New computer but can't play a full round anymore

Thanks for responding. Don't really know where to start in terms of troubleshooting since not sure if it's an audio, video, RAM, OS or game issue.

Since that time, I tried deleting the cache and also updating to the most recent NVIDIA drivers (that were released yesterday), and I had no problems last night!

But tonight, while I didn't get any framerate drops or disconnects from the server, I did hear the audio stuttering again. So, guess it's still not gone for good.

i7 12700

16GB DDR4 RAM

RTX 3060

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System Information
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Time of this report: 1/26/2023, 23:15:58
Machine name: GEN11PC-123A
Machine Id: {8DF8C75D-8442-4E48-BEBD-4CFB414C5763}
Operating System: Windows 11 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 22621) (22621.ni_release.220506-1250)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Acer
System Model: Predator PO3-640
BIOS: R01-A2 (type: UEFI)
Processor: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700 (20 CPUs), ~2.1GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 16228MB RAM
Page File: 10035MB used, 10032MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 12
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
Miracast: Available, no HDCP
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
DirectX Database Version: 1.4.4
DxDiag Version: 10.00.22621.0001 64bit Unicode

Hmmm that's weird, I thought I already answered this post!

But anyway, thanks for replying.

Anyway since I had no idea whether I had an audio, video, OS or game issue, and I have little time to test things, I didn't try much. I did change some power settings on my network adapter, tried disabling the Wi-Fi on my PC to ensure I was only using the Ethernet cable (my new PC comes with Wi-Fi enabled by default), checked my modem settings and that's about it. I mean, this is a fresh install of BF2042 on a new computer. I wasn't expecting it to be worse than what I had previously. I also disabled OneDrive since it was messing about with the My Documents folder while the game was running (causing me to disconnect, but that's a separate issue). I tried looking for updates and everything was up-to-date, although NVIDIA did release a new patch shortly after.

So I go the idea on another forum to clear the cache before playing. So next time I played, that's what I did. But I also installed the new NVIDIA patch as well. The game worked fine that night.

Last night though, I tried again and while I didn't get kicked out of the server, the audio and framerate issues came back.

Here's the DXDIAG:

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System Information
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Time of this report: 1/26/2023, 23:15:58
Machine name: GEN11PC-123A
Machine Id: {8DF8C75D-8442-4E48-BEBD-4CFB414C5763}
Operating System: Windows 11 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 22621) (22621.ni_release.220506-1250)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Acer
System Model: Predator PO3-640
BIOS: R01-A2 (type: UEFI)
Processor: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700 (20 CPUs), ~2.1GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 16228MB RAM
Page File: 10035MB used, 10032MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 12
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
Miracast: Available, no HDCP
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
DirectX Database Version: 1.4.4
DxDiag Version: 10.00.22621.0001 64bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Type: Full Device (POST)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_2504&SUBSYS_A630174B&REV_A1
Device Status: 0180200A [DN_DRIVER_LOADED|DN_STARTED|DN_DISABLEABLE|DN_NT_ENUMERATOR|DN_NT_DRIVER]
Device Problem Code: No Problem
Driver Problem Code: Unknown
Display Memory: 20242 MB
Dedicated Memory: 12129 MB
Shared Memory: 8113 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
HDR Support: Not Supported
Display Topology: Internal
Display Color Space: DXGI_COLOR_SPACE_RGB_FULL_G22_NONE_P709
Color Primaries: Red(0.639648,0.330078), Green(0.299805,0.599609), Blue(0.149414,0.059570), White Point(0.312500,0.329102)
Display Luminance: Min Luminance = 0.500000, Max Luminance = 270.000000, MaxFullFrameLuminance = 270.000000
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: 2250W
Monitor Id: AOC2250
Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)
Output Type: DVI
Monitor Capabilities: HDR Not Supported
Display Pixel Format: DISPLAYCONFIG_PIXELFORMAT_32BPP
Advanced Color: Not Supported
Driver Name: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvaei.inf_amd64_edc8dda5433a8cdc\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvaei.inf_amd64_edc8dda5433a8cdc\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvaei.inf_amd64_edc8dda5433a8cdc\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvaei.inf_amd64_edc8dda5433a8cdc\nvldumdx.dll
Driver File Version: 31.00.0015.2824 (English)
Driver Version: 31.0.15.2824
DDI Version: 12
Feature Levels: 12_2,12_1,12_0,11_1,11_0,10_1,10_0,9_3,9_2,9_1
Driver Model: WDDM 3.1
Hardware Scheduling: DriverSupportState:Stable Enabled:True
Displayable: Not Supported
Graphics Preemption: Pixel
Compute Preemption: Dispatch
Miracast: Not Supported by Graphics driver
Detachable GPU: No
Hybrid Graphics GPU: Discrete
Power P-states: Not Supported
Virtualization: Paravirtualization
Block List: No Blocks
Catalog Attributes: Universal:False Declarative:True
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 15/01/2023 8:00:00 AM, 772496 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: Unknown
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x2504
SubSys ID: 0xA630174B
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Driver Strong Name: oem151.inf:0f066de304cd1ee4:Section028:31.0.15.2824😛ci\ven_10de&dev_2504&subsys_a630174b
Rank Of Driver: 00CF0001
D3D9 Overlay: Not Supported
DXVA-HD: Supported
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
MPO MaxPlanes: 4
MPO Caps: RGB,YUV,BILINEAR,HIGH_FILTER,STRETCH_YUV,STRETCH_RGB,IMMEDIATE,HDR (MPO3)
MPO Stretch: 10.000X - 0.500X
MPO Media Hints: resizing, colorspace Conversion
MPO Formats: NV12,P010,YUY2,R16G16B16A16_FLOAT,R10G10B10A2_UNORM,R8G8B8A8_UNORM,B8G8R8A8_UNORM
PanelFitter Caps: RGB,YUV,BILINEAR,HIGH_FILTER,STRETCH_YUV,STRETCH_RGB,IMMEDIATE,HDR (MPO3)
PanelFitter Stretch: 10.000X - 0.500X

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Sound Devices
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Description: Speakers (Realtek(R) Audio)
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0897&SUBSYS_1025157E&REV_1004
Manufacturer ID: N/A
Product ID: N/A
Type: N/A
Driver Name: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.0.9261.1 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 2/11/2021 8:00:00 AM, 6548024 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
HW Accel Level: Emulation Only
Cap Flags: 0xF1F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

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Sound Capture Devices
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Description: Microphone (Realtek(R) Audio)
Default Sound Capture: Yes
Default Voice Capture: Yes
Driver Name: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.0.9261.1 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 2/11/2021 8:00:00 AM, 6548024 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x1
Format Flags: 0xFFFFF

Test

(sorry just testing. I've posted a reply twice now and both times it's been deleted for some reason)

Thanks for replying by the way. Going to keep this short:

Tried the following. I haven't tried much since not sure where to start:

- Changing network adapter power settings

- Already turned OneDrive off from before (connectivity issues with respect to MyDocuments being backed up during play)

- Tried to find new drivers for everything but they're apparently all up-to-date (remember, this is a new PC with a fresh install of BF2042)

- Ran memory diagnostic test. No errors.

Wed night:

- New NVIDIA driver installed (just released a few hours before) and I tried deleting cache. Game worked fine.

Thu night:

- Game started having stuttering audio and framerate drops again, but at least didn't get kicked out

So, really intermittent and hard to pin down what's going on.

Specs:

i7 12700

16GB RAM

RTX 3060

Windows 11 Home 22H2