Low framerates with X1800 - Help

Herbert0100 · Mar 3, 2006, 02:14 PM

I have just bought an 1800xt and its running badly , my avg fps in lots of games is bad without 4xaa and 16xaa my specs are :.p4 d 820 2.8 ghz
.1 gb corsair value select
. 580 watt psu 12 v
. 1800 xt 600/1500
.abit aw8 mobo
my 3d mark 06 score was 4064 and 05 7378

Rasta Monsta · Mar 3, 2006, 02:16 PM

Welcome to DH!

Your benchmark scores are right in line. What games are causing you problems?

Sandok · Mar 3, 2006, 02:20 PM

Well to be honest that CPU is a sucker for gaming... It's very very slow and since many games aren't dual core optimized, that might explain the on paar 3Dmark scores and bad gaming scores...

Herbert0100 · Mar 3, 2006, 02:25 PM

Well i know that 60 fps is good avg on fear maxed out ss and 4xaa at 1024x768 but with farcey and hl2/css its proformance is bad , im just about to oc cpu to 3.4 ghz so the bottleneck will be gone .

IvanV · Mar 3, 2006, 03:05 PM

Far Cry is really CPU dependant and not dual-core optimized, and your cpu has a relatively low clock. Still I wouldnt think that it should make playing uncomfortable. If it's playable at 1024*768, it should be OK on higher resolutions as well.

Cube623 · Mar 3, 2006, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Herbert0100

Well i know that 60 fps is good avg on fear maxed out ss and 4xaa at 1024x768 but with farcey and hl2/css its proformance is bad , im just about to oc cpu to 3.4 ghz so the bottleneck will be gone .

what avg fps do you get on farcry
i get avg of 59.62fps (according to a farcry benchmarking tool, all settings maxed out with aa 2x and af 16x) and i have a athlon64 3400+ @ 2.2ghz (i think) and a radeon x800gt 256mb (pci-e)

Your pc should in theory be better as you have a 1800xt (which is far superior to my x800gt) but i do aggree your cpu could do with changing.

I always used P4 but the moment i've changed to athlon and the performance is sooo much better i wouldn't change back to P4 even if you paid me to.

SSXeon · Mar 4, 2006, 03:32 PM

Welcome to DH.

Your bottleneck is the cpu, so run 1280x1024 in every game with 6xAA/16xAF, my frames go UP when i do that, compaired to 4xAA.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Mar 5, 2006, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by SSXeon

Welcome to DH.

Your bottleneck is the cpu, so run 1280x1024 in every game with 6xAA/16xAF, my frames go UP when i do that, compaired to 4xAA.

The more you place the load on the video card the less the CPU becomes a bottleneck

SSXeon · Mar 5, 2006, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by H3X4D3C1M4L

The more you place the load on the video card the less the CPU becomes a bottleneck

Iv noticed.

Its really my chipset moreso, the i915Ps are so s**tty.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Mar 6, 2006, 10:12 AM

I wouldn't know, I don't use Intel crap so I don't get stuck with crappy Intel chipsets

daedal · Mar 6, 2006, 10:20 AM

Did overclocking your CPU help a bit? The guys are right, I would definitly see this as bottlenecking.

Herbert0100 · Mar 6, 2006, 02:50 PM

Yeh It helped but i should be seeing real proformance increase when dual core optimized games are out . Am i right?

SSXeon · Mar 6, 2006, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by H3X4D3C1M4L

I wouldn't know, I don't use Intel crap so I don't get stuck with crappy Intel chipsets

Acually they arnt crappy, i have used them all my life and all.

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Originally Posted by Herbert0100

Yeh It helped but i should be seeing real proformance increase when dual core optimized games are out . Am i right?

Yes, but you should be just fine running most all games with 6xAA/16xHQAF 1280/1600 (Fear i wouldnt go 1600

) 2.8GHz is alittle low, get a scythe 1000 cooler and oc that thing

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Rasta Monsta · Mar 6, 2006, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by H3X4D3C1M4L

I wouldn't know, I don't use Intel crap so I don't get stuck with crappy Intel chipsets

HA yeah that i875 sure was a poopy one, as was the i850e before it. Especially when you compare it to the quality VIA setups of the time!

rasta

SSXeon · Mar 6, 2006, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Rasta Monsta

HA yeah that i875 sure was a poopy one.

rasta

Defently one of the best mobos ive ever used. I hope the i945ps are as good, Rasta have u used or seen any good news about the i945P's?