I just got Battlefield 2 for PC today and although I had no problems with the demo, I've found that the full version is ridden with some problems that I wasn't anticipating. For some reason, my filters don't seem to work. When I say that I want populated servers it'll give me tons that are unpopulated, if I want servers that aren't full it'll still give me a bunch of those, etc. It seems as though the filters are confused or something, because none of them seem to work correctly. It's nearly impossible for me to find a server that isn't full or laggy as hell. Also, although the online mutliplayer runs smoothly on my PC, despite the normal server lag, the singleplayer mode runs dreadfully slow for some reason, making it almost unplayable. If you have any tips on this, please let me know.
The problems with the server browser are just inherent to the game. Blame EA.
As for your slowdown problem, you need to buy more RAM. A lot more. And maybe upgrade your CPU; I hate to break it to you, but your Celeron is to gaming what my grandma's 1988 Ford Tempo is to drag racing.
True, my processor blows, but Call of Duty 2 runs like a dream on my system, although it is probably set at the lowest resolution with the lowest video settings. Isn't COD 2 supposed to be more graphically demanding than BF2, or is it just better developed?
I have TWICE your specs and I cannot run CoD2. o.O
Okay so I have 256 DDR RAM >>
Weird... Are you running it on the lowest settings?
Yeah. I borrowed it from a friend, I don't have it now.
Bah, it's probably my Intel Extreme-DVD/3D graphics card. >>
One thing I learned. 1 gig of ram in not enough for BF2. I wish my mobo would come in soon. :[
~Rico
I play Battlefield 2 on my PS2. ^.^
Come across many exploiters on the console version?
~Rico
Eh, see the other thread.
I have a new computer. Fast as hell for 2.0GHz and 512 DDR. Not top of the line but meh.
Should run BF2 I guess.
nVidia I LOVE YOU!
BF2 runs horribly unless you have at least 1.5GB of RAM.
Yes, but it DOES say 512 in the reccomended.
And you started believing what EA writes in the system requirements when?
Point. Sim City 4 almost blew my old computer in half, and it required the 256 DDR I had...
Conclusion 2 is most newer games run like crap without 2 gigs. When the heck did this happen? I really need to split my research time BETWEEN gaming and network security.
~Rico
Ouch, I'm feeling a bit outdated again... 
(have 512MB currently) I can't believe how high some of the requirements are getting lately. Eh, I can run Need for Speed Most Wanted and Psychonauts just fine, so I'm not worried right now. I still prefer to stick to consoles for most of my gaming anyway.
...which isn't to say I'm feeling any less outdated with my system. >_>
Conclusion 2 is most newer games run like crap without 2 gigs. When the heck did this happen?
It's just BF2. Pretty much everything else will run okay on a gig.
Battefield 2 would make mainframe CRAY supercomputers at NASA explode.
See I thought EQ2 required a lot. But it runs decent on balanced and BF2 runs like molasses.
~Rico
Well, I have a friend who has the BF2 expansion as well.
I played it. It runs like Alienware.
He swears it's a 512 DDR RAM and Intel Xeon (2.summin GhZ) processor.
I've never even heard of Xeon, but WTF regardless.
I played it. It runs like Alienware.
The fact that you also described a Sempron 2400+ with 512 megs of ram as the best computer you've ever used kind of ruins the value of this comment.
Okay. I imagine a computer like his'd choke on it, okay? We played it for hours on end. Medium settings on everything. Ran GREAT. No skips. No chops. No midlevel loading. No waiting for liek ten minutes to load a level. No pressing a button and a few seconds later it works. Anything else?
