Anyone able to play BF1942 with Oc'ed System?

[daNo-]

My problem with BF is that when i double click the icon, the battlefield loading screen comes up, the screen turns black like if it is going to load then automatically i hear an error sound and battlefield just closes. My Rig is 100% stable, ran prime95 for 8 hours without an error. My 2.4c is at 3.5 ghz.

Specs in sig.

Thanks

[bchur83]

It works for me, with the rig in my sig. I did however have problems with my 2.4b @ 2.72. It would load, and play the game, but after about 12 min it would restart my computer.

[daNo-]

Probably since your rig wasn't stable enough. Mine is, no idea why i have that problem...

[bchur83]

They both were prime stable for 24 hrs, so I'm not sure what the problem is.

[DayUSeX]

yeah i played battlefield on a slightly OC'd 2100+ (it dosent go much higher than 100-200 mhz OC. What drivers/patch are you using??

[XeRoFuN]

I didn't have a problem either with my 2500+ (1.8GHz) overclocked to 2.2GHz.

[Remove]

No problem with any of my OCd systems.

[SniperXX]

No problem when I had my 2400+ (2Ghz) @ 2.4Ghz 200*12. I even had it clocked like that @ a lan party and played BF for over 4hrs straingt and even other games like Generals and UT2k3 and I had no probs.

I had a similar prob tho on one of my boxxes (one I lend to my friends so they can go to lan with me if they cant take theirs) and it would crash out @ a black screen. I did the refresh rate fix and it worked and the rig was fine since then. I'd check the refresh rate fix and try it and see what happens.

[SpeeDj]

You have hit the nail on the head, BF is VERY sensitive when it comes to overclocks, I wasn't able to play it at 2.4GHz on my 1700+ but it plays just fine at a tick over 2GHz. And yes this was on a Prime 95 stable rig as well.

J :cool:

[KfistoRok]

Have you tried other video drivers?

Plays fine on my OC'ed pc, except for some stupid bugs. :rolleyes: Doesn't matter tho. The game wasn't my cup of tea. Too slow. Two head shots for a kill. :rolleyes:

[Sidekick™]

Had only a couple problems when I played. My 2.8 intel @ 3.2. But I think my only problem was just because I'm using a no cd hack sort of thing. That was basically my problem. It works fine now.

[daNo-]

My vid card drivers are the 41.03, ive had tried playing with patch and without patch and still no good. Anyone have an idea why i cant play it... ?

[madcow235]

Plays fine on my comp

[SniperXX]

I agree with SpeeDj. BF is very sensitive to OCs even prime stable ones.

But did you try thr refresh rate fix, since its simple and takes like 10sec to do. Plus it will help you to know if its your OC thats making the probs.

[daNo-]

refresh rate fix ??? ???¿¿¿

[stereo555]

No problems here , and my system is VERY STABLE but NOT prime stable (above 255 FSB ; go fiqure :eh?: *see sig* ) .

I also just went from the Omega 3.9's to the factory ATI 3.10's with much better results in BF1942 and a futher boost in OC'ing my 9800P . Try the Cat 3.10's and see what happens .

[SniperXX]

Originally posted by daNo-
refresh rate fix ??? ???¿¿¿

If I remember correctly go to C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 1942\Mods\bf1942\Settings or where ever you installed BF. In the Settings folder there is a file called VideoDefault.con. Open it in notepad and change the line renderer.allowAllRefreshRates 0 now change that zero to a 1. That will fix the prob most of the time. This was on a EA support page a while back. If it doesnt work put it back to zero and try lowering the oc.

[Aktunka]

Plays excellently on my system in my sig. Sometimes BF seems to get funky on some folks machines and if they completely uninstall it then reinstall it seems to help. Dunno if it will help you though =/

[DarkHawk]

Originally posted by KfistoRok
Two head shots for a kill. :rolleyes:

Ever been shot in the head?
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<sarcasm>Didn't Think So......</sarcasm>


I personally am surprised it takes more than one.

Realism may not be your cup of tea, but it didn't stop that from being game of the year and having Mod of the Year with Desert Combat, which if you haven't played, do so. You havn't experienced fun until you have mastered the Apache AH64 Helo and wooped ace with it.


Please don't take offense, I am just picking on you for not liking realism.

[daNo-]

Thanks for your replies guys, I have some ideas to try to fix this thing, ill check it out and post back if anything happens.

[Lord_Zoltan]

Originally posted by XeRoFuN
I didn't have a problem either with my 2500+ (1.8GHz) overclocked to 2.2GHz.

Same here, my 2500 is o/c to 2.2 and im fine.
Your prolly not stable enough for other applications.

[daNo-]

lol yes so ur saying it isn't stable for other applications but its fully prime stable for 8 hours lol? Please dont post to **** me off.

[daNo-]

Ok guys found the solution, new drivers,, i was currently using the 41.03 which were great for 3dmark score and i liked alot.. i uninstalled them and installed the lastest ones which i think they suck but at least bf runs now.... :(

[cstarritt]

my rig seems less stable in bf42 than in prime95 for some reason. i can run prime95 overnight on one setting but when i try to game it looks up after about half an hour unless i lower my fsb a bit.

[oo_7]

Originally posted by bchur83
It works for me, with the rig in my sig. I did however have problems with my 2.4b @ 2.72. It would load, and play the game, but after about 12 min it would restart my computer.

