ATI Users

[Locherbread]

I have a Sapphire Radeon X800 pro & my machine struggles somewhat & my optimum seems to be 860x600 medium settings on most except lighting & shadows which are all set to low no AA - Oh well ^ ^

Radeon X800 PRO 256 mb "CAT 5.13 drivers"
Sempron 2.4
1 gig Kingston pc3200

[Xicer]

X800XL with Extreme ATi 5.13 Drivers. Works great (except for the artifacts in nightvison).

I can play on Med-High with no problems but it gets kinda laggy when I put it at the highest.

[imported_Demon6]

Does anyone use new ATI Radeon X1800 or X1600 series graphic card with BF2? How does the gane work with these cards?

[Boomstick68]

I'm using X700 256AGP card with 5.13 drivers, and occasionally I'll crash to my desktop but I have mine OC'd a bit with stock cooling on the card. I play on high settings and AA on X2. :cool:

[ACE4U]

I am using an ATI 9550(I believe) with 256 ram and I just upgraded my computer by adding 512 mb of ram which makes it 1gb of ram and it is awesome. There is no staggering to wait at the begging of the game. The maps load fast and I can join right away instead of waiting. There is just no comparsion. 1BG of ram should be recommended for this game.



http://www.totalbf2.com/forums/bf2_stats/sigs/index.php?mode=1&pid=61598980&type=png

[Kawasaki12]

im using a 9600 ati 5.13 and it sucks badly. Its has good grafix play but it crashes to much

[Kawasaki12]

so whats the fix?

[<DV8>mrbucket]

Card in sig. No problems, excellent FPS and beautiful scenery!

[redearedslider]

I play with everything on high, lightning and dynamic SHADOWS on medium 4 x aa fps range from 60-90+ in a jet it's a constant hundred

specs below

[BlacKSmurF]

ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 128 MB
2.5 Gigs of RAM
Pentium 4 Processor

I do have (http://www.totalbf2.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49743) a video card problem when adjusting my settings to add shadows to buildings and such.. :hmm:

Never had a crash to desktop, but I've only played about 12 days.

[Davion]

Finally got around to trying BF2 at a friends place and was instantly hooked. I purchased BF2 + Special Forces and had no problems installing.

That said, the game starts up fine, but whenever I try to create a singleplayer game it instantly crashes to desktop after saying "Starting server". I have tried patching to v1.12, and even changing my drivers from Omega's to the newest ATI catalyst drivers.

My computer specs are as follows:
P4 3.0ghz
Radeon 9600XT
1024meg ram
Windows XP

Anyone else having this problem or know how to fix it? I feel like I've tried everything -- even tried disabling hyperthreading like someone suggesting earlier in the thread to no avail. The game crashes at the same spot every time and in both BF2 and in Special Forces.

[FWeller223]

My system is only 9 months old and I ran into major probs with the new patch. I tried EVERYTHING at least twice, drivers, game reloads etc. Finally I just said F#@K it and did a complete OS(XP PRO) reload making sure I had all of the latest drivers first. Once the pc was back up and running on the web, run- DO NOT WALK- to the windows updates and update EVERYTHING for the OS before loading any video drivers. Could be as much as 100mb or more of os updates. Once that is done then load video drvrs, I did not go to 5.13 due to SpecOps prob, stayed with 5.12 then loaded game(s) and patch. Since then no probs. NONE! It is definitely worth the time to do this if all else fails.

[Sir. Shpox]

Gecube Ati x700 256mb

5.13 Extreme Cat Drivers.

I used to have everything on High, no lag. Since 1.12, ahoy Memory leak :D

Never had a problem with nightvision or such with 5.13 or 5.12.

[thejebbster]

I really don't ahve any big problems i jsut want to know if this graphics card http://www.xpcgear.com/pwrclrr96ed3.html will run with bf2 if so what settigns shoudl i use. thank you.

[Sir. Shpox]

Bf2 suppots the following video cards:

- Video Cards
Battlefield 2 only supports the following video cards:
Radeon X700 (PCIe)
Radeon X600 (PCIe)
GeForce 6600 (PCIe)
GeForce PCX 5900 (PCIe)
GeForce 5800 Series (AGP)
ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition
ATI Radeon X800 PRO
ATI Radeon 9800 Series
ATI Radeon 9600 Series
ATI Radeon 9550 (RV350LX)
ATI Radeon 9500 / 9700 Series
ATI Radeon 8500 Series
ATI Radeon X300 Series
NVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra
NVidia GeForce 6800 GT
NVidia GeForce 6800
NVidia GeForce FX 5950 Series
NVidia GeForce FX 5900 Series
NVidia GeForce FX 5700 Series

Yep, that should be all of them. So yes, Bf2 will suppot your card.

[thejebbster]

what settings should i put bf2 on if i am using the radeon 9800 Graphics card?
and what settings should i use if i use the ati radeon 9600XT?

[Sir. Shpox]

Medium.

[NooBeD]

So if i went out and bought this card i would be able to play bf2 :
ATI RADEON 9550

Features:
The RADEON® 9550 provides full support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 allowing you to immerse yourself in real-time cinematic game play for today’s and tomorrow’s game titles
Four parallel rendering pipelines process up to 1.6 billion pixels per second
Advanced digital video support for flat panel displays (DVI + VGA + VO and dual monitor support included)
Enhanced de-blocking technology delivers superior streamed internet video playback
Innovative decoding technology with reduced reliance on the main CPU significantly improves DVD and HDTV video playback quality
Driven with the industry leading stability and reliability of ATI’s CATALYST™ certified driver suite

[<DV8>mrbucket]

Gotta ask how much you payed for the card......

