Question about the 6600GT

[|WitchFire|]

Greetings, I just bought an Nvidia MSI 6600GT and BF2 does not want to work. I attempt to load it and it just brings me back to the desk top. I was under the impression that the 6600 GT was supported. Is this not the case? Thanks

[Compumaniac12]

it is supported, but with it you need
Drivers that come with bf2 (or greater)
directx9.0c (came with game)

celeron (pentium 4 version)
sempron
Athalon xp
or greater cpu

512mb of ram
windows xp sp1

if after all that it doesnt work, check it again, cuz if the game starts but crashes before the menu then its one of those specs above

[ToastyToast]

Yes its supported. I have a 6600gt (made by gigabyte) and I can run med/high settings. Whats your processor and ram? Have you updated your video card drivers? I think the latest its like 81.98, or at least its what I have.

[|WitchFire|]

Thanks for the responses. I have an old XP 2400+ and 512 mb of ram :D . I used to be able to run the game on med/high with my Radeon 9700 which recently fizzled out on me for some reason. I downloaded drivers using some MSI auto update, but now I'm going to install the newest ones from Nvidia, hopefully it will work lol

[|WitchFire|]

I don't know what the heck is going on. I installed new drivers and reinstalled the game - NOTHING lol, still crashes to desk top. This is really weird.

[xW0LFx]

roll back your drivers 1

2 you can try searching google

3 reformat and reload windows

4 buy a much better proccesor and if possible get a gig of ram

[-(PK)-DarkIllusion]

is it AGP?

[|WitchFire|]

It is PCI-e with some sort of AGP bridge. I don't have an PCI-e motherboard. Oddly enough I can run the BF2 Demo just fine :confused:

[spyro415]

Hopefully you ran driver cleaner since you went from ATI to Nvidia?

[|WitchFire|]

Well, I uninstalled the ATI drivers if that's what you mean. I don't get why it's not working. Lots of people I know have this card and it works fine.

[virussnt]

Greetings, I just bought an Nvidia MSI 6600GT and BF2 does not want to work. I attempt to load it and it just brings me back to the desk top. I was under the impression that the 6600 GT was supported. Is this not the case? Thanks

Delete all of the items in the following folder...it will fix your problem.

drive letter:\My Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles

[DarKrO]

It's a conflict with previous settings, do as he says.

[IntensivCareBear]

also, reinstalling bf2 also works.

i have a 6600 GT, like the other guy says, it can run medium or high settings,depending on how much ram you have and how high res you want.

for my resolution which is widescreen and about equivalent to 1024 by 768 you can run all settings on high without your card working up a sweat (it goes to about 58 degrees instead of 54/55 when on desktop heh...)

reason I WOULD reinstall rather than delete profiles is because i KNOW FOR SURe that reinstalling doenst harm your online profiles.

whereas deleting the PROFILES folder just might heh... also, if reinstalling doesnt work you can always just delete the profiles like they say. either way its good.

[virussnt]

also, reinstalling bf2 also works.

i have a 6600 GT, like the other guy says, it can run medium or high settings,depending on how much ram you have and how high res you want.

for my resolution which is widescreen and about equivalent to 1024 by 768 you can run all settings on high without your card working up a sweat (it goes to about 58 degrees instead of 54/55 when on desktop heh...)

reason I WOULD reinstall rather than delete profiles is because i KNOW FOR SURe that reinstalling doenst harm your online profiles.

whereas deleting the PROFILES folder just might heh... also, if reinstalling doesnt work you can always just delete the profiles like they say. either way its good.

Your player profile is stored online, thus the reason you have to connect to the account server even if you are playing in single player. All you have to do is retrive your account settings (click on the button) and your profile is released to your computer again.

[xRAMBOx]

PCI-E will NOT work in a non PCI-E Motherboard!theres your problem!:rolleyes:

[DaveOnrefni]

No, I think he was referring to the fact that the card was originally PCI-e and then how nVidia made it AGP by putting a bridge chip, which was the opposite of what they used to (making AGP cards into PCI-e).

Anyway, hope you get your help/answer soon and hopefully have better results than I did.

[virussnt]

PCI-E will NOT work in a non PCI-E Motherboard!theres your problem!:rolleyes:

He already stated that he can play the BF2 Demo...or didnt you read that part?

[lil_jimmy_norton]

No, I think he was referring to the fact that the card was originally PCI-e and then how nVidia made it AGP by putting a bridge chip, which was the opposite of what they used to (making AGP cards into PCI-e).

Anyway, hope you get your help/answer soon and hopefully have better results than I did.


HSI interface is the technical name for the bridge.

[-(PK)-DarkIllusion]

oh yeh... i read somwere that bf2 doesn't work after you install new hardware.. reinstalling bf2 might be your solution like a guy previously mentioned

[|WitchFire|]

Thanks everyone. I reinstalled once again, went back to older drivers and simply renamed that Battlefield 2 profile. Now the game works fine :D . Hell of a lot of trouble just to change a vid card though lol.

[IntensivCareBear]

when i installed my 6600GT i didnt need to reinstall, but i did when it randomly stopped working after i hadnt played it for a month heh.

its hilarious how i just kind of accepted that a game like BF2 would probably just stop working if you didnt play it every few days hehe.

[|WitchFire|]

Yeah, I guess over that month, random lines of code were strung together and the game effectively created a mind of it's own. It subsequently decided that it would stop working and pursue a career as a frisbee :D lol