Fresh Install results in terrible game preformance

[Kccdx2]

So I did a complete reinstall of windows on my system:

X2 3800
Asrock ALI mobo (the one that supports both AGP and PCIe)
BFG 6800oc

So anyways, after windows I reinstalled the drivers in this order:

Audio
AGP Driver for Board
Ethernet drivers
Nvidia Geforce driver
AMD Dual Core optimizer
DirectX

However, now when I try and play games that are seriously runnable on a Geforece 5xxx or less card, the frame rates are terrible.

Also, I should note that the rig worked flawlessly on my old mobo (in sig) and old cpu. Keep in mind that I did change mobo sets (From Nforce to ULi) so maybe there's something in there that went wrong??
What did I miss? Am I doing something wrong??

 

[wanderer27]

Maybe I'm missing it, but did you install any Chipset drivers?

I'm not familiar with ULI, but I would think there should be drivers for it.

Did you look in your Hardware Device Manager?

Are there any exclaimations under anything (indicated missing drivers/unknown devices)?

 

[Kccdx2]

Yeah, the chipset drivers for the ULi chipset are the first 3 I stated in the previous post.

 

[wanderer27]

Couldn't find the model MB you mention on the Asrock site, but it does appear to have a North Bridge/South Bridge ULI main Chipset.

The Audio driver you installed is for the Audio chip.

The Ethernet drivers are for the LAN chip.

Not sure on the AGP driver, it may include the North/South drivers needed.

You might want to look around on their site to see if they have specific ULI chipset drivers or not.

 

[Gentle]

The usual culprit with AGP video cards and poor performance after a fresh install/major reinstall is the GART driver for the AGP bus on the motherboard.

I would look into that first.

Gentle