Battlefield 2 pixelated shadows

[mike]

I've had a problem with BF2, even after a clean reinstall of windows, where
the realtime shadows seem to be extremely low resolution.. very blocky and
pixelated. Is this a common problem that can be fixed?

Athlon XP 3200+
1gig(512x2) OCZ performance series (2-3-3-6)
9700 Pro(stock)
XP Pro SP2
Cat. 5.7
All details are set to high with no AA and medium texture filtering in game
setting

 

[Gingangooli]

I've had a problem with BF2, even after a clean reinstall of windows,
where the realtime shadows seem to be extremely low resolution.. very
blocky and pixelated. Is this a common problem that can be fixed?

Athlon XP 3200+
1gig(512x2) OCZ performance series (2-3-3-6)
9700 Pro(stock)
XP Pro SP2
Cat. 5.7
All details are set to high with no AA and medium texture filtering in
game setting

Yes, its a problem. But I don't know the fix (if there is one yet). I saw it
on the demo and its in the actual game.

I noticed it most on shadows cast on (and by) the aircraft on the carrier.

 

[DaveW]

Your older video card cannot handle the video requirements of that modern
game on HIGH detail. Crank the detail down, or get a more powerful modern
card.

 

[First of One]

My 9800Pro runs the game fine at "high". The 9800Pro is what, 10% faster
than the 9700Pro?

 

[TonyC]

Your older video card cannot handle the video requirements of that modern
game on HIGH detail. Crank the detail down, or get a more powerful modern
card.

Same problem here, pixellated shadows and some general weirdness. Though it
does play great with 50-90FPS at 1280x1024 all on high detail.

DFI NF4 SLI-DR (623-3)
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (Venice LBBLE 0515FPBW) @ 10x270 1.5v
Akasa AK913 Evo33 (31c idle 38c load)
Antec P160 - Hiper Type R Modular 580w
2x512Mb Crucial Ballistix PC3200 @ 225Mhz 8-3-3-2.5 (2.85v Orange slots)
ATI Radeon X800XT 256Mb PCI-e 500/500 Cat5.6CP
SBLive (for joystick)
WD Caviar SE WD2000JB 200Gb 7,200rpm 8Mb
WD Caviar SE WD1600JB 160Gb 7,200rpm 8Mb
Seagate 7200.7 ST3200822AS 200Gb 8Mb SATA
NEC 3520 DVD-RW
ViewSonic VX912 19" TFT @ 1280x1024x32
Technics headphones
Windows XP Pro SP2

 

[de Moni]

Yes, its a problem. But I don't know the fix (if there is one yet). I saw it
on the demo and its in the actual game.

I haven't seen any pixelated shadows and I previously had 9600pro, now
GF6600GT. I think there's something messed up with your video settings.
Have you used Radlinker or similar tweaking tool? Those sometimes mess
them up.

 

[Richard Gnutered]

its a bug that ATI/EA need to work out

i run with shadows off cuz its so lame (nice speed boost for doing so)

 

[John Lewis]

its a bug that ATI/EA need to work out

Likely ATI only.... usual sloppy driver QC .......

John Lewis

 

[fatomo]

Likely ATI only.... usual sloppy driver QC .......

John Lewis

Maybe BF2 is designed around the nvidia card. Until they do a
fix/patch it can be resolved.

 

[First of One]

Well, the shadows look fine on my R9800Pro with Cat 5.7. The game runs
smoothly, too, impressive considering the pretty visuals.

BF2 may be *bundled* with several nVidia cards (eVGA 7800GTX comes to mind),
it probably wasn't designed around nVidia exclusively.