BF2:Stuttering issues

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lachizeleltl getcatrb Various people have reported stuttering issues with their framerate.


  • Running BF2 with only one GIG of RAM will likely result in stuttering if you run Textures on HIGH regardless of your killer system specs. Try turning Dynamic Shadows and Textures on MED. Get yourself 1.5 to 2 GIG's of RAM. Also, download this program EndItAll2. It will shut off unnecessary programs taking up valuable resources. Make sure you shut off anti-virus as well. Try getting your system to less than 20 running processes before you start BF2.
  • One of the possible reasons is the sound system. Like BF1942 initially had issues, BF2 also appears to have similar issues.
  • Possible fixes include switching between hardware and software modes, disabling EAX or updating your drivers.
  • Stuttering when having the "Audio Renderer option" set to Hardware was caused by having two sound devices enabled on my PC. I managed to fix this symptom by removing the SB Live card (leaving only the onboard ALC850). _Johan
  • Scotty22 reported reinstalling everything, including OS, drivers, etc., seemed to have resolved his problem. (Read here)
  • Disabling AGP fast writes in the BIOS has fixed this issue for some.
  • Stuttering may also occur as a result of a combination of an AMD64/nForce3 mobo/6800 series video card. See BF2:Graphics_Drivers.
  • Some people have stopped the stuttering by increasing the AGP Aperture setting in their BIOS to 256MB. This only works if you have a lot of RAM, say 2GB. If you have too little RAM, increasing the aperture size will likely make things worse.
  • Have a 6800 or x800 video cards and stuttering? Especially if disabling EAX helped try this Latency Fix: http://www.audiotrak.net/support_faq.htm (search for PCI Latency tool) or get the older version from http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=951
  • Manually updating Punkbuster helps some, too. See http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=updatepb.php
  • The new cat 5.8 drivers almost totally got rid of my stuttering. It may stutter for a second now but my black textures are gone and I can play with 64 players just fine.
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