[NooBeD]

$129.95
Each "Canadian"

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[<DV8>mrbucket]

$129.95
Each "Canadian"

http://www.staples.ca/ENG/images/0.gif

Not too bad. What are your other system specs?

[Dark Mech]

So what was the summary of options on the ATI card?

[=EAU=Alabama619]

X700....game crashes to desktop while loading....game restarts at random points if i occasionaly get on...the list goes on and on

[killalills]

amd 3200 +
1 gig ram
420 w psu

using x800 with 6.1 catalyst and it runs crap :confused: lucky if i get 30 fps on med settings

[ALLAH]

My specs:
AMD 3200+
2Gb RAM
Radeon x850xt pl

i have 5.9 drivers, cos 6.1 i have some strange errors that my graphic card is too hot, but its not! so i have 5.9 drivers. but the problem is that i get only about 30FPS in BF2.
any ideas?

[UDLStavros]

AMD 2800 (2.1Ghzish)
1GB RAM
Radeon 9700 Pro


I am having a very strange issue. I have a Radeon 9700 pro (no overclocking, actually have an aftermarket heatsink/fan that is the size of the card!) on an AMD 2.somethingish ghz(i'll get exact specs when i go home), 1 gig of RAM.

I was playing BF2 fine on low settings for about a month and out of nowhere began to receive two different problems.

1.) At some point while playing (either loading, or after 2 hours) the screen will get COMPLETELY distorted, picture high resolution multicolored ASCII characters. The game is still running and I can hit ESC and quit out to the desktop where my desktop looks like that as well until I reboot.

2.) Completely random reboots w/o a BSOD (it is not set to auto-reboot). This also happens when not playing BF2, but this just began with problem #1.

Things to note:
System temperature: 39 deg Celsius
CPU Temp : 55 deg Celsius
Overheating doesn't seem to be an issue
Video card seems to be seated properly
RAM never has been a problem in nearly 2 years
Relatively fresh installation of WinXP

I intend to run a memory test and begin troubleshooting more advanced when I get home. Can anyone shed any light?

[idebo]

Card: ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 (64mb VRAM)
Drivers: Omega 3.8.2

[botkicker]

Hi,

Have a darn problem with my Dell 8400.
CTD, have re-installed bf2 and patch 1.21.
It starts with logo, black screen, a coupla blinx, and return to desktop.

Please help me here.

Is this info enough or ... ?

Have updated driver to my ATI X850 (Dell E173fp).

Catalyst 06.3
2d driver 6.14.10.6601
Direct3d 6.14.10.0384
OpenGL 6.14.10.5696

System:
Pentium 4 CPU 3.00GHz
2.99 GHz 1,00 GB RAM
5.1.2600 Servicepack 2

Best regards,
Borkicker

[imported_DANK]

Ok here is the solution to my CTD problem; it crashes right when you start up and blink black a couple times before doing it.
My solution was setting my refresh rate to 85; it was previously 75 and 70 but those do not seem to work with 1.21 anymore. So just mess around with your monitor settings and make sure they have the right drivers if they need them at all.
My system is a
AIW 9800 Pro 128
1 Gig PC3200 Corsair
Seagate 120 Gig
Nforce 2 MB with built in sound

[SKIDM4RK]

ATI Radeon x700 PCIe

P4 3.0 Ghz
2G DDR2 Ram
MSI NEO Platinum Mother Board
120 GB HDD (SATA)

I get good pings and around 90-95 fps Avg. yet lag like crazy. Even set all options to low and changed display to 600x800 with no change in lag. I've tried everything suggested (except reformat) and still lag like crazy. I rarely have a CTD problem.

Everything was fine before 1.2 I thought 1.21 was the fix...it was not.

[UDLStavros]

AMD 2800 (2.1Ghzish)
1GB RAM
Radeon 9700 Pro


I am having a very strange issue. I have a Radeon 9700 pro (no overclocking, actually have an aftermarket heatsink/fan that is the size of the card!) on an AMD 2.somethingish ghz(i'll get exact specs when i go home), 1 gig of RAM.

I was playing BF2 fine on low settings for about a month and out of nowhere began to receive two different problems.

1.) At some point while playing (either loading, or after 2 hours) the screen will get COMPLETELY distorted, picture high resolution multicolored ASCII characters. The game is still running and I can hit ESC and quit out to the desktop where my desktop looks like that as well until I reboot.

2.) Completely random reboots w/o a BSOD (it is not set to auto-reboot). This also happens when not playing BF2, but this just began with problem #1.

Things to note:
System temperature: 39 deg Celsius
CPU Temp : 55 deg Celsius
Overheating doesn't seem to be an issue
Video card seems to be seated properly
RAM never has been a problem in nearly 2 years
Relatively fresh installation of WinXP

I intend to run a memory test and begin troubleshooting more advanced when I get home. Can anyone shed any light?

I believe the problem has been fixed. I noticed that it only began when I installed 1.2.1 on the old machine and it occurred again once I swapped in a new hard drive (with a known good configuration) as soon as 1.2.1 was installed. I surmised that since it was a video problem that 1.2.1 was conflicting with my ATI Catalyst drivers (current), so on a lark I took someones advice from these boards, cleaned out my drivers and installed omega drivers. I played for a solid 2-3 hours with no problems whatsoever, let us just hope it continues!

