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nicko4455   10-09-2009 at 09:37:01 AM

hi. i just finished my first build. i7 chip. evga x58 motherboard. invidia gtx 275. im not happy with my picture while playing games. dvds play great. i have not oc'ed anything yet. my scores are all 5's in windows vista control panel, but the two scores pertaining to video performance are both 1's. i dont want to screw things up in bios unless im sure it will help. device manager says gpu is working properly. please help.

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r_manic   10-09-2009 at 10:53:36 AM

Would you mind posting detailed specs of your components? Are you also sure you used the correct drivers for your GPU?

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hallowed_dragon   10-09-2009 at 11:06:25 AM

nicko4455 wrote :

hi. i just finished my first build. i7 chip. evga x58 motherboard. invidia gtx 275. im not happy with my picture while playing games. dvds play great. i have not oc'ed anything yet. my scores are all 5's in windows vista control panel, but the two scores pertaining to video performance are both 1's. i dont want to screw things up in bios unless im sure it will help. device manager says gpu is working properly. please help.



After you installed the GPU, did you install the latest drivers from nVidia's website? Also, after a GPU installation and driver installation, both scores regarding the GPU are 1. You have to make the test again :). I am sure they will go up to 5.9

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PaCanc   10-09-2009 at 12:45:02 PM

Have you connected the power cord to the video card?

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outlw6669   10-09-2009 at 02:29:54 PM

Yes, more information is a must.

What are the rest of your components including the PSU?
Have you installed the latest drivers?
Did you plug in the PCIe power cables?
What exactly are you not happy with when gaming, what games are you playing and at what resolution?

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jsc   10-09-2009 at 02:32:19 PM

PaCanc wrote :

Have you connected the power cord to the video card?


In addition to causing a loud, shrieking beep, neglecting to connect a PCI-e power cable will prevent you from booting. OP has been able to get past that point.

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nicko4455   10-16-2009 at 03:49:11 AM

Yep the gpu is def plugged in. I have two 23inch asus monitors plugged into it. As for the drivers I loaded the ones that came on the cdrom with the gpu. Crysis ischoppy. Ghost recon isn't great. Neither is rainbow 6 las vegas 2. But like I said dvds look great.. 850w ps. 64 gb ss hd. 2x 1tb hdd.

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