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Hi there , i got a problem with very low fps in games . I tried to upgrade my parts time after time and still got problem.

My older system :

Intel quad q9300
Gigabyte x48-dq6 motherboard
4x1 OCZ DDR2 1066 ram
Axle 9800gtx graphic card
1000w lcpower psu
water-cooling
Windows xp 64-bit os

My new system :

Intel quad q9300 ( overclocked to 3.0mhz and pci-e : 110 and maybe upgrade with intel quad q9650 )
Asus rampage formula motherboard
4x1 OCZ DDR2 1066 ram ( maybe upgrade with 4x2 Corsair DDR2 1066 ram )
Zotac Geforce 280 GTX graphic card
1000w lcpower
water-cooling
Windows Vista 64-bit os

I updated my graphic card driver to 182.. and my bios update to 0701. But still got 10-20 fps in steam games ( tf2 , l4d , cs:s ) and max 50 fps in other games ( cod4 , cod5 ).

I used driver ready plus and driver clean.net for clean install driver.

What should i do know? Any idea where i got problem ?

Sorry for my english and thanks already.

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You may have an unstable overclock, have you run memtest86 and Prime95 to make sure your system is stable?

...why do you have a 1000w psu?

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GTX 260 Core 216
6gb 1443MHZ 7-7-7-18 1T OCZ Platinum
CM RC-690, CM V8 HSF
Reply to xthekidx

What is the monitor resolution your playing at?
What is the settings your playing these games at? Is AA and AF cranked all the way up?

Reply to kubes

I'm having a hard time understanding why you keep going with the expensive crossfire (ATI GPU's) X48 chipset boards and put an Nvidia GPU in them. Is there a method to this madness?

+1 to kubes questions. What resolution are you gaming at?

What are your idle and load temps for the CPU and GPU? I know you said you're water cooling, but maybe the cooling system isn't efficient or isn't working correctly.

Reply to shortstuff_mt

first of all i have an stable overclock , i used memtest86 and its stable and then my resolution is 1680x1050 and my settings is medium ( cant high because game is freezing. ) ( not any aa and af )

My load temps for cpu is : 29C and gpu is : 52C

But i didn't understand that should i use ati gpu's on my motherboard?

Message edited by fleury on 02-27-2009 at 11:07:27 AM

Reply to fleury

and now i changed my rams to 8gb but still nothing.

Reply to fleury

I think there is an option which is block my graphic card or something like that. I tested my graphic card at my friend's system works amazing.

Any bios options or energy saving option or something like that ?

Thanks already

Reply to fleury

Looks like heat is not an issue. Running at that resolution and settings should get you better fps with that graphics card. Your right.

Try updating your chipset drivers, your bios, check your page file space. Gosh, this is truely a complexing problem.

I'm thinking this is a software issue. After making all these hardware updates did you ever format and reinstall windows?

Reply to kubes

Im not update my chipset and i think updated wrong bios. I format and reinstall windows when i update my new graphic card and motherboard.

I think there is a software problem and i never found this I'm trying to update my chipset and bios right now if its not work i'll clean install windows )

And i think maybe i connect wrong pci cables to graphic card. It says my graphic card needs minimun 40A and my psu's amper rating are :

12-1 : 20
12-2: 20
12-3 : 36
12-4 : 36

How can i connect this correct ?

Sorry about my english

Reply to fleury

When you install windows that doesn't update your bios. Updating your bios is a whole nother beast. Google this if you need more clarification.

For the gtx 280 it requires two plugs into it. an 8 pin and a 6 pin. Use the 12-4 rail and the 12-2 rail for the two plugs. This will give you 56 amps which makes sure your over your 40amp reqiurment.

I'm betting you that the 12-3 /12-4 and 12-1 /12-3 are logical splits. So in otherwords the 12-1 and 12-2 rails arn't actually a total of 40 amps but 20 amps split between the two of them. This probally is a good cause of the problem because as your graphics card is doing harder work in games it requires more amps which might be causing the slow down. I'd bet this is the main problem right now.

Reply to kubes

I'll try this as soon as possible and i think this is the problem

Thanks already kubes

Reply to fleury

I connected 1 - 6 pin to 12-1 and 2 - 6 pin to graphic card's cable and then pluged all of them to card. And still got problem with low fps

Any idea ? Thanks already.

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