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Right guys installed BF2 on my machine..

every 2 to 5 mins the game will do a slight GFX freeze for about 2 seconds.

Nnot very good tbh cos every time it happens i end up crashing the jet or the chopper

Pc Spec

Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (8192KB L2 Cache, Microprocessor) @ 2400MHz (1066MHz FSB)

Windows Vista Home

GFX Card

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (Processor: GeForce 8800 GTX), 768MB, 1152x864x32, 75Hz, driver version: 7.15.11.5816

Memory

3 gig

No idea what is causing the problem never happened on the laptop...

Any idea's info would be nice
Thanks

Does BF2 sounds stick aswell?

First thing I would advise is update your graphics cards drivers, secondly monitor your graphics cards temperature with either nvidias software or GPU-Z.

no sound dont freeze... just done a full update on the drivers.....

no updated since jan 08 :-)

Not tested the game yet too late at night ...

GFX card temp should be cool .......... got 4 jet fans in the machine

It might also be our beloved PunkBuster...

It sometimes causes lag that occurs in certain intervals.
To rule out Pb..
Go to server, open console, type pb_sleep 500, hit enter, then type pb_writecfg and hit enter, to save settings.

This should decrease the time limit, when Pb checks for updates...

I think the GTX8800's had rendering issues alot in the 17#.### series, once the 18#,### series drivers were released they were working fine. Try it tonight bud, I really can't see BF2 being a major pain in the ass the render on your system, your system is way above average for BF2. It should piss on it!!

tried the pb_sleep 500 still same problems...

and yeah the sound freezes at the same time ...

im just download the 1.9#### drivers for it see if that helps

This is a long shot, update your sound drivers. The problem you have is what I had for months and turns out after updating my sound drivers the problem was gone

Does it CTD after the freeze? Do you use EA Download Manager?

If it does and you do could be the same problem I had. pbcl.dll was conflicting with EA Download Manager.

After numerous emails to EA and Punkbuster the only solution I found was to bypass EADM and use an image on Daemon tools. Been steady as a rock ever since.

Original post is here http://fsfa.org/index.php?option=com_jf ... .php&t=324.

no not used ea download manager since i download armoured fury years ago

ok updated gfx card drivers and sound card drivers but now instead of the gfx freezing for a second. all i get now is problem with your connection.

Bollocks to it ile just have to live with it