Battlefield 2 pixelated shadows

[Mike]

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I've had a problem with BF2, even after a clean reinstall of windows, where
the realtime shadows seem to be extremely low resolution.. very blocky and
pixelated. Is this a common problem that can be fixed?

Athlon XP 3200+
1gig(512x2) OCZ performance series (2-3-3-6)
9700 Pro(stock)
XP Pro SP2
Cat. 5.7
All details are set to high with no AA and medium texture filtering in game
setting

 

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"mike" <sonofzeus26@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I've had a problem with BF2, even after a clean reinstall of windows,
> where the realtime shadows seem to be extremely low resolution.. very
> blocky and pixelated. Is this a common problem that can be fixed?
>
> Athlon XP 3200+
> 1gig(512x2) OCZ performance series (2-3-3-6)
> 9700 Pro(stock)
> XP Pro SP2
> Cat. 5.7
> All details are set to high with no AA and medium texture filtering in
> game setting
>

Yes, its a problem. But I don't know the fix (if there is one yet). I saw it
on the demo and its in the actual game.

I noticed it most on shadows cast on (and by) the aircraft on the carrier.

 

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Your older video card cannot handle the video requirements of that modern
game on HIGH detail. Crank the detail down, or get a more powerful modern
card.

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"mike" <sonofzeus26@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I've had a problem with BF2, even after a clean reinstall of windows,
> where the realtime shadows seem to be extremely low resolution.. very
> blocky and pixelated. Is this a common problem that can be fixed?
>
> Athlon XP 3200+
> 1gig(512x2) OCZ performance series (2-3-3-6)
> 9700 Pro(stock)
> XP Pro SP2
> Cat. 5.7
> All details are set to high with no AA and medium texture filtering in
> game setting
>

 

[Guest]

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My 9800Pro runs the game fine at "high". The 9800Pro is what, 10% faster
than the 9700Pro?

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"DaveW" <none@zero.org> wrote in message
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> Your older video card cannot handle the video requirements of that modern
> game on HIGH detail. Crank the detail down, or get a more powerful modern
> card.

 

[tonyc]

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"DaveW" <none@zero.org> wrote in message
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> Your older video card cannot handle the video requirements of that modern
> game on HIGH detail. Crank the detail down, or get a more powerful modern
> card.
>
> --
> DaveW


Same problem here, pixellated shadows and some general weirdness. Though it
does play great with 50-90FPS at 1280x1024 all on high detail.

DFI NF4 SLI-DR (623-3)
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (Venice LBBLE 0515FPBW) @ 10x270 1.5v
Akasa AK913 Evo33 (31c idle 38c load)
Antec P160 - Hiper Type R Modular 580w
2x512Mb Crucial Ballistix PC3200 @ 225Mhz 8-3-3-2.5 (2.85v Orange slots)
ATI Radeon X800XT 256Mb PCI-e 500/500 Cat5.6CP
SBLive (for joystick)
WD Caviar SE WD2000JB 200Gb 7,200rpm 8Mb
WD Caviar SE WD1600JB 160Gb 7,200rpm 8Mb
Seagate 7200.7 ST3200822AS 200Gb 8Mb SATA
NEC 3520 DVD-RW
ViewSonic VX912 19" TFT @ 1280x1024x32
Technics headphones
Windows XP Pro SP2

 

[Guest]

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its a bug that ATI/EA need to work out

i run with shadows off cuz its so lame (nice speed boost for doing so)
"mike" <sonofzeus26@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I've had a problem with BF2, even after a clean reinstall of windows,
> where the realtime shadows seem to be extremely low resolution.. very
> blocky and pixelated. Is this a common problem that can be fixed?
>
> Athlon XP 3200+
> 1gig(512x2) OCZ performance series (2-3-3-6)
> 9700 Pro(stock)
> XP Pro SP2
> Cat. 5.7
> All details are set to high with no AA and medium texture filtering in
> game setting
>

 

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Gingangooli wrote:
> "mike" <sonofzeus26@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>I've had a problem with BF2, even after a clean reinstall of windows,
>>where the realtime shadows seem to be extremely low resolution.. very
>>blocky and pixelated. Is this a common problem that can be fixed?
> Yes, its a problem. But I don't know the fix (if there is one yet). I saw it
> on the demo and its in the actual game.

I haven't seen any pixelated shadows and I previously had 9600pro, now
GF6600GT. I think there's something messed up with your video settings.
Have you used Radlinker or similar tweaking tool? Those sometimes mess
them up.

 

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On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:33:26 -0400, "Richard Gnutered"
<rugnuts49@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>its a bug that ATI/EA need to work out
>

Likely ATI only.... usual sloppy driver QC .......

John Lewis

 

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"" wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:33:26 -0400, "Richard Gnutered"
> <rugnuts49@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> >its a bug that ATI/EA need to work out
> >
>
> Likely ATI only.... usual sloppy driver QC .......
>
> John Lewis

Maybe BF2 is designed around the nvidia card. Until they do a
fix/patch it can be resolved.

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Well, the shadows look fine on my R9800Pro with Cat 5.7. The game runs
smoothly, too, impressive considering the pretty visuals.

BF2 may be *bundled* with several nVidia cards (eVGA 7800GTX comes to mind),
it probably wasn't designed around nVidia exclusively.

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"fatomo" <UseLinkToEmail@HardwareForumz.com> wrote in message
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> Maybe BF2 is designed around the nvidia card. Until they do a
> fix/patch it can be resolved.