Hey all,
I just got a new XFX Geforce 7900 GS PCIe x16 card for my system. I have an Asus P5LD2 mobo with PD 3.4GHz CPU and 4GB of RAM. I did have a Radeon x1600 in the system.
I installed the vid card yesterday and installed the latest drivers from Nvidia (93.71) and uninstalled the ATI Radeon drivers before.
I have noticed that when I start playing Quake 3, the FPS will be pretty low. Anywhere from 100 fps down to 30 fps (looking across the map on CTF4). /com_maxfps is at 120 - When using my Radeon x1600 I could get 125fps in Q3 constant no matter what map or graphics settings. It's odd because Q3 will start out with low FPS at first, then it's as if the vid card starts processing at full capacity and I can finally get a solid 125fps after a few minutes of specing in Q3.
Here's the strange thing - a few months ago when I ordered an XFX GF 7600GT and tried it in the same mobo, the system did the same thing no matter what I tried. I ended up taking the 7600 GT out and putting it in another system (and it worked fine in that system - ASRock mobo).
I also have the latest Intel chipset drivers installed. I tried the 96.81 drivers that were on the XFX CD and it is not helping anything. I have the latest BIOS for my motherboard as of yesterday and that hasn't helped. I am at a loss as of what else to try other than getting a new mobo. Which is appealing to me because I want a new mobo.
I wanted to ask for any opinions/suggestions for my problem however.
I just got a new XFX Geforce 7900 GS PCIe x16 card for my system. I have an Asus P5LD2 mobo with PD 3.4GHz CPU and 4GB of RAM. I did have a Radeon x1600 in the system.
I installed the vid card yesterday and installed the latest drivers from Nvidia (93.71) and uninstalled the ATI Radeon drivers before.
I have noticed that when I start playing Quake 3, the FPS will be pretty low. Anywhere from 100 fps down to 30 fps (looking across the map on CTF4). /com_maxfps is at 120 - When using my Radeon x1600 I could get 125fps in Q3 constant no matter what map or graphics settings. It's odd because Q3 will start out with low FPS at first, then it's as if the vid card starts processing at full capacity and I can finally get a solid 125fps after a few minutes of specing in Q3.
Here's the strange thing - a few months ago when I ordered an XFX GF 7600GT and tried it in the same mobo, the system did the same thing no matter what I tried. I ended up taking the 7600 GT out and putting it in another system (and it worked fine in that system - ASRock mobo).
I also have the latest Intel chipset drivers installed. I tried the 96.81 drivers that were on the XFX CD and it is not helping anything. I have the latest BIOS for my motherboard as of yesterday and that hasn't helped. I am at a loss as of what else to try other than getting a new mobo. Which is appealing to me because I want a new mobo.
I wanted to ask for any opinions/suggestions for my problem however.
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