Bad Company 2 ... glitchy/choppy/stutters

[ViviTheMage]

My PC :

SSD - 120GB OCZ SOLID2
Windows 7 Pro 64bit
EVGA 260GTX 216
E8400
4GB DDR2



I have tried almost every setting ranging from high, to low, and resolutions...bloom on/off, etc.

When I run around, the game kind of glitches/stutters every 2 seconds..by stutter, it's like there is a .2 second delay, it's horribly not smooth...anyone run into this? I've got nVidia drivers : 1711.9621

Not sure if this is helpful, but I did see both cores at 80%-95% during gameplay.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Is that E8400 OC'ed or stock?

 

[ViviTheMage]

Stock ... I am going to pull the Q9550 from my server and see if that helps it out.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Stock ... I am going to pull the Q9550 from my server and see if that helps it out.

That should help. The game apparently loves quads.

 

[ronach]

I am running a Q9650 on this game with the older 195.62 Nvidia drivers, and the game runs smoothly. Food for thought..this game may not require this much horsepower..but it sure likes it.

 

[ViviTheMage]

I swapped it out, didn't help at all. same problems.

 

[heat901]

Maybe its just me but it sounds like a driver or video card issue....though I am probably wrong

 

[ViviTheMage]

Woops, I forgot when I tweaked windows 7, I locked it to 2 cores...I fixed it, rebooted, now it's running at 4 cores and it's running a LOT better. It's as smooth as a video now...it's 400% better, no glicthes/stuttering at all now.

 

[BlueWeasel]

I'd be interested to see if you still get the stutters with the E8400 running at 3.6Ghz+. Does the game really need a quad to run adequately or will a high end dual core work?

 

[GullyFoyle]

I'd be interested to see if you still get the stutters with the E8400 running at 3.6Ghz+. Does the game really need a quad to run adequately or will a high end dual core work?

I run fine with that CPU and that OC with an 8800GT.

 

[heat901]

So what if someone has a low end AMD x2 2.6 of a c2d 2.4? Will it shutter?

 

[ViviTheMage]

No idea, doesn't make sense how I only swapped to a Q9550 from an E8400..shrug. I am glad it works though.