I recently purchased a Dell XPS 400 dual core Intel machine and a copy of Star Wars Battlefield II arrived under my tree. My initial reaction was of course "yee ha!", but that feeling quickly turned to "oh crap".
BFII crashes constantly, particularly during certain scenarios like space flight/combat sequences. The issue is all over the lucas arts forums, and clearly Lucas Arts is pointing the finger at Intel, AMD, and PC makers. The problems seem to be on both AMD and Intel CPUs. I'll admit I started reading the threads with a growing dread about the new machine I have.
Is this an abbreation? Is this Lucas just pointing the finger anywhere but at itself? Your thoughts and opinions would be great to hear. I'm not looking for tech support. I'm curious if people have seen similar problems with other games.
My XPS box is basicly straight from the factory - WinXP, 1 GB RAM, SATA srives, Nvivia 6800 card...it runs everything else ok, but BFII is pretty much the only "high-end game" I have.
felagund
BFII crashes constantly, particularly during certain scenarios like space flight/combat sequences. The issue is all over the lucas arts forums, and clearly Lucas Arts is pointing the finger at Intel, AMD, and PC makers. The problems seem to be on both AMD and Intel CPUs. I'll admit I started reading the threads with a growing dread about the new machine I have.
Is this an abbreation? Is this Lucas just pointing the finger anywhere but at itself? Your thoughts and opinions would be great to hear. I'm not looking for tech support. I'm curious if people have seen similar problems with other games.
My XPS box is basicly straight from the factory - WinXP, 1 GB RAM, SATA srives, Nvivia 6800 card...it runs everything else ok, but BFII is pretty much the only "high-end game" I have.
felagund