Major lag issues.

[amv203]

Can someone help I just bought this game but I am not enjoying it. When ever I play I get major lag when an air strike is called or there is a helicopter around.This is what i am seeing for recommended requirements:

Recommended System Requirements :

Processor: 2.4 GHz Duo Core or faster
Memory: 1.0 GB RAM (XP) or 2.0 GB RAM (Vista)
Video Card: GeForce 7800 / Ati Radeon X1800 or better
Hard Drive: 8GB

This is what I have:

Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 FX-60 Dual Core Processor, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.6GHz
Memory: 3070MB RAM
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS

Can anyone give me suggestions.
Thanks

[Mr12es]

i have nothing anywhere near as good as your comp and mine plays fine so i cant see much wrong with your system specs. best to wait for bd/ddd to answer tho =]

[DAce]

whats your ping on the server during game. cuz lag could be some isp problem too.

check also if you dont have packets loss ingame.
this is the first thing to check, then we can go hardware.

[amv203]

How do I check for packet loss. With everything turned off or to low my fps is at 20 when an airstrike comes. Sometimes even lower. Without any airstrikes fps was around 80. My ping on LEET server was 48 to 55 today.

[Bullets]

1) update ur drivers www.nvidia.com
2) open up ur console ~ key and type /com_maxfps 400


after you do that put the game graphics back to the way you want (Extra, High, Normal) and it will look amazing

ur getting FPS lag. those 2 things fix ur problem.

[DAce]

u can try this settings in console:

\cg_drawlagometer 1
if you have yellow or red spykes then u have out of sync and packet drops. so u can set packetdup to 1

\cl_packetdup 0 or 1
1 will send an extra packet to the server.

\cl_maxpackets 100
smooth data transfer

\cg_fov 80
better view

\cg_drawFPS 1
u can check ur fps

\com_maxfps 125
or 0 (dunno about the 400) didnt worked for me when i change it.

Another thing that can cause lag its the AV or Internet security.
found this lag explanation image...
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/6186/lagtypeskv1.jpg

[DumpsterDave]

\com_maxfps 125
or 0 (dunno about the 400) didnt worked for me when i change it.


Don't set it above 250. PB will kick for a max FPS set above 250 on alot of servers... Besides, if your monitor is set at 60 or even 75Hz, it is displaying a MAX of 60 or 75 fps no matter how many the game is producing. You should set the max FPS to whatever your refresh rate is.

[amv203]

Latest: Same server as before ping of no more that 50 avg, fps 38. All suggestions tested with no changes in game play. Updated the driver for video card. Max fps changed from 60 to 400 and in between now set at 125. Monitor is set to 60Hz. Anti virus is paused. The drawlagometer looks like the first one until the airsrtikes start

[DAce]

When my video card didnt get proper power, the fps drops and then black screen, now i have a 650 watts sli ready power supply but my fps jumps from 20 to 150 (using vista), so it might be the current video drivers. I have eVGA 8800 Gt superclocked.
Im gonna start testing drivers and ill let u know if i get any fps improvement.

[DumpsterDave]

DAce, how many processes do you have running when your computer is in an idle state? Also, do you have a dual core or single core CPU?

[DAce]

Dual but havent checked how they perform during gameplay, ill do it tonite to check state on both. probably 1 is running normal while the other is max.
Ill check later..

im going to try different settings with nhancer
http://www.nhancer.com/
http://www.nhancer.com/pics/nhancer_main_small_en.png

[DumpsterDave]

With dual processors, CPU 0 usually ends up doing most of the work, and CPU 1 is rarely touched. Try setting the affinity of the game to be CPU 1 only and see if that improves performance any.

[DAce]

With dual processors, CPU 0 usually ends up doing most of the work, and CPU 1 is rarely touched. Try setting the affinity of the game to be CPU 1 only and see if that improves performance any.

thanks, but that 20 fps that i posted its on real bad situation airstrike and smoke on high settings, but its doing fine with an average of 80, just wanna improve a bit the fps, inside building i get 150. Anyway i test the game with CPU 1 and theres no difference. I know i can get more fps of this...

[amv203]

Thanks all I think I got it. It was a combo of a lot of things mostly my anti virus.

[integra]

dace you should be hitting at least 125 constant no matter what with everything set on high :s

i have e8400 4 gig pc6400 g skill ram and sLi'd 8800 GTX's and i dont drop anywhere lower than 250 fps and thats in pure smoke.


buddy of mine only has a 8800 GT oc1 edition and he hits about 130 constant no lower than 100 fps with everything on high...