[botkicker]

Latest development on my pc:
- ctd prob with 1.21, trying to install Euro Force.

- today I was succesful at downloading Euro Force. But it would not be installed because it needed bf2 to be in version 1.21 (which I had patched a couple of times onto the game).

So now I have bf2, patched to 1.21, but it's not 1.21.

How did that happen? (retorical question)

I also have reinstalled the whole circus - to no avial.

I just have onbe thing to say now: §!#¤%&@£€½

[Widkidone]

Latest development on my pc:
- ctd prob with 1.21, trying to install Euro Force.

- today I was succesful at downloading Euro Force. But it would not be installed because it needed bf2 to be in version 1.21 (which I had patched a couple of times onto the game).

So now I have bf2, patched to 1.21, but it's not 1.21.

How did that happen? (retorical question)

I also have reinstalled the whole circus - to no avial.

I just have onbe thing to say now: §!#¤%&@£€½

......and what does this do with ATI Users.... just curious

[botkicker]

Sorry, Widkidone
It was just a follow-up on my earlier posts. My Dell 8400 with an ATIx850 card is not acting up. Can't start bf2 after patching to 1.21. There have been others with wimilar problems.

[Ph1L]

Anyone knows, when Omega will release 6.3 ?

[Widkidone]

Anyone knows, when Omega will release 6.3 ?

Not until they are release.

[=KHA= Pryvate Pyle]

Amd fx-53 processor
Ati radeon 850 xt pe 256
Audigy 2 5.1 sound card'
asus mb a8n-sli premuim
2 gigs ram 2.5t 4 sticks of 512
two 120gig western digital ata sata raid hd's
6 fans not including the one on the video card, that i have on all the time, and the fan on the processor.

Runs battlefield great, i get 90-100 fps, and the terain and effects are incredible. Heres the problem, every other map , i either ctd or the pc will just reboot.

I can't play Daqing oilfields, i have never made it threw this map without crashing. Installed euro forces, (i dont' know what i was thinking) seems to crash threw taraba quarry, can't make it to the end of that map either.

I thought this new patch was supposed to be friendly to ati users, hell we all use ati, wtf?

Oh yeah latest ati drivers catalyst, dled them yesterday 3/19/06/

wtf wtf wtf, im so ****ed at ea/dice and this software, its a great game and i love it but it only works half the time? so frustrated...anyone help ??

[Bio_Terra]

download everest home edition (google it) and check your temps, but with 6 fans it should be fine....

[[DC]M4guy624]

ATI X1900 XT (Flashed to XTX)
Official Catalyst 6.3

Absolutely no problems, game works flawlessly.

[iceman2929]

i have an X600 with catalyst version 6.3

it has worked perfectly (for almost a year) until a few days ago and then it wont let me boot the game, the background (that takes up like the middle of the desktop screen) pops up, then the screen goes black and then it goes back to the desktop. If i try starting the game again i get a windows error thing asking if i want to report the error. Help plz!

[Widkidone]

the Warcats 6.3 Drivers based on the Catalyst 6.3 drivers will be release today.

[Ph1L]

the Warcats 6.3 Drivers based on the Catalyst 6.3 drivers will be release today.

I don't like them.. Last time I had that driver installed, I felt it was less good, as Omega. Oh well, each ppl taste :p . Omega FTW! :D

[stefd]

Intel p4 2.6.
x700 agp 256mb.
xfi music.
1 gb ram.

I'm using an x700 agp and have no problems, i run all but 3 of the settings on high and have it on a high resolution.I just make sure i get regular driver updates from ati.Just wish the verification on game bootup was quicker.:)

[Ph1L]

Intel p4 2.6.
x700 agp 256mb.
xfi music.
1 gb ram.

I'm using an x700 agp and have no problems, i run all but 3 of the settings on high and have it on a high resolution.I just make sure i get regular driver updates from ati.Just wish the verification on game bootup was quicker.:)

I'm having 50-70 fps with my x800, agp 256 mb. Using Omega 6.2 , all medium, texture high. 1024*768. Rest of my spec is in my sig. Why I haven't better fps? I mean, if I run in high, I have low FPS. What am I doing wrong?

[=KHA= Pryvate Pyle]

I'm having 50-70 fps with my x800, agp 256 mb. Using Omega 6.2 , all medium, texture high. 1024*768. Rest of my spec is in my sig. Why I haven't better fps? I mean, if I run in high, I have low FPS. What am I doing wrong?

Your not doing anything wrong, your maxed out on your pipelines that you can obtain, with an agp card. As long as your system is stable and not crashing to desktop, or rebooting, don't change a dam thing!! You can play the game at 50-70 fps, be happy. Unless you upgrage your video card and mobo, becaue you need pci express, then i say frag on mofo. Read some of the posts above, a lot of US can't even play it anymore so be happy.

[megawhompertoo]

Your not doing anything wrong, your maxed out on your pipelines that you can obtain, with an agp card. As long as your system is stable and not crashing to desktop, or rebooting, don't change a dam thing!! You can play the game at 50-70 fps, be happy. Unless you upgrage your video card and mobo, becaue you need pci express, then i say frag on mofo. Read some of the posts above, a lot of US can't even play it anymore so be happy.

Yeah, the only agp card that I'm aware of that has 16 pixel pipelines is the x800xt. I have the AIW version, but above poster shouldn't upgrade an AGP card if he already has an x800. *edit: his sig says he has an x850, but his post says x800?

