Msi Rx800xt-vtd256e

lunaticdeagle

Hi,

I have the following system:

proccessor: Intel p4 LGA775 3.60GHz
mother board: Asus P5 925XE-Deluxe
ram: 2x 512MG 533MHz Kingston DDR dual
VGA: MSI RX800XT-VTD256E
+HDD/CDR/DVD
+PSU flower power 460Watt 4fans, plus another 6 fans in the case (thermaltake)

When i use this to play games it is working at a very low standart. In games such as Half-Life Counter-Strike i get fps drops from 100 to 20-30. These are not constant but happen often. I dont think that the VGA is nto so powerfull to support a simple graphics game like this. I am using the latest ATI drvers from the site and they are all set to defaults.

I hope someone would be kind enough to help me out cuz this system should be alot more powerfull then what im getting.

Thanks in advance

redsolar

I have seen reports on this forum about FPS drops in CS with latest 5.3 Cats. Have you tried older drivers? Are all chipset drivers properly installed? How are the other games? Same behavior?

I would suggest double checking the drivers for chipset, going to Catalyst 5.2 or Omega 4.12, making sure nothing CPU intensive (Antivirus, etc) runs in the background, and of course verifying you are spyware-free.

lunaticdeagle

well i have tried other drivers and it still doesnt change anything.

for spyware im not sure cuz i never checked, although i have service pack 2 with the altest upgrades.

could this be any sort of hardware bottle necking problem? how can i check for that?

redsolar

Are the drops random? Or more or less consistent?

When you change drivers, do you use DriverCleaner?

Your system is about as top notch as you can get it, so there should be zero bottlenecks that would really matter.

Modern spyware bypasses most of the SP2 security with ease, especially if you use Internet Explorer to browse the web.

Check your task manager, any strange processes running or any serious CPU load coming from anywhere?

lunaticdeagle

Yes I use DriverCleaner everytime I reinstall the ATI drivers. Afew hours ago I used it and removed any drivers base on ATI. Then I installed the latest drivers from www.ati.com and it had some error while installing. I tried again, with removing any drivers, and this time it worked but when windows restarted it couldnt start the cathalist control exe. why i have no idea.

could u help me with the spyware check. i went through the task manager but there is nothing abnormal.

redsolar

Here is a DH guide for cleaning and preventing spyware.

As to drivers - which version are you installing, the Catalyst Control Center or the classic Control Panel version? CCC version requires .NET framework installed (may be the cause for your error) while Control Panel does not. I say try the Control Panel version first, and see if it helps. Also try older (5.2 or so Control Panel version). 5.3 have a few issues with Source (CS) engine.