8800gts 640mb

[darkorb]

i dont no if i was expecting too much out of this card, or somethign is up with mine

i have a evga 8800gts 640mb, and some games i cant play fully maxed without SOME lag.

i cant play FEAR cranked, lost planet i get 33fps fully maxed in the benchmarks
rainbow 6 is around 30fps during gameplay
and the dirt demo cranked i dont get too many fps above 25.

whats goin on??? i play at 1680x1050

COH fully maxed i get 75fps average

CSS CRANKED 16QXAA i get 125

[Xero (1)ne]

Try updating the drivers, Nvidia is still working out some kinks.

[darkorb]

i got the newest ones, 158.22

[Xero (1)ne]

Hmm, Idk mabey someone here with a G80 card can help you better then I can..

[tomato]

Aren't the games that you listed much more graphically intensive (or can be) than CoH? IE: FPS VS RTS... seems to me that you can turn on more "goodies" in a FPS grahpics-wise than an RTS... but I don't have a G80 card, so I'm just speculating :?

Perhaps it's the games themselves? IE: need a patch?

[werty316]

What OS?

Try updating your games to the latest patches.

In FEAR compare your results with soft shadows turn on and off.
What results does FEAR give you (min/max/avg)?

COH can be a resource hog when all setting are maxed out.

The frames you are getting seem normal with everything "maxed out" but if you are still unsure I find drivers v16x.xx are the best of the bunch so give one of them a try. Also its normal for Lost Planet to run that slow.

[Schwarz]

the problem is you bought an eVGA card :p
but like werty said some of the games you listed are normal.

[werty316]

Is is time to hide? :hide:

[Scott]

Also you may want to run DriverCleaner and then install the new drivers incase the old ones are currupted.

[darkorb]

ill try that scott

whats wrong with the EVGA card? oh do u mean cuz this site is xfx ? :P

well, the evga was cheapest by far $365, and i got the superclocked version for that price, :P

[Xero (1)ne]

The main reason for me buying my Evga, is it was cheap, and the stock heatsink covered the ram as well...

[PP Mguire]

whats goin on??? i play at 1680x1050

COH fully maxed i get 75fps average

CSS CRANKED 16QXAA i get 125Very normal. I get those frames on CoH with my 7950GT on 1280x1024 ;) Actualy cranked i believe thats above average. For CSS 16xAA and 125fps. Yup, seems right.

[Schwarz]

I was just kidding about eVGA.
I did have an eVGA card before I won the contest :p

[darkorb]

i tried oc'in the card

superclocked, 576/1700 in css 127 and lost planet 33 and 33

stock, 500/1600, css 134 and lost planet 32 34

600/1800 css 134 lost planet 33 34

gonna try 3d mark at 600/ 1800

i just tried at 660/2000, no artifact in ATI tool. sweeet

i also tried 700/2100 and no artifact again, is ther somtin rong? i dont wana blow up my card haha

[Xero (1)ne]

Try gaming with something really graphics intensive for a while. Keep an eye on your temps.

[darkorb]

interesting, i cant even do 3dmark06 anymore without hard locking before the 3rd graphic test, the one with the flying ship and the dragon

[werty316]

EDIT: you probably pushed your GPU overclock too far.

You could try nVidia GeoForm demo to stress your card but I am not sure if it supports the 8 series.

http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_geoforms_home.html

[PP Mguire]

You should be happy with the frames your getting ;)

[darkorb]

i no i just wanted to see how high i could OC

so what happens now? ill try again later, but the last 2 times it hard locked

[Xero (1)ne]

Have you already lowered your clocks?

[darkorb]

yea its at the superclocked level now, which it was when i got teh card, ill try with all programs closed

[werty316]

i no i just wanted to see how high i could OC

so what happens now? ill try again later, but the last 2 times it hard locked
Ask your self this question: What do you normally do when a overclock is unstable?

Try lowering your CPU overclock.

[darkorb]

my cpu was fine, orthos stable, and 3dmark06 stable,

i then oc'd my gfx, and it ran fine. then i restarted and tried again with the default clock gpu and it froze