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pitbulltko   05-26-2008 at 05:42:11 PM

I noticed some stuttering with my 3870 but it was only at higher resolutions running vista 32 bits en catalyst 8.4 or 8.5 I had and X1900XT and never had this issue, i get stuttering almost in every game, it’s weird I get 50fps then suddenly get 10 or lower for like 5 sec i don´t have this problem with XP soy is not hardware related i tried a fix on the AMD website but it persist the 8.5 driver just deliver better frame rate but does not solve de problem any idea of how to fix this problem i´m getting mad
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780W OCZ mod PSU 4 x 12V
Diamond HD3870
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50bmg   05-26-2008 at 06:13:02 PM
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It may be the fix you already tried.

Try this: http://support.ati.com/ics/support [...] onID=33033

I am not sure how old it is, but i read about it here: http://www.visiontek.com/forum/vie [...] &sk=t&sd=a


Message edited by 50bmg on 05-26-2008 at 06:17:45 PM
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pitbulltko   05-26-2008 at 07:01:04 PM
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Yeah that’s the hot fix the i tried but it doesn’t work I have tried everything I have tried overclocking the card, ram cpu and nothing I also tried underclocking but I experience this problem in Crisis NFS Carbon Assains creed and I haven tried others but I thing that I will get the same problem , but the only games that does play en very well is call o duty 4 it runs great
Forgot to say a have vista 32 Sp1 ultimate

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