STUPID GRAPHIC CARD RPPED ME OFF

Ahgharion · 02-09-2002, 05:47 AM

My original Graphics card a Inno3D Tornado GeForce2 Mx400 32mb had a fps of usually around 5.2. So i bought the 3D Prophet 3 Ti500, and now my fps is around 10!!! AND IT COST ME 350!!!! And Most of my settings are low. Any Suggestions?
Pentium III
382 MBRAM
20gb hd
3D Prophet 3 Ti500
58X Cd
Windows 98

02-09-2002, 05:59 AM

how fast is your p3?

Arclight · 02-09-2002, 06:30 AM

CPU bottleneck??

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rudedog · 02-09-2002, 10:04 AM

A couple

Are you using the latest drivers, directX
what are you system resources?
Have you checked your IRQs. Your AGP vid card should have it's own (11) If you add another card in the PCI slot next to the AGP slot you could be sharing resources. I always recommend keeping the slot next to the AGP slot open, unless you need all your PCI slots then you have no choice. But I would check the IRQs Nics like to use 11 and this could be your problem.

Good luck on fixing this

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Not so Rude,
RudeDog

Kakorott · 02-09-2002, 10:21 AM

damn guy i dont know what ur issues are besides slow pIII how much of a swap file u have and dont use the new detonator drivers i prob have less of a system then u a 1 gig duron 256 megs pc133 geforce 2 mx 400 64mb sdramm and i run almost evrything max except the curves n one other option lol and i get full 63+ fps also is ur sound onboard? it could help slow ur game down also.get the 21. something drivers from nividia and ick savage eww anyway lol dont get the newest detonators they suck u get blue screened in xp from what i was told but my info was from a idiot so who knows just get the first set of det drivers

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02-10-2002, 07:47 AM

You should check that your motherboard drivers are up to date also. Maybe your bios settings need adjustment.

Fetal IceCream · 02-10-2002, 08:04 AM

get rid of that virus of an OS,
we have the same speed cpu almost, mines a p3 866, you have a better vid card , i have a gf2 and get around 40-60 fps in large open areas and 90+ in small tight places..
you have more ram than i, tho u didnt say if it was 100mhz 133mhz or 266mhz
sd , dd or rd ram...
so far the problem really does sound user related.

u want to make sure u have the right agp drivers (update them to the latest chipset 4in1 is always good)
and your agp is set to 4x, and agp apature is 128 meg

Ahgharion · 02-10-2002, 11:20 AM

Its a P3 800mhz. i have the Detonator XP and i have the DirectX 8.0 or something. The slot next to my graphics card is free, any other ideas?

02-10-2002, 11:24 AM

dunno. defrag, free up anything you dont need in the background.