Vista - Battlefield 2142 Problems

I recently installed the RC1 5600 build as an upgrade. I play BF 2142 on a
regular basis, and had no problems when on XP Pro with all settings on high.
I now try and play and get massive lag spikes, despite my ping being only
29. Iv tried turning all firewalls off, every background program, and even
un-installing and reinstalling the game. Nothing has worked. Has anyone hd
this problem? And would a clean install help?

"Combat Medic" <Combat Medic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I recently installed the RC1 5600 build as an upgrade. I play BF 2142 on a
> regular basis, and had no problems when on XP Pro with all settings on
> high.
> I now try and play and get massive lag spikes, despite my ping being only
> 29. Iv tried turning all firewalls off, every background program, and even
> un-installing and reinstalling the game. Nothing has worked. Has anyone hd
> this problem? And would a clean install help?

This sounds like driver issues, are you using a GeForce card?

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Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
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"Paul Smith" wrote:

>
> This sounds like driver issues, are you using a GeForce card?
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
> Get ready for Windows Vista: http://www.windowsvista.com/getready/
>
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>
>Im running a Geforce 7600 GT with updates downlaoded and installed through the Windows Updater. I even checked at Nvidia site and the driver release numbers matched to what I had downlaoded, "6.14.10.9564"

How much memory do you have installed? I had 1GB and ran BF2 under XP with
no problems. However under VISTA, at least 512mb seemed to be used by the
O/S and the game ran like a dog.. upgraded to 2gb and all is fine..


"Combat Medic" <CombatMedic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> "Paul Smith" wrote:
>
>>
>> This sounds like driver issues, are you using a GeForce card?
>>
>> --
>> Paul Smith,
>> Yeovil, UK.
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
>> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>> Get ready for Windows Vista: http://www.windowsvista.com/getready/
>>
>> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>>
>>Im running a Geforce 7600 GT with updates downlaoded and installed through
>>the Windows Updater. I even checked at Nvidia site and the driver release
>>numbers matched to what I had downlaoded, "6.14.10.9564"

Im running a gig as well. If going to 2 would really help I guess I dont have
many options.

"Brian" wrote:

> How much memory do you have installed? I had 1GB and ran BF2 under XP with
> no problems. However under VISTA, at least 512mb seemed to be used by the
> O/S and the game ran like a dog.. upgraded to 2gb and all is fine..
>
>
> "Combat Medic" <CombatMedic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FFE0E397-AC98-47C9-B9C5-6A24111BB652@microsoft.com...
> > "Paul Smith" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> This sounds like driver issues, are you using a GeForce card?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Paul Smith,
> >> Yeovil, UK.
> >> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> >> http://www.windowsresource.net/
> >> Get ready for Windows Vista: http://www.windowsvista.com/getready/
> >>
> >> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
> >>
> >>Im running a Geforce 7600 GT with updates downlaoded and installed through
> >>the Windows Updater. I even checked at Nvidia site and the driver release
> >>numbers matched to what I had downlaoded, "6.14.10.9564"
>

all I can say is that BF2 needs 2 gig even though my ping was low 30s so
unless anyone else has any suggestions. You can check memory used by the
o/s just by the usage monitor in the sidebar when nothing else is
running,,,, at present, with 2gb and nothing else running its 32%!
"Combat Medic" <CombatMedic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Im running a gig as well. If going to 2 would really help I guess I dont
> have
> many options.
>
> "Brian" wrote:
>
>> How much memory do you have installed? I had 1GB and ran BF2 under XP
>> with
>> no problems. However under VISTA, at least 512mb seemed to be used by
>> the
>> O/S and the game ran like a dog.. upgraded to 2gb and all is fine..
>>
>>
>> "Combat Medic" <CombatMedic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:FFE0E397-AC98-47C9-B9C5-6A24111BB652@microsoft.com...
>> > "Paul Smith" wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> This sounds like driver issues, are you using a GeForce card?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Paul Smith,
>> >> Yeovil, UK.
>> >> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
>> >> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>> >> Get ready for Windows Vista: http://www.windowsvista.com/getready/
>> >>
>> >> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>> >>
>> >>Im running a Geforce 7600 GT with updates downlaoded and installed
>> >>through
>> >>the Windows Updater. I even checked at Nvidia site and the driver
>> >>release
>> >>numbers matched to what I had downlaoded, "6.14.10.9564"
>>

Iim looking at the task manager now, and I notice that with 1gb of ram its
using 40% of the memory! If with 2gb of ram your is running at 32% then is
there really a huge difference in gameplay? I dont want to drop $100 on
somthing unless theres a cheaper (or free, hint hint) option that will help.
Again, I was running BF2142 and had a ping of 25, but my FPS was at last 3
(guesstimated) making the game unplayable.

"Brian" wrote:

> all I can say is that BF2 needs 2 gig even though my ping was low 30s so
> unless anyone else has any suggestions. You can check memory used by the
> o/s just by the usage monitor in the sidebar when nothing else is
> running,,,, at present, with 2gb and nothing else running its 32%!

vista is gpu dependent, so you will see a performance drop no matter what.
"Combat Medic" <Combat Medic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A25FF414-EE09-4784-8EF4-5456310F5F86@microsoft.com...
>I recently installed the RC1 5600 build as an upgrade. I play BF 2142 on a
> regular basis, and had no problems when on XP Pro with all settings on
> high.
> I now try and play and get massive lag spikes, despite my ping being only
> 29. Iv tried turning all firewalls off, every background program, and even
> un-installing and reinstalling the game. Nothing has worked. Has anyone hd
> this problem? And would a clean install help?

I think it's moreso a driver issue, non of the video drivers are mature
enough, especially at the RC1 stage. I personally don't play BF2142 but
have read a number of post from other users of problems with this game and
Vista due to driver problems.

"jason" <a6a2645@telus.net> wrote in message
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> vista is gpu dependent, so you will see a performance drop no matter what.
> "Combat Medic" <Combat Medic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A25FF414-EE09-4784-8EF4-5456310F5F86@microsoft.com...
>>I recently installed the RC1 5600 build as an upgrade. I play BF 2142 on a
>> regular basis, and had no problems when on XP Pro with all settings on
>> high.
>> I now try and play and get massive lag spikes, despite my ping being only
>> 29. Iv tried turning all firewalls off, every background program, and
>> even
>> un-installing and reinstalling the game. Nothing has worked. Has anyone
>> hd
>> this problem? And would a clean install help?
>

"I recently installed the RC1 5600 build as an upgrade"....

I think we can stop right there. There are vast differences between the RC1
build and the RTM build, particularly regarding game performance and ram
usage. DWM in beta builds for example was common to see 50-60MB ram usage,
in RTM I've seen more like 10-20MB.


"Combat Medic" <Combat Medic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A25FF414-EE09-4784-8EF4-5456310F5F86@microsoft.com...
>I recently installed the RC1 5600 build as an upgrade. I play BF 2142 on a
> regular basis, and had no problems when on XP Pro with all settings on
> high.
> I now try and play and get massive lag spikes, despite my ping being only
> 29. Iv tried turning all firewalls off, every background program, and even
> un-installing and reinstalling the game. Nothing has worked. Has anyone hd
> this problem? And would a clean install help?