[starjax]

I agree with you warriorscott. as I stated previously on other threads and on this one:

1)problems installing, patching, ect may be solved by a manual uninstall of the game and a reintall.
How do you manually uninstall Battlefield 2?

How do you manually install the game if a normal installation does not work?

2) video issues with nvidia are resolved either by reverting to the 71.xx drivers or by updating your agp driver for your system board.

3)making sure you have an adequate power supply for your system, exspecially if you have the latest generation of video cards (ati x series, nvidia 66xx, 68xx, 78xx series). this means proving proper voltage on the 3rd rail as well as enough power.

if you were having problems with dual channel memory then either you need to update your system bios, change your your memory (run memtest x86 to see if you have bad memory) or your memory controller is starting to fail (this means replacing your system board).

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Alright, i also have the black screen problem.... But i use the Radeon 9200 SERIES.... Is there anyway that this problem can be resolved? Ive updated all my video drivers, runned dxdiag and downloaded the patch...

What are the options besides buying a new card?

[lilzeeky]

Alright, i also have the black screen problem.... But i use the Radeon 9200 SERIES.... Is there anyway that this problem can be resolved? Ive updated all my video drivers, runned dxdiag and downloaded the patch...

What are the options besides buying a new card?

[starjax]

update your agp driver (system board). by patch I assume you mean the bf2 1.02 patch.

dx9c plus hotfix: from iamnotageek.com

This has been ripped out of one of the latest SP2 builds.
I've decided to put these up for anybody that was wanting them but having trouble getting their hands on them through other sources. http://www.iamnotage...loads/DX-9c.zip

http://www.iamnotage...5&stc=1&thumb=1 (http://www.iamnotage...achmentid=17195) http://www.iamnotage...6&stc=1&thumb=1 (http://www.iamnotage...achmentid=17196)

Installation Instructions:
(1) boot into safemode.
(2) Install Direct X 9.0c executable.
(3) Install Hotfix.
(4) Install the Registry Patch.
(5) Reboot.
(6) Click Start. Click Run. Type dxdiag.
(7) Verify it has been installed under the system tab.
(8) You're finished.

[jamie72]

Alright, i also have the black screen problem.... But i use the Radeon 9200 SERIES.... Is there anyway that this problem can be resolved? Ive updated all my video drivers, runned dxdiag and downloaded the patch...

What are the options besides buying a new card?

radion 9200 is not going to cut it sorry u need to get a good videocard 9200 is not for hard gaming it will do doom /ut2004/but its not going to do your far cry/bf2 games i now i have had a 9200 and got stuck on far cry when hoping into jeeps u need at the bear minimum a
http://www.cws.net.a...rx9600xt128.htm
http://www.cws.net.a...x/128gt6600.htm
get lots of ram to min 512 it will be a bit sluggish 1gig it will be ok with theas videocards if u got lots of cash get a NVIDIA chip videocard 6800gt and a pci e motherboard with 2gig of ram /////RADEON X850XT chipset videocard with pcie motherboard and 2gig of ram ///////// the lowest system i have hear running bf2 on lower settings is a amd64 system with 512 meg ram and a 6600gt videocard it runs ok but it needs more ram for bf2 to run at higher settings......

[lilzeeky]

I tried updating:


All my ATI drivers (Includes AGP Drivers)
DirectX 9.0C
Hotfix
DirectX 9.0C registry
Battlefield v1.02 Patch

I did exactly what you told me to do.... my personal opinion is i dont think you need to purchase another card, but i do know wthat ive seen on the EA site that it dosent support Radeon 9200 SERIIES. But that info is just useful since on the box it says the minimum requirments were RADEON 8500......

I autoplay BF2... and look at the EAsy info... this is what it looks like BEFORE i run the game:



This is what i get after i get the black screen waiting to see iff something happens, and re-autoplay the CD:

[warriorscot]

Well A if EA say the card is unsupported then it wont work and if it does it will be a miracle. And that computer isnt good enough to play BF2 even if it did work the fps would be so low as to be unplayable.

[starjax]

well more memory is an easy and cheap way to improve performance. now you could possibly have some bad memory on the video card or it could be a defect of the game. had to say. internesting that it stops seeing the 128 megs of video ram.

[jamie72]

Well A if EA say the card is unsupported then it wont work and if it does it will be a miracle. And that computer isnt good enough to play BF2 even if it did work the fps would be so low as to be unplayable.

yep that is a fact for god sake i have had 1 its not good enough get a new card or dont play bf2 your wasting your time if i was building a gaming pc on the cheep i would not consider a radion 9200 at all.

