Minor problems with XFX 5900xt

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Hi all I wonder if you can help me. I have just bought a XFX 5900xt 128
card a few days ago and it seems to be hit and miss with games as to how
well they run and it is getting to me now. I have the following PC:

XP2400+ 2.0 ghz
512 DDR Ram
Gigabyte ga7-va mobo
80 Gb and 25 Gb HD
DVD Writer and DVD Rom
XFX 5900xt 128 card
Soundblaster live 5.1 card
XP with SP1

On Need for Speed underground I get pauses on the 1st lap of all races at
any detail level, Far Cry I get pauses and stuttering. Games like Manhunt,
Beyond Good and Evil, Rainbow Six 3 and World championship snooker 2004 seem
to play OK. I have tried the newest drivers and older driver and am using
the 56.75 at the moment.

Any advice is appreciated as I am really disappointed with this £155 card as
my old fx5200 ran need for speed perfectly well. Thanks.

 

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Forgot to mention, the pauses happen same place and same time in the games.
Thanks again.

Anthony

"Anthony Harris" <acharris20@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all I wonder if you can help me. I have just bought a XFX 5900xt 128
> card a few days ago and it seems to be hit and miss with games as to how
> well they run and it is getting to me now. I have the following PC:
>
> XP2400+ 2.0 ghz
> 512 DDR Ram
> Gigabyte ga7-va mobo
> 80 Gb and 25 Gb HD
> DVD Writer and DVD Rom
> XFX 5900xt 128 card
> Soundblaster live 5.1 card
> XP with SP1
>
> On Need for Speed underground I get pauses on the 1st lap of all races at
> any detail level, Far Cry I get pauses and stuttering. Games like
Manhunt,
> Beyond Good and Evil, Rainbow Six 3 and World championship snooker 2004
seem
> to play OK. I have tried the newest drivers and older driver and am using
> the 56.75 at the moment.
>
> Any advice is appreciated as I am really disappointed with this £155 card
as
> my old fx5200 ran need for speed perfectly well. Thanks.
>
>

 

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"Anthony Harris" <acharris20@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ce3apo$old$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Hi all I wonder if you can help me. I have just bought a XFX 5900xt 128
> card a few days ago and it seems to be hit and miss with games as to how
> well they run and it is getting to me now. I have the following PC:
>
> XP2400+ 2.0 ghz
> 512 DDR Ram
> Gigabyte ga7-va mobo
> 80 Gb and 25 Gb HD
> DVD Writer and DVD Rom
> XFX 5900xt 128 card
> Soundblaster live 5.1 card
> XP with SP1
>
> On Need for Speed underground I get pauses on the 1st lap of all races at
> any detail level, Far Cry I get pauses and stuttering. Games like
Manhunt,
> Beyond Good and Evil, Rainbow Six 3 and World championship snooker 2004
seem
> to play OK. I have tried the newest drivers and older driver and am using
> the 56.75 at the moment.
>
> Any advice is appreciated as I am really disappointed with this £155 card
as
> my old fx5200 ran need for speed perfectly well. Thanks.
>

Need for Speed under does that on purpose. It caches in certain places on
the first lap, you won't see it again after that. As far as Far Cry goes, I
have no idea what's doing that. Perhaps having less than a gig of RAM for
such an intense game causes HD caching.

-Dave

 

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"David West" <kwest@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Anthony Harris" <acharris20@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:ce3apo$old$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > Hi all I wonder if you can help me. I have just bought a XFX 5900xt 128
> > card a few days ago and it seems to be hit and miss with games as to how
> > well they run and it is getting to me now. I have the following PC:
> >
> > XP2400+ 2.0 ghz
> > 512 DDR Ram
> > Gigabyte ga7-va mobo
> > 80 Gb and 25 Gb HD
> > DVD Writer and DVD Rom
> > XFX 5900xt 128 card
> > Soundblaster live 5.1 card
> > XP with SP1
> >
> > On Need for Speed underground I get pauses on the 1st lap of all races
at
> > any detail level, Far Cry I get pauses and stuttering. Games like
> Manhunt,
> > Beyond Good and Evil, Rainbow Six 3 and World championship snooker 2004
> seem
> > to play OK. I have tried the newest drivers and older driver and am
using
> > the 56.75 at the moment.
> >
> > Any advice is appreciated as I am really disappointed with this £155
card
> as
> > my old fx5200 ran need for speed perfectly well. Thanks.
> >
>
> Need for Speed under does that on purpose. It caches in certain places on
> the first lap, you won't see it again after that. As far as Far Cry goes,
I
> have no idea what's doing that. Perhaps having less than a gig of RAM for
> such an intense game causes HD caching.
>
> -Dave
Yeah loads of people ugraded to 1gb RAM after Far Cry was released - it has
certainly stopped my PC from pausing to load during games, not just Far Cry
but also UT2004...It's worth having a gig for most new games.