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Hi .. before i start ive just upgraded from a GF4 Ti4200 64mb to this
card. I also have a P4 2.6GHz 400Mhz fsb (running at 2.85GHz), 1024Mb
of PC3200, tho i think because i have 2 512Mb DIMMs it may be clocked
down to PC2700.
I pretty much only played CounterStrike before, but got FarCry and
thought id go for a rig upgrade.
CS played (with the GF and only 512Mb of RAM) at 85fps for me (at all
times) and cut down to 42.5fps when i walked through a smoke nade. I
have my monitor set with ReForce to run at 85Hz when on a 1280*960
screen and VSync on. I believe from what i've read thats why it tops
out at 85fps, even though a friend of mine says hes getting about 200
fps with a similar setup to what i have now. Is that accurate?
Anyway i didnt have any complaints before in CS, and FarCry played
okish on low settings. I uninstalled the Nvidia drivers, put the 9800
in and installed the new software. Everything seemed to work fine.
Booted up FarCry and it ran a heck of a lot better, but with a little
slowdown now and then (i dont know what framerates im getting in FC).
Booted up CS which now tops out at 75fps .. <?>
Re-did my ReForce settings, which now shows 4 different display
options, changed each one but it still runs at 75fps. Changed
settings to performance and its looks AND plays ugly, but on high
quality settings it actually runs better, although i still get the
(exactely)50% reduction in framerate walking through smoke nades,
which this card definitely should handle. My friend still gets
100-110fps in the smoke. Im also getting ugly slowdown during Close
Quarter Combat.
Went back to FC .. pumped up the resolution and it seemed to run the
same as a lower resolution. However it struggles a bit when the
texture/environment settings are up high, and from what ppl with
lesser systems are saying i shud easily be able to handle this.
So guys .. any ideas whats gone wrong? Im sure its just a settings
prob, and i intend to see that my mobo drivers etc are up to date when
i get home. Im running Catalyst 4.4 drivers at the mo btw. If you need
to know anymore about my system just ask .. thanx for any help!
card. I also have a P4 2.6GHz 400Mhz fsb (running at 2.85GHz), 1024Mb
of PC3200, tho i think because i have 2 512Mb DIMMs it may be clocked
down to PC2700.
I pretty much only played CounterStrike before, but got FarCry and
thought id go for a rig upgrade.
CS played (with the GF and only 512Mb of RAM) at 85fps for me (at all
times) and cut down to 42.5fps when i walked through a smoke nade. I
have my monitor set with ReForce to run at 85Hz when on a 1280*960
screen and VSync on. I believe from what i've read thats why it tops
out at 85fps, even though a friend of mine says hes getting about 200
fps with a similar setup to what i have now. Is that accurate?
Anyway i didnt have any complaints before in CS, and FarCry played
okish on low settings. I uninstalled the Nvidia drivers, put the 9800
in and installed the new software. Everything seemed to work fine.
Booted up FarCry and it ran a heck of a lot better, but with a little
slowdown now and then (i dont know what framerates im getting in FC).
Booted up CS which now tops out at 75fps .. <?>
Re-did my ReForce settings, which now shows 4 different display
options, changed each one but it still runs at 75fps. Changed
settings to performance and its looks AND plays ugly, but on high
quality settings it actually runs better, although i still get the
(exactely)50% reduction in framerate walking through smoke nades,
which this card definitely should handle. My friend still gets
100-110fps in the smoke. Im also getting ugly slowdown during Close
Quarter Combat.
Went back to FC .. pumped up the resolution and it seemed to run the
same as a lower resolution. However it struggles a bit when the
texture/environment settings are up high, and from what ppl with
lesser systems are saying i shud easily be able to handle this.
So guys .. any ideas whats gone wrong? Im sure its just a settings
prob, and i intend to see that my mobo drivers etc are up to date when
i get home. Im running Catalyst 4.4 drivers at the mo btw. If you need
to know anymore about my system just ask .. thanx for any help!