Battlefield 1942 Question

[Animal Mother]

Everytime i play that game i lagg sooo much. I don't even have to play online, just like campaign with bots, and i start laggin like crazy. everything becomes so choppy and slow


Any ideas how to fix that?

 

[blze]

sounds like a heat/hardware problem. im at werk now, let me think about it and get back to you.

 

[MoneyShot]

comp specs?

 

[Animal Mother]

I've got an '03 Compaq Presario, AMD ANthlon(tm) XP 2600+, 2.08GHz, 448 mb or RAM,

^ thats all i know

 

[MoneyShot]

448 MB of ram? are you running your onboard graphics chip for this game?

is it this one?

presario s4110cl

 

[Animal Mother]

448 MB of ram? are you running your onboard graphics chip for this game?

The only thing i have ever bought for this computer is a new mouse, and a headset, if thats what you're asking

EDIT: and oh yea, i get 60 fps max

 

[MoneyShot]

You need a videocard. What kind of money are you willing to spend?

 

[Animal Mother]

$200 max

 

[MoneyShot]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121216R

 

[mYth]

^^^^^^^
I'm running a BFG version of that one right now.......it'll handle bf2 and pretty much any other game if i tweak the settings a bit........so get a damn vid card mang! :lol:

 

[Animal Mother]

Lol i'd love to , but i'll be honest with you , my computer sucks balls. I hate it, and makes my life miserable.

so i'm planing on getting a new computer sometime this summer, probably from here
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/Default.asp