BF2 slow down?

Is it normal for a single core opty @2.8ghz to slow down A LOT when ur talking on msn and alt-tabbing outta bf2? Reason i ask is because i checked the trask manager and cpu usage was only 25%... so iono why it slows down a insane amount. Sorta makes me wish i have a dual core.... lol

i think when minimizing games and such it is more of a memory issue then proccesor. remember memory is everything you can see.

my machine acts like it doesn't have the display drivers installed if i minimize a d3d app, i'm not sure if that is what you mean. It seems to be an ATI issue, as such things worked flawless on my 7800gtx

bumsquad said:

Is it normal for a single core opty @2.8ghz to slow down A LOT when ur talking on msn and alt-tabbing outta bf2? Reason i ask is because i checked the trask manager and cpu usage was only 25%... so iono why it slows down a insane amount. Sorta makes me wish i have a dual core.... lol

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Yes this is normal after you leave the game, it's a memory hog and takes most systems a few moments to get back to normal

God this game sucks for memory.. I gotta ctrl-alt-del and kill the process to stop the damn thing. I got music playing for 5 minutes after the game is closed down unless I kill the process.. it sucks...

It's a memory issue. If you had 2GB , you could probably swap very fast.

dan

bumsquad said:

Is it normal for a single core opty @2.8ghz to slow down A LOT when ur talking on msn and alt-tabbing outta bf2? Reason i ask is because i checked the trask manager and cpu usage was only 25%... so iono why it slows down a insane amount. Sorta makes me wish i have a dual core.... lol

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I agree with the rest. I does the same to my 3500+ w/ 2gigs of ram.

it doesn't slow down that bad for me with 1gb of ram...

not to resurrect this randomly, but i noticed that my bf2 runs a lot slower, meaning choppiness as in like u turn and it stops for a 1/2 second and then it turns.

On his system, it runs fine no 1/2 stops or anything. This doesn't happen only when theres artillery fire. It happens all the time, randomly just walking around the map.

My system specs:
Opteron 146 @ 2.7ghz
Dfi NF4-D
2x512mb Gigaram @300mhz running at 2.5:4:4:7
EVGA 6800gs OC'ed to 505/1.28
Video: Highest settings w/ 4x anti alias

His system specs:
3000+ a64 venice @2.7ghz
DFI NF4-D
2x512mb Cosair value ram @200mhz at 2.5:3:3:6
Sapphire X800 or X800 PRO i forget which. Oc'ed like 15% or so
Video: Highest settings w/ 4x anti alias

Any ideas? Some how my systems not running as fast as it should b. Something wrong. I can feel it