SemperFi February 13, 2005 Share SemperFi Member February 13, 2005 (edited) hi everyone its been a long time since i posted on the forums. anyways, i just bought a new EVGA 6800gt card and i feel like im not getting the full power of the card or something. when i play source i usually get anywhere from 40-120 but its mainly about 60 constant which dissappoints me along with skipping when in big open areas (long halls, long a at dust2 etc.) my 3dmark03 score also really disappointed me (9805) my system: Athlon XP 2200+ 1gig kingston EVGA 6800gt im currently using EVGA's 71.25 drivers and have 1 gig o' ram someone at my lan center told me it could be the fact that i have an older processor (Athlon Xp 2200+) and that i should upgrade. im mainly just trying to build my comp up so it will play source flawlessly and not spend too much money (pci express, etc) if anyone has any ideas please post because i will try almost anything ty Edited February 13, 2005 by SemperFi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penty February 13, 2005 Share Penty Member February 13, 2005 The processor is probably part of it, but how much memory do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFi February 13, 2005 Author Share SemperFi Member February 13, 2005 The processor is probably part of it, but how much memory do you have? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 1gig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zerodamage February 14, 2005 Share Guest zerodamage Guests February 14, 2005 What card did you have before? Did you do a fresh install of the new drivers after REMOVING the old ones? Do you have Vsync turned on or any other Image enhancing feature? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFi February 14, 2005 Author Share SemperFi Member February 14, 2005 What card did you have before? Did you do a fresh install of the new drivers after REMOVING the old ones? Do you have Vsync turned on or any other Image enhancing feature? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> i have no clue what i should do w/ any of the features besides vsync (antialiasing, etc) i think its just on application controlled, vsync is turned off. im thinking about just totally reformating my comp i have had it for about a year and havent done one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice_Berge_00 February 15, 2005 Share Ice_Berge_00 GC Alumni February 15, 2005 (edited) Hey, I have the exact same card and some of the problems you have. I've been able to get things to work better by doing the following: 1) Max out the antialiasing in the nVidia options (I know it sounds counter intuitive, but trust me it will give you an fps boost) 2) Set the HL2/CS:S video options shader to low. I don't notice much of a difference in quality and my video runs so much better. It seems that eVGA cards have a tough time with this, or at least our model does. You should also a notice a significant improvement on de_prodigy in the CT_spawn with that flashing/sparking light. The first options seems to work on a number of newer cards, I'm not exactly sure why it works, but it does. Also as Zerodamage said, make sure vSync is completely off. nVidia has the annoying habbit of always turning this back on whever you update your drivers. Edited February 15, 2005 by Ice_Berge_00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFi February 15, 2005 Author Share SemperFi Member February 15, 2005 thanks for the tips i will try them out when i get home this afternoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman February 15, 2005 Share Birdman Member February 15, 2005 What motherboard do u have man? I would replace that processor with something faster if your motherboard can handle it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFi February 15, 2005 Author Share SemperFi Member February 15, 2005 What motherboard do u have man? I would replace that processor with something faster if your motherboard can handle it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> asus a7n8x2 mobo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFi February 15, 2005 Author Share SemperFi Member February 15, 2005 what drivers do u use ice_berge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zerodamage February 16, 2005 Share Guest zerodamage Guests February 16, 2005 You did not answer all of my questiosn. Is this a fresh install of windows with the new card and drivers or did you just remove the old and install the new drivers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice_Berge_00 February 16, 2005 Share Ice_Berge_00 GC Alumni February 16, 2005 what drivers do u use ice_berge? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 66.93 ( think that was the last released version when I checked their site about a week or 2 ago. I played around with some of the beta versions for awhile but wasn't able to get any improvement, and in some cases I saw worse performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwEEziL February 16, 2005 Share dwEEziL Member February 16, 2005 From what I have seen the GT is really not that good a performer in comparison to the other comparable cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zerodamage February 16, 2005 Share Guest zerodamage Guests February 16, 2005 The 6800gt is actually (or was rather) the best card for the price range when it came to performance. That has now chanted however with the X800XL card which is faster and is MSRP 100 dollars cheaper than the 6800gt. The only thing that the 6800Gt is really better at is Doom3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFi February 16, 2005 Author Share SemperFi Member February 16, 2005 i just reformatted fresh brand spankin new install of windows pro (friend hooked me up w/ that ) and im using the 77.25 EVGA drivers seems a slight bit better but still not what i expected im guessing the only thing it could be is my processor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zerodamage February 16, 2005 Share Guest zerodamage Guests February 16, 2005 Use Nvidia's latest drivers from their website instead of the evga drivers. Also consider Driverheaven.net 's new custom Nvidia drivers. have never used them but they are supposedly pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auggybendoggy February 17, 2005 Share auggybendoggy Member February 17, 2005 semper it's def the cpu, I own the 5900xt and i had a 2.4 p4 and it did like 80 fps then I went to a 3.0 with 1 gig and the same card went to like 210 source has brought it back down to about 40-60 fps so it's barely playable but the biggest diff I found was the cpu. go with either a fat p4 or a a64 so you get all the power. Aug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFi February 17, 2005 Author Share SemperFi Member February 17, 2005 ty auggyben long time no talk. yea i just replaced my 5900xt with the 6800gt so i guess im gonna go to the bank and teh money and buy teh a64 and i will be teh poonage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFi February 18, 2005 Author Share SemperFi Member February 18, 2005 hows this look to everyone? http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....-103-484&depa=1 + http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....-131-498&depa=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice_Berge_00 February 18, 2005 Share Ice_Berge_00 GC Alumni February 18, 2005 I have the 3200+ and my friend just built his with the 3400+ that you have picked out. Work's great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiX February 18, 2005 Share SiX Member February 18, 2005 Its agp, did you provide the extra power via the plug on the video card, IF you do not you end up with crap preformance. I bet thats your problem, your processor is not the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFi February 18, 2005 Author Share SemperFi Member February 18, 2005 it is plugged in its not crap just not what i expected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiX February 19, 2005 Share SiX Member February 19, 2005 humm then i dont know, it should preform perty dang good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice_Berge_00 February 20, 2005 Share Ice_Berge_00 GC Alumni February 20, 2005 hm, exactly how powerfull is your case's power supply? I know the 6800gt series need a 400 Watt or more. I have a 420 and so does my friend, mentioned above, that has a BFG 6800 gt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFi March 1, 2005 Author Share SemperFi Member March 1, 2005 400 watt power supply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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