Upgrade makes Unreal Tourney run WORSE??!?

[sykopath79]

OK, I just upgraded to a 1.33 GHz (266) Athlon T-Bird, FIC AD11 motherboard, and 256 megs PC2100 DDR SDRAM. Previously I was running a Celeron 600 @ 749/83 with 320 megs PC100 SDRAM on an ABIT BX6. I also have a Geforce2 MX, used it with the old motherboard and I am continuing to use it with the new one.

On my old setup, Unreal Tournament ran consistently at an average of 50 fps or higher. Now, on my 1.33 GHz DDR Athlon rig, it runs 15-20 fps on average. Quake 3 runs just fine, and is even slightly improved.

Is there an issue with the Unreal engine/Unreal Tournament specifically and the Athlon DDR setup?

The board I'm using is AMD 761 Northbridge, VIA 686B Southbridge, if this helps any.

 

[Paulson]

you downloaded the 4 in 1's from via yet?

 

[Snoop]

The Athlon kills in UT, it is probably the athlons best benchmark, you must be missing something with the setup.

 

[TheMongoose]

Make sure you have all your video display settings put together corectly, like vertical sync, anti-aliasing, bit depth, res etc. I'm sure it will work better with your new system, but some settings are just imporperly set up is my best guess.

 

[rahvin]

You did format and reinstall everything right?

 

[sykopath79]

Video settings are the same settings I have always used: 800x600, no FSAA, 32-bit, no V-sync.

I formatted my hard drive and did a clean install of Windows, naturally.

 

[BenSkywalker]

Which 4 in 1s are you using?

 

[Pabster]

The FIC AD11 is an AMD-761 based board. That means you need to install AMD's VGA Miniport Driver, not VIAs. Make sure you don't have VIA's AGP driver installed.

 

[sykopath79]

So I need the VIA 4-in-1's for the 686B Southbridge....but since the Northbridge is the AMD 761 I need the AGP driver from AMD? Can this be done?

 

[Maverick]

you'll probably have to install 3 of the 4-in-1's separately then add the miniport. Pain in the ass setups like this is what makes me not like Via.

nForce anyone?

 

[formulav8]

When you install the via 4in1 drivers uncheck the AGP Option and then download and install AMD's Agp driver.

 

[Brian07]

Is it not possible (or reccommended) to just install the complete 4 in 1 package and later install the AMD agp patch? I ask because I've got several machines at home that have been running the complete 4 in 1 set, I've never applied the AMD patch.

Brian

 

[TunaBoo]

<< Is it not possible (or reccommended) to just install the complete 4 in 1 package and later install the AMD agp patch? I ask because I've got several machines at home that have been running the complete 4 in 1 set, I've never applied the AMD patch.

Brian >>



With the 8k7a? No, it can make conflicts later on, and your preformance will suffer.

 

[Fenix793]

wow i never thought about that. yea via is becomin a pain i cant wait for nforce

 

[sandorski]

Hmm, a pain in the ass? It's a simple process:

Install OS
install VIA 4in1 minus AGP
Install AMD Inf
Install AMD AGP driver
Install rest of hardware

Not much different than installing an i850 P4 system(almost identical, except different vendors drivers are used).