The x800xt AIW, though...sweet. And the price was right, right before pci-e became mainstream. I will *ahem* let you early adopters work through the first couple of versions/standards/directx 10 compatible iterations of pci-e before I drop a bundle on a total system upgrade.

[redearedslider]

EAX850 xt pe... catalyst 6.3 just like them the best no problems at all.... only the flickering graphics but that's not an ati problem /.//

[Ph1L]

==KHA= Pryvate Pyle

Okay man.. Thanks for that info. I'm happy that I can play it, yes ofc.! :) Still waiting on Omega 6.3. When time comes to "you must upgrade to PCI-E to play BFxx!" then I'll do it. Otherwise, waste of money imo. And who knows? Maybe better, newer, cheaper pci-e gfx cards, when my time has come to upgrade mobo & gfx.

Not until they are release.

Some1 said, that it was going to be released last weekend. I have checked often, last time was 5 min. ago. Still no Omega 6.3. - where are you? :cry:

[o=BlackJack=o]

ati x850xt pe
5.6 cat

[TimEG]

I'e just come back to ATI after having had a 7800gt for some time. I'm now the proud (Kind of) owner of an x1900xtx but it's giving all kinds of problems in BF2. The most annoying is this texture flashing problem which seems to affect all windows and doors. It's like the texture flashes between black and the real texture. This occured occasionaly on the 7800gt but on the ATI card it's unbearable. It's so bad on levels like Dalian Plant that I almost can't play them because it's so distracting.

Does anyone know if this is a driver issue or a BF2 issue? It didn't happen on the 7800gt so I assume it's something that can be fixed by someone.

Has anyone found a work-around?? I don't mind playing it on lower settings if it gets rid of the flickering but so far even running it on full low doesn't seem to work.

Any help appreciated!

I've just come back to ATI after having had a 7800gt for some time. I'm now the proud (Kind of) owner of an x1900xtx but it's giving all kinds of problems in BF2. The most annoying is this texture flashing problem which seems to affect all windows and doors. It's like the texture flashes between black and the real texture. This occured occasionaly on the 7800gt but on the ATI card it's unbearable. It's so bad on levels like Dalian Plant that I almost can't play them because it's so distracting.

Does anyone know if this is a driver issue or a BF2 issue? It didn't happen on the 7800gt so I assume it's something that can be fixed by someone.

Has anyone found a work-around?? I don't mind playing it on lower settings if it gets rid of the flickering but so far even running it on full low doesn't seem to work.

Any help appreciated!

[Widkidone]

I'e just come back to ATI after having had a 7800gt for some time. I'm now the proud (Kind of) owner of an x1900xtx but it's giving all kinds of problems in BF2. The most annoying is this texture flashing problem which seems to affect all windows and doors. It's like the texture flashes between black and the real texture. This occured occasionaly on the 7800gt but on the ATI card it's unbearable. It's so bad on levels like Dalian Plant that I almost can't play them because it's so distracting.

Does anyone know if this is a driver issue or a BF2 issue? It didn't happen on the 7800gt so I assume it's something that can be fixed by someone.

Has anyone found a work-around?? I don't mind playing it on lower settings if it gets rid of the flickering but so far even running it on full low doesn't seem to work.
Any help appreciated!


the fact is that EA refuses to fix the issues with Radeon ATI cards. Its not the cards or drivers. they work great in all other games like HL2, Doom, COD, and others.

[TimEG]

I hear what you're saying but I'm kind of regretting coming back to ATI now. The game that I play the most is now almost unplayable because I've spent £300 on a new card!! Where's the justice in that?

[Akula(old)]

Hey, I've got a Radeon 9800 Pro and I'm running the 5.6 Cat driver. The game runs absolutely great save for the constant dumping to the desktop.

It's quite unbearable, I really would like it to work, I'm not particularily sure what the issue is. Sometimes I can't play for a minute and it will dump to the desktop sometimes I can play for twenty minutes. It's really aggravating.

On occasion I actually get error messages, I should write it down exactly but it's something along the lines of "Memory deallocating..." and it wants to know if you'd like to "Try Again" "Cancel" "Quit"... I dunno, it's driving me mad...

I was wondering what your "fix" is. I'm willing to try anything at the moment.

Cheers
gumby3d



Hey guys,


I have a 9800 Pro 128 and my game runs like a NINJA!!!! Crash to desktop???? Maybe once a month and I run cat 6.3.

y'all are probably running cat 5.6 because you've been told that the other drivers don't do the 9800 Pro series of cards any good. WELL, I'm not having any probs whatsoever with mine and if you have better specs that I then something may be wrong. Try bringing the drivers up to date.

My specs are below


Cheers :)

[iracekx]

I have the ATI 9600 and my player makes jerky movements and will move out in the middle of the road if you are behind building it seemed to start this when I started playing multi player. If anybody has some solutions I would greatly appreciate it. I am stuck where to start XP pro 2.6 512 ram I am going crazy here I get killed just from this doing this it will also flash on the screen controler error real fast barley have time to read it. Thanks in advance

[Laike]

I was using a 9800 pro before I upgraded. Dont' remember what driver version. I had crash to desktops every once in a rare while. It seems to have gone away since I switched over to a nVidia 7600gt. But I don't think I've played long enough to be sure sincem y original crashes were a real rarity.

[Blak_Phoenix]

Radeon 9550 256MB
Cat 6.4

[redearedslider]

Radeon 9550 256MB
Cat 6.4

totalgfx ? :P

[scott123]

Specs below:

Runs like a champ!

