9800xt Problems
<div class="IPBDescription">in need of help</div> actually putting the card in went smoothly (to my surprise) and it seems to be running fine on 'mid range' games like far cry and UT2004.
Im having major problems with very old games (half life) and very new games (doom3).
Half life is crazy, i dropped to 8fps in eclipse marine start, and am generally hitting about 30 - 50 elsewhere (my old 5200 actually out performed this :s).
[dev 1, fps_max 100 btw]
Doom 3 runs very nicely, high settings, 1024, everything on, but is plagued by tearing to the point of a snow storm effect in areas.
[using a variety of tweaks from the doom3 tweak thread]
im using catalysts 4.7, and directx 9.0c (was running 9.0b yesterday same problems).
advanced settings are AA x6, AS x2, wait for Vsync always off (for halflife, tried with always on for the tearing on doom3, no change) everything else on quality over performance.
I cant figure it out as like I say UT2k4 is running smooth as anything full settings, but i switch to NS and im dropping to some crazy fps.
If anyone has any advice, i would be very greatfull... all the ut2k4 in the world cant make up for a good game of NS.. doom3 would be a bonus.
Im having major problems with very old games (half life) and very new games (doom3).
Half life is crazy, i dropped to 8fps in eclipse marine start, and am generally hitting about 30 - 50 elsewhere (my old 5200 actually out performed this :s).
[dev 1, fps_max 100 btw]
Doom 3 runs very nicely, high settings, 1024, everything on, but is plagued by tearing to the point of a snow storm effect in areas.
[using a variety of tweaks from the doom3 tweak thread]
im using catalysts 4.7, and directx 9.0c (was running 9.0b yesterday same problems).
advanced settings are AA x6, AS x2, wait for Vsync always off (for halflife, tried with always on for the tearing on doom3, no change) everything else on quality over performance.
I cant figure it out as like I say UT2k4 is running smooth as anything full settings, but i switch to NS and im dropping to some crazy fps.
If anyone has any advice, i would be very greatfull... all the ut2k4 in the world cant make up for a good game of NS.. doom3 would be a bonus.
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im still worried about NS though <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
even with vsync off its a stupidly low fps.
i have a 9800xt myself, but have yet to try doom3 on it :\
What I see is small white and red dots appearing over colour. they dont appear in the very dark or very bright areas, and i realise half way through this secntance i would be better with a screen shot, Ill edit one in later.
they do resemble a checker pattern though when theres lots of them.
*edit1* out of interest what kind of temperature should I be running at?
right now im usually high 70s. damn summer
btw post your specs too
As for crappy FPS in halflife, I'm getting that to. I used to get 100 fps after an immediate re-format, but then a week or to later I guess I downloaded something (windows update?) that caused me to start dropping again.
I also second the question on the manufacturer of the card, mine is asus.
ok, this is the problem, I assume this is tearing right?
theres alot of red dots too, but kinda hard to make out because of the compression on the pic.
heres my specs.
AMD XP2400+
1Gb RAM
Powercolor Radeon 9800XT 256
KT400 mobo
audigy2 ext.
ill not bore you with mouse model etc.. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Xyth: how should I go about undercllocking my card? im a newb <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Good luck.
so 72 degrees celcius is unacceptable? D:
well looks like i have to cool it down too....can you most more info on this pci cooling fan thing?
They are basically slim enclosed fans/turbines where one side is open so that air gets sucked into it then blown out of the back of the case. You just position it so that the open end is facing the fan(s) on your video card. Also you can find these at a variety of lengths so that they can reach deeper into the case.
so 72 degrees celcius is unacceptable? D: <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
72 degrees Celsius = 161.6 degrees Farenheit = HOT!
Im having major problems with very old games (half life) and very new games (doom3).
Half life is crazy, i dropped to 8fps in eclipse marine start, and am generally hitting about 30 - 50 elsewhere (my old 5200 actually out performed this :s).
[dev 1, fps_max 100 btw]
Doom 3 runs very nicely, high settings, 1024, everything on, but is plagued by tearing to the point of a snow storm effect in areas.
[using a variety of tweaks from the doom3 tweak thread]
im using catalysts 4.7, and directx 9.0c (was running 9.0b yesterday same problems).
advanced settings are AA x6, AS x2, wait for Vsync always off (for halflife, tried with always on for the tearing on doom3, no change) everything else on quality over performance.
I cant figure it out as like I say UT2k4 is running smooth as anything full settings, but i switch to NS and im dropping to some crazy fps.
If anyone has any advice, i would be very greatfull... all the ut2k4 in the world cant make up for a good game of NS.. doom3 would be a bonus. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Dev 1 does not help one bit, it calculates what fps you WOULD get. Turn that off.
Put ati_npatch "0" ati_subdiv "0" in your autoxec.cfg. Also launch the Cataclyst control panel, go to opengl, compatiblity settings and turn on tripple buffering and OPENGL acceleration .
ive also got a slot fan on the way...
but NS is still really low, fluctuating between 20 and 60, V sync is off so I really dont understand why... guess ill have to live with doom3 over NS..