 8800GTX stuttering in ALL games help!, BFG 8800GTX not performing well |
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 Nov 21 2006, 11:18 PM
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I just got my 8800GTX(BFG) and I ripped out my old drivers, installed card, and then the 97.02 drivers. This thing isn't running like I would expect. The framerate is all jumpy (Prey, FEAR, Doom3, really bad in UT2k4), some times slide showesque, and sometimes when I launch a 3d game, the screen goes black with white checker-board like patern and hard locks my machine. I have also gotten the Bluescreen of Death while playing UT2k4.
anyone have any idea? I am playing all my games at 1600x1200 tried all AA/AF settings etc... ***** UPDATE Putting the card to max quality on the slider seems to have really helped a lot.)******* 3DMark05: 10117 (@ 1024x768 with no AA/AF) CPU: AMD 64 X2 3800+ Mobo: DFI LanParty UT (NForce 4 SLI) Drivers: nVidia 6.86 Memory: 2x512MB Corsair (CAS 2, 1T) PSU: Antec True Power 2.0 (580 wats I believe - 2x 12v rails @ 19amps each) Vid Card: BFG 8800GTX drivers : nVidia 97.02 (PSU has 2x native PCI-E power connectors) 2x Western Digital SATA drives DVD-ROM: I/O Magic DVD +/- R R/w w/ 7 in1 card reader This post has been edited by frankmon: Nov 22 2006, 12:44 AM |
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Nov 22 2006, 09:26 AM
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you can max anything out, so why werent you playing with max settings?
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Nov 22 2006, 09:40 AM
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Remove 97.02 and install 96.98, 97.02 has a bug where game performance is cut in half after you restart your computer
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Nov 22 2006, 01:33 PM
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 Group: Members Posts: 123 Joined: 19-February 06 From: Udenhout, Netherlands. Member No.: 16,580 |
Well, I'm affraid your amount of memory is quiet low. I know it sounds ridiculous but after I replaced my 6600GT/128MB by a 7800GT/256MB, I noticed not much of a difference with 1 MB of RAM. After replacing this 1 gig with 2 gig, it got a lot better. I would suggest that you ask your friends or relatives if you can use an extra gig of them to give it a try.
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3D Mark 2005: 6911 (demo setting, no overclock) 3D Mark 2006: 3407 (demo setting, no overclock) |
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Nov 22 2006, 01:38 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 1,019 Joined: 16-April 06 From: Channel Islands Member No.: 19,190 Club SLI Member: No |
With 1GB Ram you will have a problem when you turn the settings up. You really need 2 GB Ram.
If you looked at your hard drive light you will notice that it will be flashing away when your PC is stuttering, this is Windows using the paging file because it has run out of phyisical memory. This post has been edited by jasonbs: Nov 22 2006, 01:40 PM -------------------- Intel E6600 @ 2.4Ghz
Asus P5W DH Deluxe 2GB Corsair XMS2-6400C4 DDR2 @ 800mhz HIS IceQ3 X1900XTX 250GB SATA2 Drive 400GB SATA2 Drive Creative X-FI Extreme Music Tagan Easycon 580W PSU 17" Samsung Flat Panel 1280x1024 Logitech G5 Laser Mouse Zboard keyboard Some benchmarks (need updating for new rig): X1900XTX 3Dmark tests set at 1024x768 3Dmark2005 11889 (standard settings) 3Dmark tests set at 1280x1024 3Dmark2006 6165 (standard settings) 3Dmark2006 4367 (6x AA, 16x AF) CS:Source, 1280x1024, everything on high settings, 6X AA, 16X AF, VS Disabled and HDR (Full if available) 193.83 FPS. |
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Nov 23 2006, 01:20 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 21-November 06 Member No.: 29,874 |
Thanks for the input guys. I got another gig of ram, but lo-and-behold, my other RAM banks are non-functional
 I read that these mobos were kind of particular to the RAM used). I got another mobo too, it is the DR version of what I allready have.I also read about the CPU bottleneck. by cranking the setting I seem to have almost rid myself of this stutter, but when I first get into a scene it stutters on the first render..of every room, but never again on that map (that is the part I think adding the RAM will fix). again, thanks a lot guys. 3DMark05: 10117 (@ 1024x768 with no AA/AF) CPU: AMD 64 X2 3800+ Mobo: DFI LanParty UT (NForce 4 SLI) Drivers: nVidia 6.86 Memory: 2x512MB Corsair (CAS 2, 1T) PSU: Antec True Power 2.0 (580 wats I believe - 2x 12v rails @ 19amps each) Vid Card: BFG 8800GTX drivers : nVidia 97.02 (PSU has 2x native PCI-E power connectors) 2x Western Digital SATA drives DVD-ROM: I/O Magic DVD +/- R R/w w/ 7 in1 card reader |
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