fx5900 problems

My system;-Cpu;-P4 2.4gig Motherboard;-Gigabyte 8INXP, E7205 chipset. Memory;- 4x 512mb ddr 266 in dual channel. Graphics card;-Msi fx5900 ultra vtd256. Sound card;-Creative audigy 2. Hard drive;-Western digital WD800 8mb cach.
I have just bought my new graphics card & i am having a few problems can anyone help please. I installed my fx and saw no improvement from my 4600 ti

What are your problems? Is it just you can't see much of an improvement?

Is this in GP4 only, or all games?

Baz

I got your mail, but I still don't understand the problem. lol

Try downloading the latest drivers for your motherboard, latest graphics drivers, even sound drivers. Directx 9.0b is out, you can get that on micro$oft's website.

14000 marks in 3dmark2001 sounds about right. Although I would of thought that reachable with a Ti4600. I don't know.

I'm beginning to think it might be the RAM that is holding you back. Don't get me wrong, you have plenty of it. But if there is a bottleneck it will be the DDR266. If the processor is 800 mhz fsb then you really need DDR400 (PC3200) but if it's 533mhz fsb then it just might be that that is the most you can get out of your system. The graphics card is the best part, and if the CPU, mobo and RAM are all 133 mhz clock speed (DDR 266, 533mhz fsb) then they are the bottleneck. It's still a great system though, and most games should run well with high/max details. Just don't use GP4 as a benchmark for that last statement.

Baz

if your talking about loading a championship up from when u had the ti card in there then there seems to be something written in the save file about pc performance....happened to me when i upgraded pcs

u should see a lot of difference when playing single races etc.

GP4 is more CPU intensive than Gfx card. Dont sue GP4 as a benchmark for testing ur gfx card, use another game




Racing Is Life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting
Jesus may be able to heal the sick and bring the dead back to life, but he can't do shît for low fps

Yep. I mailed you back and basically said that!

Baz

thanx all of u for the imput makes sense, tryed collin mcrae 3 and did see on improvement with 4xaa,mick

yeah, thats a better game to test on

If uw ana benchmark ur CPU then yes, do test GP4 :D




Racing Is Life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting
Jesus may be able to heal the sick and bring the dead back to life, but he can't do shît for low fps