Recent content by ohfour238

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    Far Cry 3: frame rate issue

    Yep. That was the first thing I did was grab the newest drivers for the 5970 and get the application profiles, then applied Far Cry 3's. I figured since I don't think I've updated the mainboard's bios and drivers since I built the thing, it probably wouldn't hurt to do so now and it seemed to...
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    Far Cry 3: frame rate issue

    I'm not exactly sure what it was but I figured it wouldn't hurt to check and update my mainboard's bios. Well, now I'm noticing a considerable increase in performance, even outside of Far Cry. With the game on Ultra (except Post FX), I was averaging around 50-55 fps now, sometimes into the...
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    Far Cry 3: frame rate issue

    Dropped all quality settings down to medium (with post FX still on low). GPU1 and GPU2 usage was usually maxed out at 98-99%. Afterburner only had memory usage for GPU1 and that was hovering around 1070, regardless of smooth play or not.
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    Far Cry 3: frame rate issue

    I would if it would ultimately resolve this issue. I ran AMD OverDrive, which has a CPU and GPU status monitor. I'm confused with it's results. While running around, when the game is playing at it's smoothest, all 4 CPU cores are averaging around 70-80% and all GPU cores (OverDrive shows 4)...
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    Far Cry 3: frame rate issue

    Turning off the Post FX helped a bit. at 1920x1080, no MSAA, everything except Post FX maxed, I was getting 50-60 fps. It would still drop to about 25-30 if I looked straight up into the sky though. Running, shooting, jumping through water and all that didn't even make it drop as much as it...
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    Far Cry 3: frame rate issue

    I'm having a weird problem with Far Cry 3. No matter what resolution or quality configuration I use (even everything down to low), the higher I look up, my frame rate drops. For example: on Ultra, i average around 40-45fps if i'm looking down. As I look up more, the frame rate starts to...
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    Red Orchestra 2: HoS - poor game performance

    i think someone told me that was the cause of a problem i was having with Shift 2, that it did not support crossfire or something. although i only have 1 physical card, i guess having 2 GPU's on the card is kind of like a crossfire and that's how the computer sees it? if that's the case, any...
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    Red Orchestra 2: HoS - poor game performance

    i've tried multiple quality settings, even choosing "lowest" and still i cannot get the game to play smoothly. look at my specs in my signature, i should be able to play with pretty good quality, let alone on the game's lowest settings. does anybody have any idea what could possibly be the...
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    need IE8 on Windows 7

    thanks Nothinman! simple and works.
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    need IE8 on Windows 7

    if IE8 is the default, why am i not able to revert back to that? unchecking it from the Windows features list just makes IE9 disappear, IE8 does not come back or anything. at the same time though, it will not allow me to install IE8 from an installer. this is critical for me because i just...
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    need IE8 on Windows 7

    I need to install IE8 or earlier on my Windows 7 64bit but I cannot get any to install. I've downloaded both 32bit and 64bit versions of IE8 from Microsoft's website but they both say they cannot be installed on this OS. I tried running them under Windows Vista compatibility mode, which...
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    x4 965 hitting 100*C

    yeah absolutely. honestly, i'm shocked it took 100*C to force the shut down. definitely keeping an eye on it and will routinely clean out my PC. still in the 30's so i'm good so far.
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    x4 965 hitting 100*C

    yeah, it concerned me to say the least haha. but it's all good now, mid-gameplay, the CPU was in the mid 40*C's so i think it's safe to say the problem is solved. thankfully.
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    x4 965 hitting 100*C

    i cleaned all the dust out of my case, fans, etc... (some pretty big chunks). reapplied thermal paste and reseated the heatsink/fan assembly. it's now running in the mid-high 30's and i got about another 250-300rpm out of my CPU fan. i'll keep an eye on it, hopefully it'll be ok. thanks for...
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    x4 965 hitting 100*C

    i just started playing ArmA II: Reinforcements and after about 15-20 minutes, my computer would shut off immediately. i figured it was some sort of heat issue so on restart, i went into the hardware monitor. it showed my CPU was coming down from 98*C (assuming it hit 100* and that's what...