BFBC 2 framerate issue

I have the system in my sig and it is giving me problems. I have the game on low settings and 1368x768. It will play good some 50+ FPS, but then it will drop to 10-20. Seems to do it every couple of minutes. I know smoke causes a slow down, but sometimes I can be out in the open with no explosions.



My CPU and GPU both get hot. cpu 98c and gpu 77c. Seems hot, but I can play mw2 for a few minutes and they hit 100c+ and 80c+.



From what I have gathered the game is more cpu dependent than gpu, so why does mw2 heat it up more?



Power feature has cpu at 100% min and max. ATI power saver is turned off. Does the same thing at 800x600.

Reply 1 : BFBC 2 framerate issue

BC2 is very CPU-heavy and loves true quad-core processors, and the higher clock speed, the better. A 2.4GHz hyper-threaded dual-core can only accomplish so much.

Reply 2 : BFBC 2 framerate issue

Yep, a dual-core really doesn't cut it for BC2 unless it's 4.0GHz+ and then it will still struggle.

Reply 3 : BFBC 2 framerate issue

I disagree, my old i5 450m seemed to handle BC2 fine on the 720p. I used med/high settings and on full servers I was able to get 40-50avg frames easily. The older dual cores did struggle a bit more though.



From what you've said, I would say that your system is just fine, but everything is too hott!! My guess is that the system is throttling itself to prevent from overheating even further. I'd say you need to clean out the dust with a cheap air can, maybe repaste the GPU and CPU with some decent thermal paste, and maybe invest in a decent laptop cooler.

Reply 4 : BFBC 2 framerate issue

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Originally Posted by mustangless I have the system in my sig and it is giving me problems. I have the game on low settings and 1368x768. It will play good some 50+ FPS, but then it will drop to 10-20. Seems to do it every couple of minutes. I know smoke causes a slow down, but sometimes I can be out in the open with no explosions. My CPU and GPU both get hot. cpu 98c and gpu 77c. Seems hot, but I can play mw2 for a few minutes and they hit 100c+ and 80c+. From what I have gathered the game is more cpu dependent than gpu, so why does mw2 heat it up more? Power feature has cpu at 100% min and max. ATI power saver is turned off. Does the same thing at 800x600.

I had the same specs as you in a Dell Studio I was using over a year ago and on medium settings, it was very playable at 40+ FPS at 1600x900 I believe. Mine never dropped either, so I'm assuming there's something wrong with your system.

Reply 5 : BFBC 2 framerate issue

@Mustangless --> Please check the alienware m11x forums, search for my battlefield bad company 2 optimization thread. Loads of tweaks and so forth. Also... please clean the system and get those temps down a bit first if you can. Seems a little hot. Good Luck, StevenX

Reply 6 : BFBC 2 framerate issue

Given the fact your hitting 100c on the CPU I would expect it to be throttling back at that point to save itself from getting cooked. Ya need to clean the system as that's way to high on the CPU.

Reply 7 : BFBC 2 framerate issue

Well im playing with laptop from the sig and never got to 10fps, 30+ is the lowest, when there are a lot of smoke it drops to 20 in a sec and go back to 30, usualy its around 50, low med settings without bloom ofc, i dont want to get blinded by it

Reply 8 : BFBC 2 framerate issue

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Originally Posted by mustangless I have the system in my sig and it is giving me problems. I have the game on low settings and 1368x768. It will play good some 50+ FPS, but then it will drop to 10-20. Seems to do it every couple of minutes. I know smoke causes a slow down, but sometimes I can be out in the open with no explosions. My CPU and GPU both get hot. cpu 98c and gpu 77c. Seems hot, but I can play mw2 for a few minutes and they hit 100c+ and 80c+. From what I have gathered the game is more cpu dependent than gpu, so why does mw2 heat it up more? Power feature has cpu at 100% min and max. ATI power saver is turned off. Does the same thing at 800x600.

The overheating is the issue. Clean your vents and get your CPU+GPU repasted. That should solve it. Otherwise , your specs are more than enough to play BC2. Overheating never helps.

Reply 9 : BFBC 2 framerate issue

You guys were right, it was the heat. I had always just looked at "max" temp and mw2 was showing higher than bfbc2. Guess mw2 is too old of a game to show much of a slowdown.



I did not open the notebook because of warranty purposes, but got canned air after it.