Originally posted by: akshayt
I said be out of the thread unless you you can help. If he can help, he has full right to do anything in the thread, else he musn't speak anything.
@Stumps, I have done everything you wanted, what do you want me to do next? Also, when will you come online next?
no you didn't.
It's very hard to offer you advice when you're all over the place as far as what you are doing to you're PC.
Did any of your games show any improvement with the 6600GT using lower IQ as a base line for both cards, which is why I suggested 1024x768 with out any AA/AF, this setting would pretty much give you maximum speed out of each video card and you would be able to tell if it was working correctly or not.
there is simply no point testing one at a higher res than the other as it WILL always give you inconsistant results.
If you saw improvement using the 6600GT then the problem most likely lay with your 1900XTX.
If not then the problem is else where with your systems....at a rough guess I would already be considering how the software(windows) is setup OR how your BIOS is configured to be the problem...but that would be just a guess.
If both Video cards are still showing poor results then start to look at the next major component of your system.
Motherboards and CPU's are usually pretty easy to sort out 99% of the time they either work or they don't...and that 1% can be sorted out be replacing one or the other, if you can try the CPU in a similar spec system...
DO NOT OVERCLOCK IT AT ALL UNTIL YOU ARE 100% CERTAIN YOUR SYSTEM IS FULLY SORTED OUT.
this why people including myself laughed at your blog...you were offering OC advice and the only thing you had to go by is your dodgy system.
COMPLETELY FORGET ABOUT OVERCLOCKING FOR THE TIME BEING IT WON'T FIX A THING
If you can try another cpu in your motherboard but like I said from my experience a mobo and cpu will either work or not work...RARELY anything in between.
If both of those check out, then try your ram in other system and vice versa, get some ram and try it in yours, remember to use default timings for your memory.
you need to continue this way until you come to the conclusion which is either..
A) ALL OF YOUR COMPONENTS CHECK OUT AND THE PROBLEM IS SOFTWARE
OR
B) ONE OF YOUR PARTS IS FAULTY AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED
and of course there is a third option which most people in this thread would agree with
C) THE USER IS FAULTY AND NEEDS TO SELL HIS RIG AND BUY A CONSOLE
Now on to the most difficult issue to correct(from your point of view that is...most users would be able to sort it out pretty quickly)
Software....
When diagnosing an issue like yours it is always easier to start with a fresh install of windows if you have changed the Video card with one that is different from what you would normally run.
This eliminates any problems that you might have with drivers...one would assume that if you are going to try another motherboard that you would use one identical to what you already have.
Once you have the Video card out of the way you shouldn't have to reformat...unless the problem is a driver issue related to a dodgy install(this would be my guess as to what is wrong)
I always follow this simply pattern and it has never failed me....EVER
once windows is installed always start with installing the latest DirectX version (should be 9.0c june 2006)
then install the DOTNETFX crap that's usually required these days...once thos two are out of the way then move on to the next step and probably the most important.
start with installing IDE drivers first followed by any AGP drivers...if you are using a nvidia or VIA based motherboard this is done automatically together so it's a fairly moot point...however I still use systems with SIS chipsets on them (the 655 is still one of the best skt 478 chipsets in my book) so I need to do this step.
Also make sure that your SATA, RAID or SCSI driver are installed (they should already be if your RAID/SATA/SCSI device is your boot device).
after your system has rebooted from installing the motherboard drivers, install the video drivers and restart the system.
by default you shouldn't have to make any changes to the video driver settings yet, however should always disable Vsync and set your windows resolution and refresh rate before testing.
DON'T CHANGE ANY OTHER SETTINGS YET.
now before installing any sound drivers and LAN driver install a couple of games and maybe a few benchmark software and run them.
this should give you a baseline for your systems performance with out any SC or LAN drivers....it will allow you to check if everything is running OK as an incorrectly installed LAN or SC (especially Creative) driver can cause performance problems with your system.
IF and I do mean IF your system seems to function OK then procede with installing the SC driver....test your games once again after the system reboots.
and last but not least install the LAN drivers, any Modem driver and anything else you might have....remember to reboot after installing each driver.
hopefully your system is still running 100% after every driver is installed....now you can go ahead and install any other software you might have...while time consuming rebooting after each installation will help eliminate any problems that might occur.
after you have done all of this then feel free to fiddle with the driver setting of the Video card...just remember to change ONE setting at a time and test it before changing another.
now if this fails then scroll back up and read point C again and have a long hard think about it.
I'm sorry to put it so bluntly but you are the most frustrating person I have ever encountered....and I deal with mum and dad customers every single day.
I have tried to put things as simply as possible..if anybody has anything else to add then feel free to do so.
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