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csaiyan   10-25-2008 at 08:32:48 PM

i recently bought the asus nvidia9800gt i mean like yesterday lol. I used to have a 8600gt asus. none of them are overclocked but for some reason my 8600gt rans mmy pc games better. why? isnt the 9800gt supposed to be way better than the 8600gt. Im not sure whats going on. I cant even run FSAA in city of heroes now and i was able to before. Im not sure if its my direct x...my bios..i dont know lol

here are the specs of the vids
ASUS8600gt 512mb 128bit
nvidia 9800gt 512mb 256bit

my comp specs are
[i]VISTA ULTIMATE 64BIT
ASUS EN9800GT HB/HTDI/512M GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1
Thermaltake 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified
Thermaltake Blue orb II CPU Cooler for LGA775
ASUS P5N-D LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775
Kingston 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel
Kingston 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model


Message edited by csaiyan on 10-25-2008 at 08:36:40 PM
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dagger   10-25-2008 at 08:35:37 PM
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Did you forget to plug in the pcie power plug?

------------------------------ Q6600@3.6ghz, GA-EX38-DS4 motherboard, 8gb 800mhz ddr2 4-3-3-12, 8800GTS(g92)@780mhz, 1TB + 1.5TB hdds, 850watt psu
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csaiyan   10-25-2008 at 08:37:03 PM
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yep did that already

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dagger   10-25-2008 at 08:40:47 PM
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Update driver too?

------------------------------ Q6600@3.6ghz, GA-EX38-DS4 motherboard, 8gb 800mhz ddr2 4-3-3-12, 8800GTS(g92)@780mhz, 1TB + 1.5TB hdds, 850watt psu
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csaiyan   10-25-2008 at 08:44:37 PM
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yea i usually auto scan for an update that nvidia site has

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speedbird   10-25-2008 at 09:45:23 PM
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May be worth uninstalling all of your Nvidia software and Drivers manually, then reinstalling from scratch.

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csaiyan   10-26-2008 at 05:48:53 AM
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how do i do that?again

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