PS2 tech help

PlanetSide 2 is a massive game and therefore unsurprisingly it puts massive strain on modern PC hardware to run. Here is a collection of tips to improve performance.

Official help pages

These are very useful. Especially the Increasing Performance article as it was originally written by one of the PS2 development team in beta.

• Recommended System Specs - http://help.station.sony.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/35012/p/5833/
• Video Card Support - http://help.station.sony.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/36590
• Increasing Performance - http://help.station.sony.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/36462/

Minimum Specification Systems

The scope of this section is aimed at Desktop PCs that are running Windows 7 64-bit that are in good working order. I.e Windows Updates installed, drivers updated, virus/hard disk scans run regularly.

Test system:

• Windows 7 64-bit SP1
• AMD Phenom II X4 @ 3GHz
• 4GB DDR2-6400 @ 900MHz
• Sapphire Radeon HD4850 512MB
• Via VT708S onboard audio
• Screen resolution, 1920x1080

Edit UserOptions.ini located in your PS2 game directory