Hi,

Well,where to start really,basically i had my comp on xp,then it was fookin up,so i installed xp x64.It all installed ok and i installed the drivers for the soundcard etc.......Installed bf2 and all i get is a flickering screen that is enuff to give you seizure.Installed black hawk down,load the mission and i just get nothin but colours and stuff.

I checked in the device manager and both 6600s are showing up.So i installed delta force land warrior and when i go to play it i get this message-

"Your windows virtual memory swap files is less than the minimum recommended 140mb,you may have to alter the video settings"

Hmm odd,Anyone got any thoughts on the matter,iam a complete nob wen it comes to this sort of thing,

amd3500+

2gb ram

2x6600

120gb hd

I think i may have to take it to a shop,but any advice would be much appreciated.THANKS.

EDIT:hmmm,jus installed gtr2 and strangely it worked although at spa some of the road surface was see thru and white objects kept flickering on the screen for a min,but i still have no idea.

All the best

Dan

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Try some different graphics card drivers, xp64 can be a pain for driver support!

Hmm, try going into..

Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> 'Performance' Settings -> Advanced = Then under Virtual memory make sure that says something over 140mb..

If thats not it, then I have no idea.

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it could be sli issues, try running one card and see how that goes.

or....

your not going to like this answer

i know some one on xp64, and basically he found there are virtually no games that will run on it. cs:s and oblivion being the exceptions.

games just werent made to run on xp64 and so they dont.

shrek

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Designer of the hardware used in BF:2020

^^Learning CS2, dont laugh^^

My mate runs cs:s perfect on XP64

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THANKS for the replys guys i will try as soon as i get home.The weird thing is BF2 used to run mint on x64.But i orig got rid of x64 because gtr1 wouldnt run on it,something to do with the starforce disc protection.

Anyways be expecting replys from me to this thread as,as i stated im a noob,im the noob.

THANKS and all the best

Dan

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Kinda defeats the objective of having a x64 CPU, but I think you with AMD they enabled you to put it down to 32bit (x86) for backwards compatability, there just aren't enough programs using 64bit at the moment and 32bit is still what 90% of the worlds programs? I guess it'll become the latest tech someday, but not now, lol.

EDIT: Also, why not make a dual boot with 64bit and 32bit windows? Surely that would make it easier for playing the games you want, also is there no backwards compatibility within Windows x64 to support x86 (sorta like what they did by making Windows 98 compatability)

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thats what i said, cs:s and oblivion are exceptions to the rule "nothing runs on xp64"

that is to say they DO work on xp64.

@ Dan
has your hardware changed since bf2 used to work? if not then it must be a driver/install problem. (i didnt realise that it used to work)

shrek

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Designer of the hardware used in BF:2020

^^Learning CS2, dont laugh^^

Hi guys thanks for all the info.

Well i have things running to an extent,i tried some different drivers an bf2 sort of works.I also noticed that i wasnt using sli,so enabled that,anyway i get some weird texture problems on bf2 and more project reality,i have a screen shot but i dont know how to attach it to the post .

I only have xp x64,but my mate does have a xp version that fell off the back of a lorry so to speak.So i may install that.

Anyway some of the textures on bf2 they are like green and it looks like theres a rainbow in there aswell,its quite odd tbh.Do you think this is still to do with the drivers.

All the best

Dan

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Uploading a Screenshot, most people use an image hosting place, I use photobucket personally, but you can upload it to a website that you own if you have one.

Once you've uploaded the image, you attatch it with

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Give em another couple of years, they'll sort the drivers out eventually.

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Don't worry Sony, I'll just cancel my date of birth and get a new one.

most ppl will be running vista by then. and xp64 will become like windows ME, a dead end OS that no one uses or supports.

XP64 was only created to allow sciene type ppl to run over 3Gb of ram as vista was behind time.

shrek

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Designer of the hardware used in BF:2020

^^Learning CS2, dont laugh^^

Hi guys,

Well im gonna install xp in the next few days but in the mean time i have a question,it could be a stupid question i dont know as im completely lost in all these settings etc....

Anyway,In control panel,sytem advanced theres some options for performance that is about the memory usage,it says-

Choose how to allocate system memory.

Adjust for best performance of

(option)Programs (option)system cache

It is currently set to programs,should this be set to system cache?

If its a nub question SORRY but i really dont have a clue about this sort of stuff.

All the best

Dan

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Right,

I reformatted(<------is that the right word) my hard drive last night,then installed xp x64,then installed a german version of arma and things seem to be ok,but tbf i havent tried all games i want working yet,BF2 works fine,I noticed yesterday that the texture problems i was having was only on project reality,so im gonna hav to re download that but i dont care.Only thing that is really going to annoy me is all the BF2 patches i need .But i might have them on disc with a bit of luck.

THANKS for all the info,ive actually learnt things i didnt think existed hehe.Pc's arnt the most straight forward things are they,Fook me.

All the best

Dan

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