Settings and Lag

[TheFatKidDeath]

On my LCD, I've been running the resolution at the highest setting and anti-alaising at 4 along with all bells and whistles at the highest settings.

However, I don't really seem to get any less "lag" when turning down the settings. The game seems to run about the same.

Isn't this counter to what "we/I" have been told?

[RegaloDeMuerte]

I've heard that as well, but it's always been a bit strange to me. I think the mystification comes when people use the word "lag" instead of "framerate." Because your video settings don't have any impact on the speed of your internet connection nor the proximity and/or quality of the server you're playing on. What it does do, obviously, is lower the stress on your GPU/RAM/Processor which can increase your framerate, which makes you "lag" in a certain sense but definitely not in the time it takes to send and recieve packets from the server sense.

So depending on whether you mean ping or framerate, turning off AA and lowering the resolution should help with the latter but not the former.

[BHack]

No, I know what he means. I have had this exact same experience with BF2142. No matter what the setting, I could NOT acheive a drastic improvement (or worsening) in framerate. This also has nothing to do with server lag/ping, as it is the same in single player.

My conclusion, from experience, was that it was the massive amount of HUD items being drawn that caused the frame rate plunge. Fat kid, try joining an empty server and check your frame rate. That is the only variable that would consistently affect my frame rate, the amount of players in game (which affects to a great extent the amount of things on your HUD).

I came to the conclusion my video card wasn't the problem, my processor was the bottleneck. Most of the video settings have an effect on the work your video card does, and to much less an extent, your processor.

Yesterday I put together a Core 2 duo E6600 system, with the same video card I was using before. I expect perfectly smooth frame rates now and I'll report back.

[TheFatKidDeath]

I've been playing with the settings and just turned off the anti-aliasing with everything else on high and a 1600-1200 resolution. I have seen a difference with the aliasing off.

With my current settings, now, let's use an example, I can move to the right quickly and the screen does not seem to "drag" behind me rather it stays consistently with me. I'm not versed enough to give a technological explantation so in layman's terms it would be how quickly I can move around and the screen sort of not lag or drag behind me if that makes sense.

Any other quick tricks?

[RegaloDeMuerte]

If you haven't seen this already it might help you out:

http://www.tweakguides.com/BF2142_1.html

[Yoyi]

That was a great read and the newest addition to my bookmars thanks!