Thx, i thought i was the Only one having this Problem with BF1942. I can run Prime, 3dMarks, and Play all my other games (Ghost Recon, Unreal II XMP, UT2003) for 6+Hrs straight and never have a system crash. BUT if i play BF1942, my pc shuts down after 10-15Min.
I am using the 3.9 drivers from Ati. My Tem under load is 45. I have tryed all the drivers from 3.2 to 3.9, and still my pc crashes in bf1942. I tryed to run pc at stock, and same problem.

Most times, i would just not play the game, BUT i love bf1942 (DC .6 mod):p

oo_7

[DarkHawk]

Tried the refresh rate fix?

[Lord_Zoltan]

Originally posted by daNo-
lol yes so ur saying it isn't stable for other applications but its fully prime stable for 8 hours lol? Please dont post to **** me off.
I did not mean to **** you off, and I didnt exactly write what i meant either.
All im saying is that certain applications are more sensitive to your computer overclocks no matter how stable it may be in TOAST, PRIME95, or (laughs) FOLDING.

Like it was mentioned above BF1942 is extremely sensitive to overclocks. I mostly see it from p4s pushing their overclocks but i have also seen it on a friends athlon only o/c 200 more mhz than stock.

So, try the refresh rate thing, if thta doesnt work try lowering your clock and see what happens.

Didnt mean to **** you off, sorry.

~Zoltan

[Wicked Klown]

Prime95 stable means nothing to Battlefield. I was able to run Prime for 24 hours, I loaded DC about 10 minutes in to it my system would restart. I had to back my ram down abit after that all was fine.

[Mustanley]

I initially thought my overclock was causing BF1942 to crash, cause when I backed off the FSB by quite a bit, it would work fine. Then I tried increasing the AGP voltage in my bos by .1V and probelm solved. Now it plays in the speeds listed in my sig (this was on the A7N8X Deluxe).

[Lord_Zoltan]

Originally posted by Mustanley
I initially thought my overclock was causing BF1942 to crash, cause when I backed off the FSB by quite a bit, it would work fine. Then I tried increasing the AGP voltage in my bos by .1V and probelm solved. Now it plays in the speeds listed in my sig (this was on the A7N8X Deluxe).

I never thought of the AGP voltage, this is a really good idea, you should give this a try.

[grunjee]

Originally posted by daNo-
My Rig is 100% stable, ran prime95 for 8 hours without an error.


Let me just state this for the record (and for your information)... if you think that 8 hours Prime stable means a thing, you haven't done enough Prime95 testing, or haven't done it correctly.

True Prime95 stability is 24 hours. I have seen with my own eyes, Prime tests erroring out after 8, 12, even 14 hours.

And the other guys have mentioned some very good points. Even if your rig is Prime stable (24 hours), you may find that games crap out on you. Such is life... it's a sign that you need to back something down on your overclock.

[daNo-]

Originally posted by daNo-
Ok guys found the solution, new drivers,, i was currently using the 41.03 which were great for 3dmark score and i liked alot.. i uninstalled them and installed the lastest ones which i think they suck but at least bf runs now.... :(

Guys, i wrote this so many posts ago and non of you have read it....

[Wicked Klown]

The drivers really have nothing to do with it. I've ran with all the drivers from 30 and up and never had a prob like that. The only probs I've seen with drivers is missing textures and really bad colors and that was with the 52.16 Det drivers.

[Andy71600]

thats reallly odd... i was able to play bf when i was at 2.4 which wasnt stable in prime for over 20 minutes.

[daNo-]

Klownin, Well that fixed my problem, with newer drivers it ran bf without problems, i myself think it doesn't look like it was a driver problem but it did fix it.

[grunjee]

Originally posted by daNo-


Guys, i wrote this so many posts ago and non of you have read it....


I read the entire thread before I posted... I just wanted to point out what I did because I don't like seeing people (especially newer/younger ones) getting false information, or getting comfortable with false notions. Just trying to help.

[SniperXX]

Originally posted by grunjee


I read the entire thread before I posted... I just wanted to point out what I did because I don't like seeing people (especially newer/younger ones) getting false information, or getting comfortable with false notions. Just trying to help.

I too beleive the rest are posting to help others with this problem (Or similar one), I know there are others, lol.

[Cuda]

This an interesting thread for me. I FINALLY got my RMA replacement for a 9500np and can now play BF/DC again. I haven't been able to play since October! But when I went to play, the game crashed to the desktop as soon as the map loaded.
I have since started from square one: Uninstalled BF1942 and all associated files, uninstalled DC and all associated files, re-installed BF from the cd, downloaded the latest patch and installed it, and I am now downloading the .5 DC version. I have been testing after each change, so far so good. I am running the 3.10 ATI drivers. I tried the omega softmod drivers, and the card modded to a 9700 with no checkerboards, but when I went to run 3dmark03 it black screened, and when I tried to play DC it black screened. I turned off fast writes and boosted the agp voltage up but to no avail, so I reverted to the ATI drivers and all seemed well, until I tried to play DC, then crash to desk top.
Anyway, sorry to hijack the thread, I'll try the refresh fix myself.

[SniperXX]

Also try diff drivers, maybe older ones?? I think I'm currently running the cat 3.0... not sure tho, lol.