[TheHairyYeti]

Radeon X850 Pro 256MB GDDR3
not sure which drivers im running i think 5.6

dont worry, everyone gets occasional crash to desktop, even me, not as much now as i have more ram

[bigthumbs]

ATI X800XL AGP


Running 6.4 now and fine.
all previous driver sets fine with it also.

[RifleRed]

ATI X1300 it sucks.

[lmimmfn]

Connect 3d X850 Pro
P 4 2.4Ghz( Grrr )
2 Gig Ram
Crappy Dell Mobo
X-Fi XtremeMusic

My Bf2 has never crashed since i installed XP Pro( 2 months ago ) and i havnt installed SF since i reinstalled BF2, works like a dream

Remember most of these crashes are caused by the squad texture being missing for squad 0( check the dmp files in your BF2 folder in documents and settings ), hopefully they'll fix this in the next patch

[Føxx]

Ati X1600
Ram 1.5 Gig
Amd Atlhon 4000

and a cool case.. :P

i've also experinst that....

[redearedslider]

the fact is that EA refuses to fix the issues with Radeon ATI cards. Its not the cards or drivers. they work great in all other games like HL2, Doom, COD, and others.

The very reason im not getting a x1900 but a 7900 ...

[Pilot Z]

Gigabyte Radeon X800pro GTO 256Mb

Catalyst 6.3

-No crash at all
-Framerate = 60-99 (as shown by Fraps)
-Slight Stutter at the start of each map (1.5Gb RAM Dual-DDR400)

[SciFiMan]

X1600 512 (AGP)
1.5GB of RAM
Athlon 2500+ Barton overclocked to 2800+

Runs fine at 800x600 on high settings (but shadows are off)

[Fakesound]

ATI 9800 Radeon Pro 256Mb, in game it's set at Medium with 1024 screen. I constantly get bad grahical issues after 20mins or so, or computer quitting to desktop, or restarting itself and then sending reports explains no answer from ATI as to the issue found, or my computer freezes completely, screens loses signal, and my 5.1 speekers surrounding my make a high pitched I hate you screaching noise til I forcefully press hold the off switch. And usually when I log back off, go into a server all is normal again. If my controls aren't blank and I can't do anything til I'm kicked by PB for idling.

BF2 has too many problems. Not sure if I can be bothered

[imported_mbx5_spec]

2- x1900

[Widkidone]

The Catalyst 6.5's will be out this week!

[megawhompertoo]

eeeeexcelllleeeeeent.....

ATI 9800 Radeon Pro 256Mb, in game it's set at Medium with 1024 screen. I constantly get bad grahical issues after 20mins or so, or computer quitting to desktop, or restarting itself and then sending reports explains no answer from ATI as to the issue found, or my computer freezes completely, screens loses signal, and my 5.1 speekers surrounding my make a high pitched I hate you screaching noise til I forcefully press hold the off switch. And usually when I log back off, go into a server all is normal again. If my controls aren't blank and I can't do anything til I'm kicked by PB for idling.

BF2 has too many problems. Not sure if I can be bothered

what soundcard are you using. same thing happened to me when i was trying to run hardware acceleration using an unsupported soundcard (audigy 2nx). if i were you, i'd try using software acceleration and see if it makes a diff.

[Blak_Phoenix]

Radeon 9550 256MB Cat 5.6 - no problems so far.

[Widkidone]

Here are the Catalyst 6.5's (https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/hotfix_xp-2k_8-252-1-060510a-033101e.exe)

[dontshoot@bob]

My card spec is in my sig so wont bother repeating it.

But using Omega drivers ver.6.3, with AA & AF on full.
Did have adaptive AA turned on but turned it off again after having issues with another game my son has been playing.
Apart from that no probs here.

Average FPS in game is about 50 - 70.
Temp is about 56 degrees C after a couple of hours play, which is bloody good.
Everything set to high and max resolution on my 17" Acer widescreen

[Cigar_Man]

X800XL 256mb

Omega 3.8.231 (cat 6.3 based)

Running 1280x1024 medium settings

Intel P4 - 2.8C

2gb Corsair dual-channel (4x512)

[DeadCRAP_]

i got ATI 9600 Radean Series

[Fakesound]

"what soundcard are you using. same thing happened to me when i was trying to run hardware acceleration using an unsupported soundcard (audigy 2nx). if i were you, i'd try using software acceleration and see if it makes a diff."

Creative 5.1 speakers, with supported Creative 5.1 software. With options on the main to convert to other inputs. It works brilliantly to be honest, but I'll look into it. Cheers man

P.s. 3x crashes in 30mins. Having a break from trying. Ran perfectly last night for about 4hours. Tonight, open bf2, open server, loading map to "Collisions" it freezes and I have to turn off computer. Loading again (After restart and all that), cuts to desktop on "Geometries". Load again... And it freezes 10mins into the game.
I updated my catalyst driver 6.2 to 6.4 lastnight. No probs happened thereafter til now. again. great. Any help?

Specs. 64bit processor, Gig of Ram, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256Mb gfx card, and three fans on full.

[Fakesound]

Update: Just tryed 3 more times. First 2 it froze when opening a server to join, last time it restarted when I clicked on the bf2 icon to open it. lol wtf.

[Boomstick68]

Settings on high. AA on 2. Sound set to software low. 1280X1024. Cat 6.5 drivers. Specs in my sig.

