screen play troubles..?

[luvthegames]

sorry new to this, hope I'm doing the right thing
can someone please help?
I have battlefield 2
installed it ok
but when I hit the play icon
an intro (I'm guessing) screen comes up really quick with
battlefield 2 on it
then the screen goes blank and it looks like the game is gonna start like my other games the it just goes back to windows?
Do i need to update the game, just got it though?
Someone was saying it might be video card problems...
my computer is about 4 years old
would it be too old already??
hope not, any help would be great thankyou

[Grumpy]

Yes it would most definately be your video card causing the problem. What card do you have?
Also read the system requirements on the side of the box. (you will need a magnifying glass as the writing is so so tiny!) :)

[luvthegames]

thanks grumpy
I think its a ASUS V8460 series... does that make sense?

however when I right click on the desktop to see the screen info it
says its a GE Force4 Ti 4200 does that make more sense
I think I downloaded the NVIDIA that came with the game?
cause that is mentioned there too

well do you know if I can update it to run battlefield 2
or am I up for a new card as well?

thanks for you help mate

[Grumpy]

Unfortunately for you Battlefield 2 does not support the GE Force4 Ti 4200.
As far as I remember anyway? You will need a new card to play. :(

[luvthegames]

bugger eh
I don't know if I'm asking to many questions or not......
but could you suggest a good alround card for gaming
and reasonably priced?
thanks for your help mate

[scaz]

There are work-arounds to able you to play with DX8 only cards, use google to find it.

[Slon]

Even if you do get it to play with the workaround, you'll most-likely suffer from poor performance. Recommend new card.

[luvthegames]

ah thats good news
mate I'm new to this sorry
what am I looking for in google? DX8 cards? or work arounds?
can you put it simple for the new guy please
they have downloads for them do they?
thanks again

[Grumpy]

@scaz
Yes you are quite correct in what you say but I will have to totally agree with what 'Slon' says.

@luvthegames
I used Google to do a quick search for 'how to play battlefield 2 with DirectX 8'
This (http://s4.invision*********/Popular_Technology/index.php?showtopic=559) site seems to have some useful info.
They also say the program '3DAnalyze' could be helpful. I dont know as I havent had to use it.
Read the whole thread as they talk about possible problems with Punkbuster as you will be technically using a hack to play!

There were other sites in the Google search but I havent looked at them all, I have given you a starting point though.

Good Luck ;)

[luvthegames]

thanks grumpy
I'll give it go and see how it turns out
I'm not holding my breath though eh
might just have to spring for a new card

[luvthegames]

yeah I just had a good look at that forum
they were saying with the shade hack in
all the colours are all messed up
the tanks are invisible, the ground is white
probably no much fun to play
gonna need a new card I'm thinking
do any other new games have this problem?
does the new star wars one suffer the same problems
or is it just the EA games

[DABhand]

Your Ti Card just isnt good enough, it is not a problem with EA games.


I recomend at least an Nvidia 6200 or higher, or ATI 9800 or higher.

[Slon]

Get a card that is second-generation or older. For example, don't get the 7800 generation, get the 6800 generation for nvidia. You will save lots of money for a comparatively small performance trade off.

[luvthegames]

yeah theres a massive difference in price hey
I just had a quick look on ebay
man massive, like $300 diff

[Slon]

Get a card in the $300-400 range. Not too expensive, not too low in performance.

[DABhand]

If you have the money get a decent card, if not go for one of my suggestions.

[luvthegames]

so will a nividia 6200 let me play the game
Its from asus so should be good hey
I've found a guy trying to get rid of one
can someone let me know if the game will run alright with it please?

[iDan]

Game should run fine but never trust hardware off eBay it's nearly always dodgy and you can never return it your best of buying it from the shops.

I have a Asus nVidia Geforce 7800GT cost me £250 and it is an amazing card and the 6200 is no way near as good as it and nor is the others 7800GT and 7800GTX there is no difference apart from supported textures tbh :O.

But yes 6200 will work.

[Jani the Sušnik]

I have the same problem (in BF2 and BF2:SF) but in my case GPU is not a problem coz I have 7800GT...I played BF2 on this computer almost a year ago and all were doing just fine now I cant play nothing...

I have one more question...is SDHIDE4 realy necessarily to play the game (how do I know if that is the problem)?