Only 15 fps

[SkyyPanther86]

I have been having this problem with bf2, Sometimes I will be stitting there shooting people and I will start to get 15 fps for about a 1 min straight. I have a 6800gt, amd 64 3700 and two 512 ocz gold vx. I will exit the game and i will get a low virtual memory warning. I dunno whats going on, is it my computer or the game. I thought my computer would be able to handle these games and then some.

 

[gorcorps]

Do this... right click my computer, then properties, then advanced, then click the first button (performance). Click advanced tab, and make sure the 2 radio buttons are set to programs. Then click the "change" button on the virtual memory section. In there will be a list of your hdds on your system. On the very bottom is recommended and currently allocated labels. I'll bet you're way under what is recommended. Even if you're not do this:

click the drive that has at least a gig free and is rather fast, then click the custom size radio button. Make the initial size and max size the same and make them at or a bit above the recommended and click the set button. If you have more than 1 drive, you can split it up amonst the 2 or more drives. I have 512 on my little drive, and 1024 on my bigger faster drive. I'm sure this'll help.

 

[RollWave]

I was just reading this thread and checked my settings, I see 3070 as recommended and the custom range was set to 1536-3072. Would changing ther ange to 3070-3072 help my system as well?

 

[Spacecomber]

Usually people complain about the game becoming choppy and stuttering when they run out of physical memory and start to rely on the page file while playing this game; so, your complaint that the fps themselves have dropped off may be something else. You didn't mention what resolution and ingame video settings you are running.

As far as freeing up some physical memory through the ingame settings, the suggestion to drop textures to medium was most helpful for me.

Of course, adding more RAM is even better.

Space

 

[dnuggett]

Originally posted by: gorcorps
Do this... right click my computer, then properties, then advanced, then click the first button (performance). Click advanced tab, and make sure the 2 radio buttons are set to programs. Then click the "change" button on the virtual memory section. In there will be a list of your hdds on your system. On the very bottom is recommended and currently allocated labels. I'll bet you're way under what is recommended. Even if you're not do this:

click the drive that has at least a gig free and is rather fast, then click the custom size radio button. Make the initial size and max size the same and make them at or a bit above the recommended and click the set button. If you have more than 1 drive, you can split it up amonst the 2 or more drives. I have 512 on my little drive, and 1024 on my bigger faster drive. I'm sure this'll help.

Increasing the size of the pagefile will do nothing to help if memory is indeed the problem. anytime the game has to access the pagefile your performance will fall of significantly regardless of the drive (excepting the IRAM). The best suggestion is to add another 512 RAM.

OP- hit control alt del and click on the performance tab. Load the game and play as usual. After playing look at the Peak reading. If it is over 1024000 you have surpassed the amount of RAM you have and hit the pagefile causing your performance drop. I had to add 512 from 1GB to fix this issue. Also depending on your usage for programs other than gaming, you may want to turn the pagefile off, I did. Windows has a habit of storing and accessing it even when RAM is available.

 

[RollWave]

so if you have 2 gigs, turning it off may be the way to go?

 

[Todd33]

Originally posted by: rnp614
so if you have 2 gigs, turning it off may be the way to go?

No. It's never a good idea to turn of virtual memory. Too many things need it and it will make your computer unstable.

 

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: dnuggett

Originally posted by: gorcorps
Do this... right click my computer, then properties, then advanced, then click the first button (performance). Click advanced tab, and make sure the 2 radio buttons are set to programs. Then click the "change" button on the virtual memory section. In there will be a list of your hdds on your system. On the very bottom is recommended and currently allocated labels. I'll bet you're way under what is recommended. Even if you're not do this:

click the drive that has at least a gig free and is rather fast, then click the custom size radio button. Make the initial size and max size the same and make them at or a bit above the recommended and click the set button. If you have more than 1 drive, you can split it up amonst the 2 or more drives. I have 512 on my little drive, and 1024 on my bigger faster drive. I'm sure this'll help.

Increasing the size of the pagefiel will do nothing to help if memory is indeed the problem. anytime the game has to access the pagefile your performance will fall of significantly regardless of the drive (excepting the IRAM). The best suggestion is to add another 512 RAM.

OP- hit control alt del and click on the performance tab. Load the game and play as usual. After playing look at the Peak reading. If it is over 1024000 you have surpassed the amount of RAM you have and hit the pagefile causing your performance drop. I had to add 512 from 1GB to fix this issue. Also depending on your usage for programs other than gaming, you may want to turn the pagefile off, I did. Windows has a habit of storing and accessing it even when RAM is available.

Increasing pagefile won't help his fps true, but it will stop his "low virtual memory" error. I had this w/ HL2 and this is what fixed it. Buying more ram is always good, but not everyone can afford to just pickup another stick of ram just like that. Like for me, I have 2x512 sticks and only 2 ram slots on my system. If I want to upgrade, I'd have to go buy a 1gig stick which is pretty pricy for me. He could have a problem like that.

 

[dnuggett]

Originally posted by: Todd33

Originally posted by: rnp614
so if you have 2 gigs, turning it off may be the way to go?

No. It's never a good idea to turn of virtual memory. Too many things need it and it will make your computer unstable.

Yes, if your usage will not demand over 2048 MB of RAM it is ok to set the pagefile to 0. Technically speaking virtual memory is never off. What will happen by setting the pf to 0 is you will be forcing the OS to put everything into RAM. If you have enough RAM and will never go over, you will not have a problem. No program inherently needs a pagefile to my knowledge.

Todd33- I have not had a problem with a pagefile set at 0 because my usage parameters fit as explained above. You said "never" when referring to pagefile settings @ 0. Can you refute what I have said above with a legitimate source? I am asking because I legitimately would like to know.

Increasing pagefile won't help his fps true, but it will stop his "low virtual memory" error. I had this w/ HL2 and this is what fixed it. Buying more ram is always good, but not everyone can afford to just pickup another stick of ram just like that. Like for me, I have 2x512 sticks and only 2 ram slots on my system. If I want to upgrade, I'd have to go buy a 1gig stick which is pretty pricy for me. He could have a problem like that.

His issue is with FPS more specifically FPS in BF2. The only way he is going to get the issue fixed is more RAM or lower video settings. Setting the virtual memory higher is not a work around for his issue regardless of him having or not having the money for more RAM .