New PC Frame rates are all over

[powerian]

Hi, Got a new pc the other day. It has a amd 6850. 600 psu, 8 core processor, and 8 gigs of ram.

The frame rate were very low...70 FPS on high settings by my self. With 3 other people in the server it jumped down to 50 and down more with more people in the server. Now my 9800gt would run in a server with 43 other people in it at 70 fps with this game.

Anyways I got my FPS up to about 400 by myself by making the game run on all cores and high priority. Also a d3d9.dll fix.

But I still got one problem. The frame rate are very inconsistent. Itll jump from 400 to 40 in one second then back up to 400. Sometimes itll lag very bad. Now this did this even before I did all the fixes.

Also the 6850 is overclocked at 950 core clock 1100 memclock.. Also the fps was inconsistent before i even overclocked.

I have the latest drivers...Latest AMD control center atleast.

Could it be a driver problem. The PC is brand new. BTW the game I play is rFactor.

Here are the requirments for the game.

- 1.4 GHz processor
- Windows 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP, XP 64-bit, Vista, 7 (will NOT run in Windows 95 or Windows 98 first edition)
- 512 MB RAM
- Geforce4 4200 or Radeon 9200
- 128 MB video RAM
- DirectX 9.0c
- 2.0 GB of hard drive space for installation
- Internet connection required for one-time activation

Could anyone help me with this? Is it a simple fix? Or is it how the card is...Do I gotta send it back?



Thanks

 

[Soccerman06]

Did you removed the nvidia drivers? Could be the game, dirt latemodel sim probably isnt very popular (first google search result anyways). Rfactor?

 

[powerian]

Its a new PC so it shouldnt have nvidia drivers should it? Also yes I play dirt latemodel sim.

 

[OCGuy]

Are you monitoring to make sure your card does not drop into 2D mode while gaming?

 

[powerian]

Are you monitoring to make sure your card does not drop into 2D mode while gaming?

How do I check?

 

[OCGuy]

How do I check?

Keep a program up that monitors the core speed. When your frames drop, ALT+TAB and take a look at the monitor, it will show you the history.

 

[powerian]

Whats a program that moniters that? and what should the core speed be?

 

[BFG10K]

If it’s a new build, have you installed the latest chipset drivers for your system?

 

[aaksheytalwar]

Which CPU do you have?

 

[Imouto]

It's the game. Some games are just shit performance wise. It's like testing a new PC running Lineage II.

Test it with a bunch of other games.

 

[powerian]

AMD FX-Series FX-8120 Zambezi 3.1GHz CPU

No I havnt got the latest drivers. How do I do i do that?

With the 9800gt the game never did this though.

 

[LoneNinja]

Seems to be a really old game, have you tried running it in any kind of a compatibility mode or anything like that?

I would also try setting affinity to 1 or 2 cores since that's all the game is likely to use, I don't know why you set affinity to all cores, performance may be goofy due to fluctuations in core speed from turbo core and cool n quiet.

You could also eliminate most of that bounce in fps by playing with Vsync on, odds are your using a monitor that only displays 60fps any ways.

 

[powerian]

How do I try compatibility mode?
I can try setting it on only 2 cores.

Also I tried vsync...It would glitch a bunch...Sometimes drop even lower then having it off...Its weird.

 

[LoneNinja]

If you right click the program file and bring up properties there is a compatibility tab, enable it to run with Win Xp, I've had this fix strange issues with a few older games and programs in the past.

More info here if you need a better explanation of how to enable it.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/using-windows-vista-compatibility-mode/

 

[Ketchup]

Is this a name brand computer? If it is would you post the model?

If not, can you give a complete list of specs? Still don't know how much RAM, what OS, etc.

 

[powerian]

AMD FX-Series FX-8120 Zambezi 3.1GHz
8 gigs ram
600 psu
1tb hard drive
amd 6850
GIGABYTE GA-M68MT-S2P
windows 7

 

[Ketchup]

Is anything overheating? As others have asked, how are other games running?

 

[RavenSEAL]

AMD FX-Series FX-8120 Zambezi 3.1GHz
8 gigs ram
600 psu
1tb hard drive
amd 6850
GIGABYTE GA-M68MT-S2P
windows 7

Holy crap. Your motherboard doesn't have native support for BD! How are you even getting into windows?

Not to mention the VRM/MOSFETS must be about to blow up as they're a 3+1 PP running a 125W TDP chip.

 

[powerian]

What programs check to see if anything is overheating. The GPU isnt. I dont play any other games.

Ravenseal it lets me in..the motherboard junk?

 

[Ketchup]

What programs check to see if anything is overheating. The GPU isnt. I dont play any other games.

Ravenseal it lets me in..the motherboard junk?

For you? possibly. There is no telling what it will do since it doesn't support your CPU, but I doubt it's running at it's full potential. Install and run 3dmark and see if your scores are where they should be.

 

[RavenSEAL]

What programs check to see if anything is overheating. The GPU isnt. I dont play any other games.

Ravenseal it lets me in..the motherboard junk?

A very bad piece of junk. You want at least a 970 chipset with a 4+1 power phase to run BD safely.

 

[OCGuy]

If Raven is correct about these specs, can you please post where you got it/what model it is so we can warn others to avoid it? Or was this a home-build by a friend/relative?

 

[Stuka87]

What programs check to see if anything is overheating. The GPU isnt. I dont play any other games.

Ravenseal it lets me in..the motherboard junk?

Where did you find this motherboard? Its been discontinued for some time.

My guess is the CPU is running in some sort of compatibility mode or something. It would certainly explain the poor performance.

EDIT: Looking around the board does support some bulldozers, but only if it has the latest bios.

http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=3922

 

[powerian]

I got it off newegg. How do I get the latest bios? I will run that..

 

[powerian]

I ran 3dmark..How do I tell if my scores are were threy should be?


Overall Score
P4117
P3500

Graphics Score
P3926
P3300

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Physics Score
P5551
P5300

​

Combined Score
P4034
P3500