8800gts 640MB, COD2, Draw Distance

The rig below is up and running, but will be upgraded this week with a q6600 and a 64-bit OS.

1680x1050
eVGA 680i Mainboard
eVGA 8800gts 640MB
Pent D 805 2.6 Dual Core (I OC'd to 3.2 no change)
4GB Patriot LLK
750W PCP&C PSU
32-bit XP Pro SP2 +Dual Core Hotfix

Game:
Call of Duty 2 v1.01 (4xAA 8xAF driver forced) 1680x1050 = 60fps solid

The issue I'm having is that the draw distance seems to be very short. I am unfamiliar with nvidia drivers and have not found a way to change the cards draw distance. I wasnt able to find a game setting either. Shrubs and fences appear or textures change as I walk up at a very close range. It is very distracting...

I did quite a bit of googling but have found nothing that would explain these problems without the system being RAM bottlenecked. The CPU being lacking would be my next logical guess but, with the 3.2 OC (now back at stock) I would think I would notice SOME change.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.

I never saw anything like that. Perhaps you need to update the game. Patches are available for it. Let us know what you find.

Sorry Toms but this is a pretty good guide for CoD2.

http://www.tweakguides.com/COD2_1.html

Thanks for the links guys!

In the first link I ran through the r_lodbias and r_loadscale commands and they didnt seem to work the way the author of that article said they would. I found some other articles that explained it as well. I think he is slightly misinformed, but he did solve a mouse lag issue I was having in addition to the texture problems. In his initial introduction he said some things about it being based on the Q4/D3 engine, which I think is incorrect. I believe its still based on the Q3 engine.

After tweaking with the settings, updating the game, and reading that article, I decided that the game was just giving me some issues and the only way to know would be to install another game. I will do that this evening and test it out.

The second article was interesting, the problem I was having certainly did feel like a driver more than a game setting. The fact that this system is in the middle of an upgrade means it is running off of a IDE HDD still. If that was happening the slow drive wouldnt help.

A 74GB Raptor, Q6600, and 64-bit OS was ordered last night. Hopefully these issues are cured with one of the above hardware upgrades. Too bad if it is fixed I probably wont know which did the trick...

Here;s a come-backer for the above nvidia link

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41351

Totally unrelated, tho it is a serious problem. This problem doesnt hinder draw distance, it actually just slows the game way down. Ive been experiencing this in 1 of my games.

I didn't think that COD 2 even had an option to increase or decrease draw distance (and I don't feel like looking into it now). This game also doesn't have massive distances to draw like an Oblivion type game anyway. Try looking at some screenshots of it online and compare the draw distance to your game. Also, make sure your render option is set to Directx 9 instead of 7.

When trying to find a solution to the problem I had to describe/explain the problem I was having and "draw distance" seemed to be the best fit. The game does actually render past the items that are changing/appearing. I dont believe it is a true draw distance issue, but I haven't really thought of a better way to phrase the problem which might be why I havent found a solution yet.

What would you call it? Anisotropy would make the most sense to me. With the card at 8x and 16 and no difference however, I ruled it out.

EDIT: Its set for DX9.

have you got the right pair of glasses on

Well I guess all this can be summed up with this:
Nvidia drivers perform poorly.

I didnt want that to be the answer to my problem.

Only multiplayer
single player is meant to be played with DX9

also he has a card more than capable of playing just fine in dx9, so why bother with dx7 (appart from the fact that some of the visual distractions vanish, so you get a clear shot at people )

@Op: have you tried uninstalling and then reinstalling the game? Gimme a screen shot of a multiplayer map where you dont see whatever it is your supposed to see, and take a pic of when it appears and give me that to. I'll have a look on my comp to see if i get the same issue (though im using a ATi card and could have sworn i never saw any such issues with it yet)

If you can use fraps to record a video of it and post that on you tube or something that may make your problem easier to understand for some.

Found a fix to your problem. At the menu screen go to options then change your settings to "optimal settings". Then start the game, press esc, then go back to the menu and change your graphic settings to whatever you want it. That should work, I had the same problem as you.