Graphics Card giving poor performance on new build - 280GTX/i7

[SuperCat]

Hi guys, I'm completely losing it here and would love some help on this one..

Basically, I work as a graphic designer and I get *very* poor speeds inside my 3D Package which I believe it OpenGL based. I don't game so I have no idea about game performance.

I built a new computer back in Jan with the following:

Asus P6T Deluxe
Core i7 920 (Not OC'd)
6GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 (not OC'd)
nVidia Geforce 280GTX (not OC'd)
Coolermaster 1000W PSU

In benchmarks with 3DMark and PCMark the CPU comes out great but the GPU scores really low. After I built the PC I ran Memtest86+ for 24 hours and Prime95 for 24 hours, both came out fine with no faults.

I get the error "nvlddmkm stopped responding and has recovered" intermitently when doing 3D-related work but the system is otherwise very stable. I have run the oZone Fur stability test and the GPU temp seems fairly stable and without a crash, so I'm reluctant to believe it's a heating issue. Everything in the BIOS is set to 'Auto' with regards to timings etc.

I'm starting to wonder if the card itself is faulty. Oh, and I am using the latest drivers.

 

[utfrodo54]

did u plug in the 6pin thingies to the card? i remember my video card was doing horrible for a day after I got it, then i noticed OOPs.

 

[Cuular]

I'd check out the CPU scaling benchmarking at Legion Hardware(google it yourself).

From the looks of it, your CPU isn't up to the task of really pushing the gtx280 to it's limits. A little OC to 3.3 or so, and you should see a pretty good jump in GPU performance.

 

[taltamir]

"nvlddmkm stopped responding and has recovered" - this means either your driver (very rare), the actual program/game you were running (depends on its stability), or your video card's hardware (most common cause) crashed and rebooted (vista allows it to reboot, in XP you would blue screen instead, or just hard freeze without even getting a blue screen)...

Update the driver, if it still happens than most likely your video card is crashing often due to being defective, or lack of power, or lack of cooling...

what temps do you register on the video card during graphical work? (with rivatuner).

If the temps are normal and everything, get an RMA replacement from your manufacturer, it should be warranty replaced as its just a defective card.