[Boomstick68]

Settings on high. AA on 2. Sound set to software low. 1280X1024. Cat 6.5 drivers. Specs in my sig.

[Boomstick68]

Settings on high. AA on 2. Sound set to software low. 1280X1024. Cat 6.5 drivers. Specs in my sig.

[The_Misfit]

Previous card: Saphire 9800pro 128mb AGP, ran in low/medium mix, some vid lag @ start of maps, and it would tend to heat up a bit and CTD @ times...

2wks ago - upgraded: Saphire x800gto 256mb ddr3 ram, AGP. Catalyst 6.4's. Running in medium/high, 60-100fps consistently, and no CTD's. All for $150 on newegg :D

[megawhompertoo]

"what soundcard are you using. same thing happened to me when i was trying to run hardware acceleration using an unsupported soundcard (audigy 2nx). if i were you, i'd try using software acceleration and see if it makes a diff."

Creative 5.1 speakers, with supported Creative 5.1 software. With options on the main to convert to other inputs. It works brilliantly to be honest, but I'll look into it. Cheers man

P.s. 3x crashes in 30mins. Having a break from trying. Ran perfectly last night for about 4hours. Tonight, open bf2, open server, loading map to "Collisions" it freezes and I have to turn off computer. Loading again (After restart and all that), cuts to desktop on "Geometries". Load again... And it freezes 10mins into the game.
I updated my catalyst driver 6.2 to 6.4 lastnight. No probs happened thereafter til now. again. great. Any help?

Specs. 64bit processor, Gig of Ram, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256Mb gfx card, and three fans on full.

that sounds awful. you did set your sound options to "software" in the game, correct? Ok...other possibles:

possible problems (in descending order): bad install of BF2; bad drivers/windows interface/.dll's; defective stick of memory, an HD issue (unlikely, but possible--I was tinkering around with some legacy HD's in an old build and it kept rebooting unexpectedly, found out the pin was broken when the HD wouldn't talk when I put it into a USB enclosure), or it could be a PSU issue.

Solutions are to reinstall BF2; run a memcheck program on your RAM; visually inspecting your HD; reinstall windows; or "rent" a PSU using your credit card at best buy, and if it is the PSU, return it and buy one from newegg.

You should post your problem under "support"-->"tech center" and ask for other fixes, also see what other folks have done to fix their problems.

[TrueCanadian]

AIW 9800Pro
XFI-Extreme music

computer crashes after 20-40 minutes of game play, screen goes black, rest of the computer acts like it is responding, using Omega Drivers latest version as of post.

Downloaded ATI tool, when i lower the clock speeds of the card it works fine for hours.

[Fakesound]

that sounds awful. you did set your sound options to "software" in the game, correct? Ok...other possibles:

possible problems (in descending order): bad install of BF2; bad drivers/windows interface/.dll's; defective stick of memory, an HD issue (unlikely, but possible--I was tinkering around with some legacy HD's in an old build and it kept rebooting unexpectedly, found out the pin was broken when the HD wouldn't talk when I put it into a USB enclosure), or it could be a PSU issue.

Solutions are to reinstall BF2; run a memcheck program on your RAM; visually inspecting your HD; reinstall windows; or "rent" a PSU using your credit card at best buy, and if it is the PSU, return it and buy one from newegg.

You should post your problem under "support"-->"tech center" and ask for other fixes, also see what other folks have done to fix their problems.

I've opened up and clean the internals, reinstalled Audigy 2 ZS driver from Creative Official, unistalled and "erased" alot on my harddrive, ran a disk defrag, reinstalled bf2, downloaded 1.3 (Not incremental) and installed. Restart. Ran bf2 and comp crashed on collisions. No longer blaming Bf2. Or ATI. Seems it was my Audio driver, but failing that, seems it is now my sound card. great. Thanks anyway

[Fakesound]

ATI is fine with me. now. Played for hours on BF2 1.3 with no probs

[BloodSpray]

I have a Dell XPS Gen 4 with the ATI X850 XT PCI-E Platnium Edition video card and I crash to the desktop after selecting single player or multiplayer after trying to create an account. I've been on the phone all day with EA and they say they will get back to me. I've installed the game in safe mode along with the full patch. Still the same problem. If anyone has any suggestions, I am all ears. Thanks!

[[STO] Killer Dragon]

X1900XT on the new 6.7

[Lt.Kris]

ATI Mobility X1600 256mb

Catalyst Mobilities 6.6

[iNvAzN]

current:x700 with 6.7 catalyst

ordering a new x1800xt tomorrow....:D

[[STO] Killer Dragon]

get the x1900

[xXSniper1432Xx]

ati x1600 pro 512 mb pcie play high and medium i use omega drivers 3.8.252

[gimpieman]

i've got 6.7 omega but every driver ive had has given me the same corrupt textures after 2 or 3 levels. first the black blocks appear. then the text goes all wonky. then everything else goes sharp and mushy around the crosshair and i cant see anything.

[megawhompertoo]

i've got 6.7 omega but every driver ive had has given me the same corrupt textures after 2 or 3 levels. first the black blocks appear. then the text goes all wonky. then everything else goes sharp and mushy around the crosshair and i cant see anything.

That's almost got to be an overheating problem. Do you have enough fans? Dusted out the case recently? What card do you have?

[lil timmy]

X800 Crashes 100% on front end on join game..

[imported_DANK]

X800 Crashes 100% on front end on join game..
I have the X800 and it has been a little sketchy only today; little laggy on the 6.8 drivers. So I am gonna switch back to 6.7 which should be a little more stable.

