BF2S Forums Bad lag in jets? Hardware and/or network problem?

if someone else is sharing connection its prob that, when someones on the comp downstairs at mine even on a webpage it lags me up to almost 1000ping every few second its unplayable

hawaythelads wrote:

Only when flying - Video card or other hardware related.

All the time- Most likely a connection problem.

This...

The wireless internet is most likely the problem, try and play a game with a wire. Sharing the connection also hurts the ping and connection.

That GFX card would be better then the one you have but post in the tech section for better feedback of which GFX card you should get for your motherboard & budget.

What size psu you do you have?

yes he means cat5 ethernet...  wire from comp to router/modem

[TUF]Catbox wrote:

What size psu you do you have?

I believe it's 700 watts.

@ {M5}Sniper3 - I'm going to try your solution right now.

[TUF]Catbox wrote:

what graphics settings do you use in bf2 when you play?

Everything is set to medium. I've tried to lowest setting but it didn't help (and it looks like crap).

Last edited by \A*D/ David12King (2009-06-15 23:48:28)

[TUF]Catbox wrote:

what is your d/l speed with the dsl?

Sadly I pay for 7mbps. I've complained about it before but I usually give up when I get a customer support guy from Bangladesh on the phone.

FTR: I tried using ethernet; it did not help.

I would seriously consider getting a new gfx card, the one you linked would be a MASSIVE improvement, but if wanna save a bit of cash look at something like a ATI 4850/4870.
I have a 4850 and it'll handle virtually all of the latest games well, BF2 all high 100+ fps.

I got my new card and I must say I'm a little disappointed. The lag is slightly less but I'm still getting it from time to time. Also, the gfx are not as top notch as I expected.

I'm also a little worried about my PC overheating. The card uses much more power than I read up on.

With a 2.5 meg connection and no other comps running on your network it should run fine, not sure how much you know about computers or games, but make sure you get a good ping (less than 50) on the server you play on, and not just join any random server.
Make sure your not using wireless, if you are then I reckon it's that, browsing web pages might seem fast wireless but playing a game on wireless definately won't work good, or not for long anyway.
Like FFLink said your GPU should run BF2 at max (100fps) even with all on high and 16xAA etc on Nvidia Control Panel if you want it, you could try turning Vsync on in Nvidia Control Panel to see if it makes it go due to too high fps, but I doubt it's that- worth a try anyway.
Silly thing to say but make sure you have no viruses obviously they can take up a lot of bandwidth and CPU.
Don't know what else to suggest lol like someone else said try plugging your modem straight into your PC with the wire, if the lag goes then your router isn't set up right.
Also if you haven't overclocked anything, it shouldn't ever overheat, even if you have overclocked and it does overheat it's nothing to worry about- most modern hardware have stuff in them to protect the components from heat damage

It may also have something to do with the connections of other players. Although if it's jets only, I doubt it.

This past week, whenever a specific player would join our server, everyone else would get connection issues at the exact same moment, and this player's ping would jump up. Apparently she was having internet issues, which would screw up the rest of us. Weird. (Oh, and this player wasn't hacking; 3 and 18 isn't hacking )