Got an 8800 GTS and def not getting what I payed for...

Palinko

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Ok so I have a 8800 GTS, its fresh. The reason why I think something is up is because I have a friend of mine who has a 7900 GS. He gets more FPS then I. I'm calling bs on this. My specs are Nvidia 8800 GTS, 2 Gigs Ram, AMD AThlon 3200+ 2.0 Ghz. He has a gig less of ram and his CPU runs at 2.1...I highly doubt that 900 Megahurtz is the problem. I have the latest drivers installed and all of that fun stuff.

Does anyone have an idea why this is?
 

logical2u

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I'm guessing it's a Pentium 4, those have the "Definitive" clock speeds as their labels.

Another possibility is motherboard or power supply slowing you down due to bad power/bad interface.
 

prozac26

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cpu is bottlenecking the graphics card.
Maybe so, but a 8800GTS should still get better FPPs than a 7900GS.

@ OP

Have you checked for viruses lately? Install latest drivers, while wiping out previous drivers? Try closing background tasks, and eliminating useless services.
 

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It shouldn't be a bottlenecking problem that the other responders have said. They do not know what they are talking about. Make sure that you have the latest drivers and that your previous drivers were uninstalled correctly. Then, if that doesn't help your problem is elsewhere.
 

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Maybe so, but a 8800GTS should still get better FPPs than a 7900GS.

Exactly :lol: Like using a 7900gs and switching to an 8800 gts is gonna
make his sys run slower 8O :lol: .

@ O.P. one thing that could actually do something like i just said
would/could be a psu problem.
 

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dude...
your cpu is seriously restricting the performance of your 8800

several things
1)athlon 3200+ ; u ned at a minimum 3.2ghz P4/E6300/3800 X2 to run a 8800 at full potential. a 3200+ with an 880 is like trying to watch 1080 HD video on a 13" black and white TV.

2)if your motherboard is supporting a 3200+, my guess is, its not very recent, so laggy/not so great pci-e bus, ram slower than ddr400 etc.

3)try benchmarking agenst him in different games. games can be optimized for different games.
 

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Ignore the crowd saying that it's a CPU bottlenecking issue; even if your friend had a X6800 with a 7900GS, you should still be getting better framerates with your 8800GTS. What kind of powersupply do you have, did you use driver cleaner before removing your old card, and what drivers are you using now?
 

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Ignore the crowd saying that it's a CPU bottlenecking issue; even if your friend had a X6800 with a 7900GS, you should still be getting better framerates with your 8800GTS. What kind of powersupply do you have, did you use driver cleaner before removing your old card, and what drivers are you using now?

Seconded.
 

sirheck

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2)if your motherboard is supporting a 3200+, my guess is, its not very recent, so laggy/not so great pci-e bus, ram slower than ddr400 etc.

If you are talking a pci-e bus of x8 and x16? Well there is no noticiable
difference.(i have both) and sli with both.

and the ddr400 memory thing, well s939 and am2 proved that too.
Agian no real difference.
 

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It could be several things causing the issue.


If you are running at a low resolution it could very well be your CPU bottlenecking.


If you are using an older Motherboard your PCIE slot could be limiting the bandwidth


If you are using an older power supply it might not have enough juice to run everything properly.




Without more information its impossible to say. Although If I had to guess i'd go with the first one, that you are running on a lower resolution and getting lower frams because of your CPU.
 

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Most of these guys don't have a clue. Too much reading, too little hands-on.

I'll give you ten to one your problem is your driver. Did you uninstall your old driver, or did you just load this one on top of it? Or did you even load new drivers? It really matters.
 

funkee1

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Its your cpu for sure. That, or your resolution is higher than your friends.

You people saying its NOT the CPU, ARE DEAD WRONG.

Example. I have a 1900xt. At first I had an athlon +3200 (single core, 512meg cache, oc'ed to 2.4ghz). In CS:Source on 1280x960, my FPS was dipping into the low 20's in intense gunfights. Since then, I've upgraded to an opteron 165 (dual core, 2meg cache, oc'ed to 3.0 ghz), and my frames NEVER dip below the mid 40's. So my minimum frames essentially doubled since I upgraded.

STILL THINK YOU'RE NOT BOTTLENECKED BY YOUR CPU???

(and keep in mind the source engine doesn't even take advatage of dual core cpus!!!)
 

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Ignore the crowd saying that it's a CPU bottlenecking issue; even if your friend had a X6800 with a 7900GS, you should still be getting better framerates with your 8800GTS. What kind of powersupply do you have, did you use driver cleaner before removing your old card, and what drivers are you using now?

Seconded.

Thirded... And also... even in 8x a 8800GTS will still outrun a 7900GS.
You should post your PSU specs or brand and name...

But like the previous poster... I bet its a driver issue..