New gfx FPS drop on cod4?

Well theres no such thing as a Athlon 300x2, so not sure what you have.
Theres no way you got 300fps with a 8800GTX unless your were running at 600x800 and all low settings. With everything on high my overclocked HD4850 gets 75-92fps on COD4 at 1680x1050 all high settings 4x aa no af.
What resolution and settings were you using before and what settings are you using now??

doh! bad me

Mainboard : Asus M2N32 WS Professional
Chipset : nVidia nForce 590 SLI
Processor : AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ @ 3000 MHz
Physical Memory : 4096 MB (2 x 2048 DDR2-SDRAM )
Video Card : ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
Hard Disk : WDC (150 GB)
Hard Disk : ST336032 (360 GB)
Monitor Type : Samsung SyncMaster - 23 inches
Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 Service Pack 3
DirectX : Version 9.0c (March 2009)

and as for 300FPS i ran this with most settings turned low or off except model detail (caused some lodscalerigid error) and low res
i have updated all the drivers to the latest versions and removed the old ones
what happened previously the 8800gtx (asus) started doing some weird stuff,a lot of lines and pixels started appearing over the screen,so i put a cheapo card in that worked fine,so i then assumed(maybe wrongly) the gfx was NFG and bought the 4870
which brings me to my present position with all gfx turned low and 1024 by 768 i only get between 15-30 FPS which is unplayable in cod4 matches
I am at my wits end, any advice is welcome
cheers wobbly

LOw res is CPU bound, the difference in performance at that resolutoin between a 8800 and 4870 should be next to none, you would have been better off gettign a faster CPU if you want to game that low. Also you can't compare fps at different resolutions.. which it seesm to me you are..

Sounds like a driver problem as well.. make sure to run driver sweaper (or uninstall tehm all by hand if you are sure you won't miss anything).. I hate saying it, but it is generally a good idea to reinstall windows when changing brands like that. (obviously you don't have to.. and I woudlnt.. but you know.. when problems arize best to start over )

to tell you the truth daedalus ,if the economy was better i would have properly upgraded, I play competitive cod4 and generally speaking you need 250fps to make certain jumps etc
i kinda realised that the 4870 wasn't an upgrade per se,but it cost about half of what i paid for the 8800gtx when new, if i could get 125fps i would be happy

I'm not too clever on the driver side of things but i used a driver alert programme and updated all the drivers
and removed the old ones
if a windows re install sounds like the next natural progression i will go for it
thanks for the advice so far
cheers wobbs

Do you have something called Catalyst Control Center installed somewhere in there?
Just to be safe, just remove all the drivers and go clean.

start-> control panel-> add/remove programs -> uninstall EVERYTHING nvidia related AND uninstall Catalyst Control Center (CCC)
Reinstall the drivers/CCC at
http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_ [...] radeonx-xp

what type of power supply do you have?

So...you are arguing that running a lower resolution results in MORE work for the CPU???

Please; at a higher res, the GPU is doing more work COMPARITIVLY then the CPU, but the CPU is doing more work at 1680x1250 then at 1024x768 or 800x600.

His CPU shouldn't be a bottleneck for a single 4870 anyway. Make sure the drivers are installed properly, power connectors in card, etc. Run PCMark and list scores, etc.

download gpu-z and check if you are running your pci-e @ 16x.

heres the link www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/.

and simply uninstalling the nvidia drivers via the control panel dont always work.

use driversweeper (google it), run it on safe mode.

if all else fails, the card must be busted or your nvidia motherboard is screwing things up.

its the way the game plays,with higher fps that matters
anyway did the stuff mentioned above and the thing seems to work now,think the re install of xp prolly got rid of a lot of crap that shouldnt have been there
anyway thanks people for all your help
if any of you need any landscaping or paving help i moderate on a site called pavingexpert dot com , not trying to spam ,but it is similarly useful for driveways and such in the way this site is for pc hardware,i have helped over 3000 ppl there and appreciate your help here :-)
thanks
wobbly

lol. u are not a pro player if u were u would not say u 'need 200+fps to make certain jumps' and u would also not play with such a crap resolution.

errr i know that the human eye cant see it but the game runs better at higher fps, I came for help and i got it thanks
well thanks to the people that made a positive contribution anyway
regards wobbly

correct to some extent. but @ 30 fps things are a little hard to aim at with your mouse compared to a very fluid 60fps+ (first person shooter games) especially when you're playing competitively.
the old counterstrke is a testament to this. when xp came out, the refresh rate messed up my gameplay compared to win98. theres a a world difference of getting 99fps constantly compared to variable 60fps+. refreshlock did help a little.

http://www.funender.com/quake/articles/fps.html

Thats pretty sad dude and a waste of a good video card.

Who here wants to play COD4 (competatively rofl) at 1024x768 all low settings no aa/af and get 200fps? LOL

ANYONE?

thanks to rewindlabs for explaining concisely what i was trying to say ,i can take anyone of you guys here onto a promod cb server and show you exactly what jumps you can make with 250 fps that you cant make with 125 fps,this is the reason that edom and esl have put a limit on framrates
FYI anyone playing cod4 with 333fps makes no sound when walking,very handy when people are listening for you
I play with fuzion gaming and we will be attending i37 in stoneleigh park this summer,that in the uk
cheers
wobbs

its a weird game,but once you get used to it can be fun
on strike for instance on the attack side in SD iif you run close to the wall you gain an extra 2 M in to the statue also if you jump off the ramp and 1 of your teammates deagles you in the back you gain an extra 2 M all these small increments add up to an improved attack position
played cod WAW for a bit but found the gameplay way too slow
cheers guys
wobbs

Internet boasting with no backup what so ever FTW!.....annoying

Sounds like a slogan

Wow...so Quake3 has a retarded engine that gives you a gameplay physics advantage if you have more FPS?
And COD4 has the same piece of sh*t engine as Quake3? Gawddangs...

Well thanks for that interesting article.


As for the OP, I don't think exploits like those are allowed in competitions anyways, so he should just turn up to graphics.

Get off the internet old fat man (jk) i'm not either! yay lets start a club! 6' 1" 130-135lb!

But anyways im not here to defend anyone on how oh you need 300fps to win a match just that it gives you a huge advantage on any map with a jump in area to gain higher ground etc...and that it of course exists...

Really if you play your cards right it won't matter where the hell he jumps...but if he and a few other guys get into position say this was a team game of course they can have a scissor formation of gun fire and turn the score board around...same goes for if he was running solo

I'm curious, do they let you bring your own rig to officail tournaments?

Because of all the wierd fps effects in the strange engine (strange is one word for it.. I would call it broken.. but thats becasue I do physcis.. and basing physics on the FPS is just silly!!) any tournaments I've seen all run on a rig of the exact same specs, the only thing you bring is a keyboard, mouse, and headset.. the guys running the tournament then setup those for you, and all fps is caped a bit higher than the refresh rate of the monitor. 100fps from what i gathered..

That or the tournament was all on PS3's... which sems more common than on the PC around where I live...lol

DAMN!

I live in us Tennessee and there are no tourneys around here...not very many local pc gamers either...need to travel out to a tournament soon

I know that all to well

*loads glock and ak...*

About the only thing i like about living here is shooting my many guns of many calibers and the lakes...other the that BOOO!

No a turbo power honda jetski that rolls along at 65mph.....its my anti drug such a rush

5' 11" , 232lbs, lol, now thats fat.