Also did the full patch install and that seemed to solve my lag problems with the 6.8 for the time being.

Oh yah adjust your refresh rate in your monitor properties.

[gimpieman]

That's almost got to be an overheating problem. Do you have enough fans? Dusted out the case recently? What card do you have?

9800 pro.

it's fan is clean, its never had the overheated artifacts on any other game. i also play call of duty 2 and such for a couple of hours and nothing shows up.

[Lt.Kris]

Mobility X1600 256mb Dedicated.

Clocks at 480/450.

I have had 1 crash with 1.4 so far

Cats 6.8.

[Fakesound]

just got my 2nd crash. I had 150points as PLA (my highest yet) and the closest guy to me was 90. You lost connection. great news.

[AgentJadeD.CA]

ATi X800 XL 256mb AGP
on 6.8 Catalyst x64
No crash but i do get this.
http://www.geocities.com/cyberdabe/videotearing.jpg

[Kaishi]

ATI Radeon X1800 GTO (256mb X16) with Catalyst 6.8 here.

No crashes to desktop (I have 2GB of RAM, maybe that's helping). I run the game at full quality.

Shadows are pretty ugly, I must admit. Also, I've got a few other minor (but seriously irritating) graphical errors that may or may not be related to my hardware+driver setup.

I made a thread about it: http://www.totalbf2.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96746

[<EsP>Fury]

Mobility X1600 256mb Dedicated.

Clocks at 480/450.

I have had 1 crash with 1.4 so far

Cats 6.8.
__________________
My Laptop:
Apple Mac Book Pro Bootcamp 1.11 Win XP Pro
Intel Core Duo T2500 2.0Ghz
2gb DD2 667mhz
X1600 256mb (480/450)

[Finerain]

256 Radeol X800XL
AMD x2 dual core 42000
2.00 gig of ram.
Cats 6.8

I cant get my pixels to 1280x1024
Permanently at what appears to be 800x600, cant for the life of me figure out why?

[megawhompertoo]

^ Have you tried deleting your bf2 cache in c:...\my documents ?

Sometimes the graphics settings stick until you dump the cache, which will force bf2 to optimize shaders, etc. again.

[Finerain]

Thanks I will try that, basically delete the entire folder?

[Dr4cster]

x700 here cats 6.9

I crash to DT after playing for about 10-15 mins online. Disable firewalls, running minimal in the task manager turned hardware accel down, sound accel down, min gfx and still crashing. Anyone got any more ideas/tips or a solution. Would be much appreciated.

[Widkidone]

ATi X800 XL 256mb AGP
on 6.8 Catalyst x64
No crash but i do get this.
http://www.geocities.com/cyberdabe/videotearing.jpg

This is driver issue. You did not uninstall/install the drivers properly. This is the problem.

[Finerain]

Try uninstalling cat 6.8 and all ATI software, then install cat 6.9 which has come out a few hours ago. IM hoping this helps me with my problem.

[Widkidone]

This is to install Catalyst, Forceware, and any 3rd Party Video Drivers
1. Uninstall video drivers and control Panel/CCC.
2. If you have Crap Cleaner run it and scan for issues and fix those issues (Crap Cleaner fixes the issues).
3. Roboot to Safe mode.
4. Run the Driver Cleaner Pro and the tool Cab Cleaner that is in the Driver Cleaner Pro. For ATI cards, when running the Driver Cleaner clean everything except the ATI IGP.
5. Boot your system back to the desktop.
6. Now windows will tell you that there are some hardware found and would want to run a check on drivers. Windows is a plug & play Operating System so every time you add a new device it will give you a new hardware found prompt. To prevent this you must remove the hardware or let windows try to find the driver if you try to cancel it, it will just show up on the next boot so try to install it even if you don't have the drivers windows will just put it on your system without a driver. It won't hurt your system and you won't get the NEW HARDWARE FOUND PROMPT AGAIN. ** Simple Talk: So just let windows find the driver. Once it does that it will tell you no drivers found (that is what you want). Make are sure to check the box to where you do not want the prompt to show up on your next reboot. This will happen every time you uninstall old drivers.
7. Install whatever video drivers you want. If you are having problems make sure to install the most updated WDM Drivers.
8. Reboot system
9. Run your Crap Cleaner and scan for issues. Fix the issues again. Then reboot again.
10. Defrag your system.

If you are using modded drivers and want to go back to using the Catalyst Drivers/Forceware Drivers just follow the instructions above.

DriverCleaner (http://www.drivercleaner.net/professional.html)
Crap Cleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com/)

[Finerain]

I followed the instructions on their website, will have to see what happens.

And I still get the same damn problem, have emailed EA games to see if they can offer any advice.

[FWeller223]

My specs are in my sig...just installed the cat 6.9 drvrs. Last time I had major vid probs, shortly after BF2 hit the streets, I just bit the bullit and completely re-inst my OS from the ground up, making sure all Bios, system drivers, inf etc files were completely up to date and then running ALL MS XP OS updates, THEN installing Norton AV06 and then FINALLY installing BF2 using original CD's and then applying Full patches. Since then absolutely ZERO crash probs just periodic disconnects due to my CRAPPY ISP.

BTW - I started with a XT850 and then upgraded to the X1800XT couple of months ago, best move ever...

