Athlon XP 2200+ ASUS A7N8X-X 1024mb DDR PC2700(Dual Channel 512x2) Sapphire Radeon 9600pro 128mb SBLive! 5.1 60gig Maxtor UATA133 2 10gig Western Digital HD(Raid) Sony 24x/16x/32x MSI DVD-Rom 16x Windows 2000 sp4

10-30-2003, 12:48 PM	#9 (permalink)
[Damien] Sergeant Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 353	Thanks, never knew about that. I'll give it a try.

10-30-2003, 02:54 PM	#13 (permalink)
Kikmaidog Private Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 5	Thanks for the tip, but personally I like the music a lot and wouldn't be satisfied turning it off. I don't find it annoying, but what I do find annoying is that I get the clicking bumping sound at the end of the battle. __________________ --------------------------------------------------- - Where are you calling from? - I\'m calling from my house. - Where\'s that? - Down the street from you. YOU KNOW!

10-30-2003, 03:53 PM	#14 (permalink)
420 General Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 2,605	This is your prob. When I had 256 megs of memory, it took about 2 min. When I went to 512, it takes about 15 seconds. __________________ "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." Kristian Wilson, Nintendo Inc, 1989

10-30-2003, 08:19 PM	#15 (permalink)
FeuerKrieg14 Private 1st Class Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In my room. Posts: 149	thanks you guys. tommorow is my b-day(halloween awww yeah baby) and im getting 256 more ram . o yeah im gonna try that compatibility mode thing.