Low FPS

Hi all,
I have the following setup :-

Asus P4C800-E deluxe
Intel Pentium 4 540, 3200 MHz (16 x 200)
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
System Memory 1024 MB (DDR SDRAM)
BiOS Type AMI (06/20/05)
RADEON X850 (256 MB)
Corsair CMX512-3200XL 512 MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM (2.0-2-2-5 @ 200 MHz) X2
WD ATA 37Gb 10,000rpm hard driveas main
SG barracuda 200Gb as "save drive"
Tagan 530w PSU
NTL 3Mb BB modem internet (ethernet)
Nothing is overclocked and HT is enabled.
ALL drivers and SP's are up to date
3dMark score of 3181

Problem is :-

I enjoy online gaming (SOF2 still the main obsession) and on my previous setup, being AMd 2.8, radeon 9600, 1 Gb OkUK value memory abit nf7s mobo, i could play SOF2 and attain 150FPS as a stable setting.
Now, with the above setup i am lucky if i can achieve 35 FPS, even on baron locations.I have tried altering the graphics card settings to "minimum" and the ingame settings to " noi bells and whistles" but still cant get much over the 35 FPS. the servers i use ALL alow unlimited FPS with other clan members regularly getting 200 FPS+.
Any one got any suggestions or reasons as to why i am suffering this way?

Many thanks

Dead*

 

try reinstalling video driver that may help i had an x600 with the same problem the driver just wouldnt load right

 

You might also check compatibility review with your video card and the rest of the system...

And for the record...that is an impressive setup you've got.

 

Have tried every driver i can find for the card (even the origional) must admit, had several problems installing them but evenyually each was installed, always the same results though.

have asked around, checked various forums etc for compatability, no problems known, this was also a "compatable bundle (mobo, graphics,processor etc" sold by the retailer

managed to get 75 FPS last night, woooopeee but at the cost of running 800X600 , no graphical quality and using 16 mode so the game was almost unplayable.

Glad u like the setup, i enjoy online gaming and dont mind spending the money to have a decent enoght system to enjoy it.....trouble is...this system doesnt do the job



Dead*

 

video card drivers can be tricky.

 

if you cant find your help online.. maybe you should go to a computer technician/computer shop they know all.

 

I hear ya there Online gaming is where I spend most of my time when I game. Tell me...what online games do you play? Me? I play mostly MMORPG's and Counter Strike

 

Any idea who the card manufacturer is? ATI liscensed out their chipset to several companies, so it might be a problem specific to that manufacturer.

 

maybe thers a new video card driver? when u install new video card driver your suppose to uninstall the old one usually w/ ati it fux up. w/ errors if you dont uninstall the old drivers


i got a 9600 pro and i get a steady 100 fps on cs
and 80 constant on bf2

 

keep in mind that you can have a kick ass video card but if you dont have the system to handle it, heh...you will still get a crappy FPS. I had a Geforce FX 5900, 512 DDR 2700, but...I only had a 1.3 Athalon, so I would only get 20fps on World of Warcraft....

 

20 fps would drive me to drink!!!!!!!!even on solitaire

 

ROFL yeah its pretty sad. Thats why im so frustrated with MY setup right now...Im sure youve seen my Topic I have in "Hardware" heh...I have all these god components and I cant do a damn thing with them, lol.

 

I've got almost the same setup just have kingston cl3 value ram(dont Laugh )and a 7800gt without overclocking anything i pulled 6935 in 3dmark05
even my 6600gt on this setup was pulling 3600 +/- 50
try to reinstall dx 9.0c AND video driver afterwards also make sure net framework 1.1 is installed on your pc also newer drivers require it (or they did)