[Ai*AK47]

Hey pplz been having freezing problems with BF2 aswell just recently built a new comp Intel Pentium 4 3.42 Ghz, 2.00 GB of RAM Radeon X1900 GT graphics card, my problem is dat i can get into the game start playing all is fine but sometimes 10 minutes into it someimes an hour into it sometimes longer the comp just freezez the sound start looping and nothing works cntl alt delete , esc etc etc the only thing that works is restart but then the weird thing is once your back in you dont get any error msg from windows or anything like usually youll get would you like to report this error to microsoft etc etc but nothing like dat .... Windows just starts up as normal as if nothing happened ...
so yeh
Help!

I uninstalled catalyst and just put drivers on didnt help i unistalled the game and reinstalled it again and then patched it upto 1.4 that didnt help either

anyone ???? :confused: :confused:

[megawhompertoo]

Hey pplz ..... ???? :confused: :confused:

Those p4's are notorious for heat problems (I've got a 3.0 E). Are you sure you're getting adequate cooling? Is your PSU up to snuff? I imagine that x1900xt + that watt hog of a processor are sucking up alot of juice.

[Ai*AK47]

hey you know u could be right coz
when i play bf2 the fans go crazy and after ive restarted
i check the temp and its about 74 75 76 degresss just above normal
on the ati temp thing when i had it installed
My psu is a 500watt one what do you reckon enough or need more ?

Also ill try putting the comp in a more aired out palce and opening the sides see if dat works
atleast ill know if its an overheating issue


so what do u recommend i do ?

thanx for your reply also :D

[picachux]

Sapphire x1800 XT 256mb
Catalyst 6.7
No problems whatsoever


------------------------

Using Catalyst 6.8 or 6.9 cause problems with Black Textures and Crashes.

[Lt.Kris]

ATI Mobility X1600 25MB

Mobility Catalyst 6.9's.

[AgentJadeD.CA]

6.9 x64 No problems, but small performance drop from 6.8 to 6.9

specs below

[megawhompertoo]

hey you know u could be right coz
when i play bf2 the fans go crazy and after ive restarted
i check the temp and its about 74 75 76 degresss just above normal
on the ati temp thing when i had it installed
My psu is a 500watt one what do you reckon enough or need more ?

Also ill try putting the comp in a more aired out palce and opening the sides see if dat works
atleast ill know if its an overheating issue


so what do u recommend i do ?

thanx for your reply also :D

500W should be plenty. You're right--taking the sides off and pointing a fan towards the innards while playing would tell you pretty soon if its a heat issue.

Other recommendations:
ww.techpowerup.com/atitool/, and download atitool. set it up to log your gpu.
also dl and install speedfan, (http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php) and set it up to log your temps.
76C AFTER you've already restarted indicates that it may--MAY--have been in the low 90's when it crashed, meaning you may need to get in there with a can of compressed air and clean out those dustbunnies a little better.

Good luck.

[Ai*AK47]

hey found out what the problem was thanx guys for your input

it was something so mesely the place that put together my box
didnt clip down the cpu fan properly so i think it was over heating and causing freezing me and a friend opened it up his like clip and then said give it a go played for four hours striaght on the highest setting 1280 x 1024 freaking smoooooth assss luv it :D

[Lt.Kris]

ATI Mobility X1600 256mb

ATI Mobility Catalyst 7.8

No problems.

[AlexIsUber]

wow you guys suck, 1950XT...latest drivers

[*FMJ*Power]

two HD2900XT in crossfire

7.8 cat

smooth as silk

[Chris_Redfield]

X1600
Latest catalyst drivers

Not a single issue

[HaVeAGO76]

I've just installed my new HiS HD2900xt and the latest catalyst drivers and guess what, BF2 doesn't load any longer.
Was previously running an x1900xtx with no trouble at all.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[HateKILLL™]

Stupid question, but did you run a driver cleaner ? Is it getting enough power?
A minimum 550 Watt (750 for CrossFire™) or greater power supply with two 2x3-pin PCIe® power connectors is required.
For enhanced performance with ATI Overdrive™, a power supply with one 2x3-pin and one 2x4-pin PCIe® power connector is required
Certified power supplies are strongly recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/CertifiedPSU for a list of Certified products
If you have a good P.S. & thats not your problem exchange that card for a new one !

[yagor]

Hey, I've got a Radeon 9800 Pro and I'm running the 5.6 Cat driver. The game runs absolutely great save for the constant dumping to the desktop.

It's quite unbearable, I really would like it to work, I'm not particularily sure what the issue is. Sometimes I can't play for a minute and it will dump to the desktop sometimes I can play for twenty minutes. It's really aggravating.

On occasion I actually get error messages, I should write it down exactly but it's something along the lines of "Memory deallocating..." and it wants to know if you'd like to "Try Again" "Cancel" "Quit"... I dunno, it's driving me mad...

I was wondering what your "fix" is. I'm willing to try anything at the moment.

Cheers
gumby3d

It seems i have the same problem but my VGA is Sapphire 1650 pro 256DDR3/128bit
If u have a solution pls PM me.

[Benedettini]

MOBILITY RADEON X600 Laptop screen card


Since i patched BF2 from 1.0 to 1.41,it crashes me to desktop after 3 secs of start(Click to BF2 icon) without giving any error text!!!!

[Codeman]

Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP will it work cause it just crashes to desktop?

[Bluedevil75]

X1950 Pro 512 MB GDDR3
XG WarCat 07.4
BSOD after I close BF2. It's not game breaking, but it's annoying when wanting to do something else after I get done playing BF2.

[Gunfire]

X200 Series (Integrated *****iness)