Hi,

I've been banging my head against a wall trying to solve a problem with BF2. My config is XP Pro (SP2) on DELL Inspiron 8600 - Centrino 2.0Ghz with 768MB RAM, 7.6K RPM HDD, ATI Radeon 9600 128MB graphics card. Direct X 9.0c. Have a DSL 2mb connection.

This spec exceeds the min for BF2 by quite a bit, however i can't get a single game (on 90ms response servers) without a lagging / choppy effect happening every 30 odd seconds. It may run fine for five minutes, be chopping for ten then run fine again. Strnage think is, i can max out the graphic settings in BF2 and when it runs its perfect, really fast response, but when the laggy/choppy effect hit it basically stops. Running at the bottom end of quality runs fine, then the laggy effect is less intrusive, but still a problem. I've tried switching off the firewall, killing every process short of essential networking/rpc stuff, I've upgraded to the latest BIO, firmware, video, NIC even bloody HHD drivers, even recently had to rebuild my whole pc and i just can't shake this problem - its driving me nuts!!! Its not network related as it does it in standalone games.

An interesting point is that it also does it on Battlefield 1942 & DC but didn't do it on Tribes 2 (another passion ;-)

If anyone has seen this type of problem - HELP Please - this issue is driving me bloody nuts!!!

Thanks in advance :-)

"Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience."

1st of all, your CPU is not a Centrino, it's a Pentium M. Centrino is NOT a processor at all, it's the name of Intel's "technology package" for laptops/notebooks.

Try toning down your graphics settings in the games you're having probs with...R9600 maxed out is stretching the limits of the GPU

ASUS A7N8X-X
Athlon XP 1800+
8.5 x 200MHz
1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7
Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB
WinME/WinXP Pro SP1

Thats for the tip re Pentium M.

As per the previous message - i've tried every setting - still get the same result regardless of setting.

Just a bit more info...

I have applied the latest punkbuster version.

The problem happens on all servers and even when running a single player game.

If I escape to the menu during the laggy period, the menu is also laggy.

I have run the game in window mode so that i could observe the task list (showing all processes from all users) at the same time as I get the lag effect, no other process is utilizing the processor and I noted that the HDD isn't doing anything as well.

i have also upgraded to the ATI omega drivers and modified tons of settings including: underclocking/overclocking the graphics card. Setting AGP to X6 X4 and X2, plus modifying any other setting you can thing of - still with the same result (well to be honest, during the non-laggy period the graphics were hot and response fantastic - that is until the lag effect starts).

Reviewed the excellent http://www.tweakguides.com and applied all the suggestions from there.

I appreciate your assistance.

"Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience."

When's the last time you did a full virus scan, scanned for spyware, ran MSCONFIG to disable useless startup programs, & defragged the hard drive?

ASUS A7N8X-X
Athlon XP 1800+
8.5 x 200MHz
1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7
Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB
WinME/WinXP Pro SP1