Optimization for Battlefield 2142

**Abnormality** · 08-13-2009, 04:52 PM

My system specs are as listed:
AMD PII X4 940 3.0ghz (quad-core)
AMD ATI HD4870 512MB
4gb ddr2 800 ram
Foxconn A7A9S 790FX mobo
650W Corsair power supply

I'm running the game on 1024x768 on this machine, yet I can still only manage around 20-35 FPS when I benchmark it with the FRAPS overlay. Anyone got any tips on how to boost performance? Help appreciated.

**Exploding_Silver** · 08-13-2009, 06:33 PM

turn all shadow settings off and turn AA off, then try again
those two take up a lot of processing power
fraps is a good program to test FPS and has no impact on FPS itself

**Reaperassault** · 08-13-2009, 07:18 PM

Make sure that you are not running on your integrated GPU, a 4870 has way more than enough power to run 2142 at such a small resolution. You will most likely have to disable it through the BIOS, but I'm not sure what options AMD provides about disabling the integrated graphics.

Edit: hmm looks like you don't have an integrated GPU, in that case I would make sure that your drivers are installed correctly. Are you having problems with just 2142 or are all your games running poorly?

**draeh** · 08-13-2009, 07:22 PM

That 4870 should outpace my 8800GTX... and I get 70+ FPS at 1920x1200 with everything set high and AA at 4x. Something definitely isn't right.

**Buckets** · 08-13-2009, 10:03 PM

You have a driver issue of some sort. I have everything cranked at 1680x1050 on my AMD64 5600+ and Radeon 2900XT and never dip below 60. You should be blowing my framerates away.