Problem replacing 8800gt with 460gtx

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As the title suggests I have a problem.
Replaced a BFG 8800gt with a palit 460gtx to allow for upcoming direct X 11 games.
Now have far worse performance, in all games low fps and even jerky in the menus.
Went into safe mode and cleaned out the drivers and re-installed, no improvement.
Any suggestions please.

Reply to Doomed_UK

CPU? PSU?

full system specs if we are to help.

did you run driver sweeper after removing the old drivers? and are you using the latest video drivers?

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Please list the rest of your system specifications, including operating system.

Reply to Herr_Koos

Silverstone 600w psu
4gb ram, possibly elixir (2x2gb)
intel motherboard, dont know which one (not a top of the range one)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500, S775, Wolfdale 45nm, 3.16 GHz
win 7 (upgrade over win xp, not clean install)

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Reply to Doomed_UK

welshmousepk wrote :

CPU? PSU?

full system specs if we are to help.

did you run driver sweeper after removing the old drivers? and are you using the latest video drivers?

yes, ran driver sweeper and have tried latest drivers.

Reply to Doomed_UK

power is running to both connectors? all the adapters (if used) are secure?

Reply to ct1615

both adapters are plugged in - I will unplug and plug back in later to double check.

No adapters needed/used on the silverstone

Reply to Doomed_UK

If the problem still appear, you need to return your graphic card from where you buy it

mybe your card have a problem.

Reply to dinkle85

Doomed_UK wrote :

You can't upgrade XP to 7, so I'm not quite sure how you managed that. What steps did you follow when doing this?

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Reply to Herr_Koos

Herr_Koos wrote :

You can't upgrade XP to 7, so I'm not quite sure how you managed that. What steps did you follow when doing this?

I bought an win 7 upgade only disc

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Reply to Doomed_UK

Doomed_UK wrote :

I bought an win 7 upgade only disc

I'm suspecting that and/or driver issue and the driver issue may have roots in the first bit.

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Reply to Mousemonkey

OK, sort of solved.

I took the 460 and put it in another of my machines (i7 920, 6GB, win 7 pro) and it works fine.

The 260 I took out I put back in the other machine and it works fine......

Dont know why but both machines are happy.

I really wanted the 460 in the other machine as one of my boys plays games alot on it, but I cant be bothered to fathom out whats going on.

Thanks for all your input.

Reply to Doomed_UK

i have the same problem , low fps , jerky in games its bad , ive tried reinstalling drivers but not worked its upsetting as i was getting better performance with my 9800gt, my system specs:
asus ENGTX460 TOP 768MB
ASRock G31M-S Mobo
3gb ddr2 800 Geil
creative soundblaster fatality pro
750w powercool 80+ psu
360gb sata hdd
core2quad q8300 2.5ghz {no OC}
This problem is doing my head in i just want right , please help if you can

Reply to Anonymous

Doomed_UK wrote :

I bought an win 7 upgade only disc

I didn't think there was anyway to upgrade completely over Vista and go from XP to Win7..
All I ever have known was a clean install from XP and that's it.
Upgrades only from Vista and lesser versions of Win7 use the anytime upgrade..

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Reply to malmental

install a clean windows 7 edition,and reinstall games and drivers and see magic,same happened to me when i upgraded from 9400gt to hd 3870.

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