1920x1200 resolution problem on BF2 (7800GT SLI, 2405FPW)

[teddy3501]

anyone running BF2 at 1920x1200? i have two eVGA 7800gt in SLI and a Dell 2405fpw montier. i've tried the shortcut parameter tweak +szy +szx and i've edited the video.con file (both tweaks are well mentioned on the web). however, when i start the game, it just dumps me back to desktop.

i can only get it to run at 1600. anyone get it to run at 1920?

btw, i'm running the latest nvidia drivers.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Which drivers do you consider the latest. You should not be having problems at that setting with an SLI machine, especially one of your caliber.

-Kevin

 

[teddy3501]

i've tried the latest release and beta drivers.

 

[Dkcode]

Is this monitor new? Have you used a crt before this? If so this could be something to do with the refresh rate been set too high for the monitor. Remove the line from your shortcut and open /my documents/battlefield 2/profiles/0001/video.con and change "VideoSettings.setResolution 1920x1200@60Hz"

 

[Mackie2k]

I have perf problems with the DVI out on my laptop (XPS Gen2) and my 2405. I need to try VGA and see if it's better.

 

[teddy3501]

i've tried changing the video.con file. BF2 just dumps me out to the desktop after the game logs in. if it was a matter of the moniter not handling the refresh rate, i think the moniter would go blank or something. the problem is more with the game configuration... it's not detecting that my card can do 1920x1200@60 for some reason. and when i force it to do that using the shortcut parameter method or the video.com method, the game just dumps me out.

it's annoying since i feel like i'm not using my hardware's full potential and BF2 was my secret reason for the recent hardware upgrade.

i'm gonna try to re-install the game from fresh again after i install the new nvidia drivers just released.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: teddy3501
i've tried changing the video.con file. BF2 just dumps me out to the desktop after the game logs in. if it was a matter of the moniter not handling the refresh rate, i think the moniter would go blank or something. the problem is more with the game configuration... it's not detecting that my card can do 1920x1200@60 for some reason. and when i force it to do that using the shortcut parameter method or the video.com method, the game just dumps me out.

it's annoying since i feel like i'm not using my hardware's full potential and BF2 was my secret reason for the recent hardware upgrade.

i'm gonna try to re-install the game from fresh again after i install the new nvidia drivers just released.

OP - I am having the same problem and tried the video.con solution w/ same result as you. Let us know what reinstalling the game does.

 

[Markbnj]

There are a lot of people this doesn't work for, irrespective of system settings and components. There must be something we all have in common, but nobody has found it yet that I have heard of.

You're better off in 1600 x 1200 anyway. BF2 does not support widescreen res, and so what happens in 1920 x 1200 is you lose a little of the top and bottom of the view.

 

[teddy3501]

funny thing is my brother can't get it to run 1600x1200 on an ATI X800.

 

[Woofmeister]

I've been able to run BF2 in widescreen using the shortcut hack. The game looks amazing, but I keep getting beaten on the draw in online play. I thought it was because I'm old and slow, but it suddenly occurred to me that because I'm running at 1920x1200, I'm moving my crosshair over a heck of a lot more real estate than the guy shooting at me who may only be running 800x600. I now play BF2 online windowed at 1600x1200. The same for DOD. It's not quite as visually engaging, but I find that I don't die quite so much in one-on-one firefights.

(I still die plenty though, SLI is no match for teenage reflexes.)

 

[icelazer]

I run bf2 1920x1200 on 2 bfg 7800gtx sli on a 2405fpw...works fine for me, all I did was edit the shortcut for the +szy +szx thing and works great. Framerate seems a little low for what I expect to get, around 80-90 but dipping down into the teens during artillery strikes with no fsaa/af.

 

[argoldst]

I know this is not much help but my 7800gtx sli setup works fine with my dell 2405.