Edited by jamie72, 10 August 2005 - 11:19 PM.

[warriorscot]

It is interesting might be the reason its not supported, they might not have been able to fix that bug, maybe someone will though.

[p[e]ntium^]

My game has stopped crashing now All I did was uninstall the game manually... thank you for that post and installed the hotfix which EA managed to get right and bang it worked!

Install the hotfix and you should be fine imo

[lilzeeky]

Well i know ATI is working on a patch for the 9200 PCI but not the AGP

[MilesB]

I got GeForce 2 MX/MX Please tell me BF2 Demo will work

[mycompsux]

It will not. New video card time.

[jamie72]

I got GeForce 2 MX/MX Please tell me BF2 Demo will work

not a chance in [bleep] sorry u beta reach deep and empty your pockets don't get a cheep card how is the rest of your system is it up to the job
Demo System Requirements
EA GAMES saying
Windows XP (32-bit) with Admin rights
1.7 GHz Pentium 4 / Athlon XP or greater
512 MB or more
460MB of HD Space
DirectX 9.0c compatible (*video)
DirectX 9.0c compatible (sound)
*Video
Video card must have 128 MB or more memory and one of the following chipsets:
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 or greater >>>>>> ive seen it work on a 5600xt
ATI Radeon 8500 or greater >>>>>>>>>>>ok what ever
Multiplayer
Multiplayer requires 1 set of discs per PC and a broadband (Cable, DSL, or a faster) connection. Internet or Network (2-64 players)


EA COMUNITY WEBS SAYING this is for the full game!!!!!!
Operating System
Windows XP (32 Bit Version)

- CPU
Battlefield 2 supports the following processors:
Intel Pentium 4
Intel Xeon
Intel Pentium Extreme Edition
Intel Celeron D
AMD Athlon XP
AMD Athlon 64
AMD Athlon 64-FX
AMD Sempron processor

- Minimum Specification:
CPU: 1.7 Ghz
RAM: 512 Mb
Video Card: NVidia GeForce FX 5700, ATI Radeon 8500 or ATI Radeon 9500
with 128 Mb of RAM

- Recommended Specification:
CPU: 2.4 Ghz
RAM: 1 Gb
Video Card with at least 256 Mb of RAM

- Video Cards
Battlefield 2 only supports the following video cards:
Radeon X700 (PCIe)
Radeon X600 (PCIe)
GeForce 6600 (PCIe)
GeForce PCX 5900 (PCIe)
GeForce 5800 Series (AGP)
ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition
ATI Radeon X800 PRO
ATI Radeon 9800 Series
ATI Radeon 9600 Series
ATI Radeon 9550 (RV350LX)
ATI Radeon 9500 / 9700 Series
ATI Radeon 8500 Series
ATI Radeon X300 Series
NVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra
NVidia GeForce 6800 GT
NVidia GeForce 6800
NVidia GeForce FX 5950 Series
NVidia GeForce FX 5900 Series
NVidia GeForce FX 5700 Series

Hard Drive Space

To install Battlefield 2 you will need approximately 2.3 GB free hard disk space, plus space for saved games. Additional space is required for DirectX 9 installation.

In addition to the installed game, Windows will require additional free hard drive space for its operating system (virtual memory).

If you encounter the following message in an error dialog:

"Ran out of virtual memory"

Free up some more hard drive space.

Improving Gameplay Performance

Some machines will benefit from experimenting with your Network / Video / Sound options:

INTERNET / NETWORK PERFORMANCE

This section is very important to experiencing good internet play!

- JOINING MULTIPLAYER GAMES:
To get the best performance on your computer we recommend you follow these guidelines:

HARDWARE
Minimum system - Join servers that have up to 16 players

Recommended systems - Join servers that have up to 32 players

High end systems - Join servers that have up to 64 players

BANDWIDTH
ISDN users - Join games with a maximum of 16 players.

ADSL/Cable users - Join games with a maximum of 32 players.

T1/LAN users - Join games with a maximum of 64 players.

Edited by jamie72, 12 August 2005 - 06:36 PM.

[MilesB]

Windows 32Bit
1.8 Ghz P4
512MB RAM
80GB HD (74gb)
I got Direct 9 but not sure if it is compatable with my stonage graphics card
Video Card is 64MB LOLOL
Nvidea GeForce 2 MX/MX
1mbit AOL

I feel so poor