Poor Performance

[SkullZ]

Hi,

I've recently upgraded my computer from an athlonxp2200+, abit nf7 to an athlon64 3000+(venice), abit ul8.

 

I installed my hardware and all was fine, until i booted up need for speed underground 2, and saw that my fps had dropped from the regular 42 to 38, when i had 42 fps on my old system, i had 4aa and 4af, now i have 2aa and 0af ..

 

Is there something ive done wrong here? I tried playing with my memory timings but nothing improved. Could it be my 3dcard drivers? I reinstalled already to the newest omegas.

(the performance in windows and non-gaming applications is great btw)

note: i havent formatted when i installed my new hardware, could this be the problem? I refused to format because i didnt want the hassle of backing up all of my files.

 

Thanks in advance.

[hardnrg]

try deleting the drive controllers from hardware device manager and installing the new mobo drivers... could be a chipset driver problem...

[fire_storm]

Maybe installing a fresh copy of windows xp will fix the problem scince windows somtimes is odd when you change hardware.

[apostolics]

not really best to redo windows just need a good driver cleaning and reinstall. with lates drivers

also was the card oced or is it different setting now or is a stat?

[SkullZ]

It was oced, and after i reinstalled my video card drivers, i oced it again, nothing really improved. But just to be sure im going to format this weekend anyway.

Thanks for your help

[Psychotic_god]

I don't think its the graphics driver since he replaced his CPU. These guy are right, it kinda makes sense that you should refresh everything, including windows, then re-install all drivers. I doubt that you're supposed to get lower performance.

[airman]

don't forget your chipset drivers =)

[Nodgiles]

There is a setting in your BIOS for AGP. By default these are usually set between 64-128MB. If your running a 128MB card which the 9800pro is, and you only have this setting at 64, your system is limiting your video card. I experianced the same issue when upgrading from my 9800pro to my x800, I saw 0 performace boost. After changing my BIOS setting to 256 it got a whole lot better^^

[SkullZ]

There is a setting in your BIOS for AGP. By default these are usually set between 64-128MB. If your running a 128MB card which the 9800pro is, and you only have this setting at 64, your system is limiting your video card. I experianced the same issue when upgrading from my 9800pro to my x800, I saw 0 performace boost. After changing my BIOS setting to 256 it got a whole lot better^^

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It was 256 all the time though, but it doenst matter anymore, i did a fresh install and my fps went from 38 to 57

[confuzzedintelguy]

Thats what you get for buying a AMD cpu

 

 

 

 

 

 

*runs away from all the AMD fanboys*

[Ste]

i was gonna say poor performence cause it was intel (as a joke) but u already said its AMD and fixed the problem.

[r_target]

There is a setting in your BIOS for AGP. By default these are usually set between 64-128MB. If your running a 128MB card which the 9800pro is, and you only have this setting at 64, your system is limiting your video card. I experianced the same issue when upgrading from my 9800pro to my x800, I saw 0 performace boost. After changing my BIOS setting to 256 it got a whole lot better^^

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AGP Aperture doesn't work that way. You don't have to set it to equal the RAM on your video card; in fact, the more RAM your card has, the less AGP Aperture size should be. There's a good explanation in the BIOS Optimization Guide at Adrian's Rojak Pot.

http://www.rojakpot.com/