Need Advice

[Butler]

Hey I'm new to the forums and I have a quick question

My dad's computer and my computer both have bf2 installed. For some reason, my bf2 lags like heck in the beginning, and his bf2 runs smooth with very nice frame rates. Keep in mind everything is on medium and the same settings are on both computers. Now these are his specs

Dad's

2.4 GHz AMD Athlon +4000
1 GB Corsair Value Ram
nVidia GeForce 6600 GT

Mine

2.2 GHz OC'd AMD Athlon +3200
nVidia GeForce 6800
1 GB RAM (GeIL + Samsung)

I don't know why, but our computer's are basically identical yet bf2 runs so much better on the same settings. After I added the 512 stick of GeIL RAM to make my comp have 1GB of Ram, my computer read it as DDR 333 Although both ram modules are DDR 400, Just like my dads. I Still don't get it, is there anything I can do to increase performance, or am I just missing something...

[BPCrusher01]

RAM will default to the speed of the slowest ram you have. Are you sure that the old ram was PC3200? The 4000+ is likely a dual-core CPU versus the 3200+ is a single core if I am not mistaken, is it not? Are they running the same driver versions?

BTW, you can get that 3200+ higher that 2.2. I had a old Barton-core 2900+ that I got to 2.5 GHz stable on an Abit K7 motherboard.

[kulamonster3]

Does your dad's PC have 1 stick of 1gb RAM or 2 512s??
1 stick is better then 2. Also BPCrusher is almost right about the RAM running at the speed of the slowest stick installed it will run at the speed of the stick in slot 1 then when that ram is used up it will go to slot 2 so BF uses way more than 512 so you will be slowed down by a slower RAM stick in either slot.


Another thing is to look at processes running on both machines. (ctrl-alt-del)
If you have more processes running then your dad then your performance will suffer.

Also clean out the junk on your machine (caches, cookies, temp, history, temp internet....they all slow a machine down when they build up)