FPS Loss

[RadarBait]

Most of the time my FPS stays from 70-95. There are a few maps that I do well to get above 50 fps. When there is a heavy fight on any map it really drops low. I am not sure what else I can change in my settings. I have listed my game settings below. I am running XP, G Force 6800, 2 gigs of ram and I have a flat panel Samsung SyncMaster that can run up to 1280x1024 digital.

Graphics

Video: 800x600
Screen Refresh Rate: 60 hz
Aspect Ratio: Auto
Anti Aliasing: off
Sync Every Frame: No
Dual Cards: no
Shadows: no
Specular Maps: yes
Depth of Field: yes
Glow: no
Number of Dynamic Lights: off
Soften Smoke Edges: no
Ragdoll: yes
Bullet Impacts: yes
Model Detail: Normal
Water Detail: Low
Number of Corpses: medium

Textures

Texture Filtering: auto
Texture Quality: Manual
Texture Resolution: Extra
Map Resolution: High
Specular Map Resolution: High

[CarbonFire]

Re: FPS Loss

Depth of Field: yes

Right there is at least a bit of an issue.....DoF is a post processing effect that can really eat FPS sometimes, plus it makes seeing the enemy more difficult.

Also try lowering your textures down a bit to high or even medium. Shouldn't make a huge impact, but might help smooth things out on some maps with a lot of high-res textures.

You could also try turning off specular mapping, as that will also impact performance. Of course, it'll also make all those shiny weapons look like they are covered in baked beans

[RadarBait]

Thanks for the info! I will give it a shot and see how it goes.

[RadarBait]

Update... life is good! That helped so much! I was in game with 48 players and heavy fights and my fps didn't drop below 60 w00t! I was actually in second place for the first time since I started playing this game and had 4 air strikes! Thanks so much for the help!