What is wrong here?

[Cubieman420]

First off I will tell you my current setup: ASUS A7N8X motherboard (333Mhz FSB, Dual DDR 400, 8X AGP) ...512MB (corsair XMS) RAM.....GeForce FX 5600...Athlon XP 2700...also, my case has 5 fans and I have a PCI dual fan card under my video card. Now my problem...this seems like a pretty good setup to most, but I just installed battlefield 1942 and I assumed that I could play it really well, I crank everything up and set it to 1024x768, but when I start the game (single player) it is somewhat choppy...and also when I play UT2003, I can't max it out on 1280 w/o it being slow...now what the [-peep-] is wrong?! I have 14GB left on my drive so that wouldn't be the problem, maybe it because my drive is 3 years old? I didn't think drives have gotten much "faster" over the years though. Could anyone think of any ideas why my nice setup is performing like a 2 year old computer?!!?!?

 

[cleeve]

A geforceFX 5600 non-ultra is about as powerful as a geforce4 Ti4200 in most cases. Slower in most, a bit faster with AA enabled.

It's no Ubercard though.

How is it performing in other games?

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Radeon 9500 w/256 bit memory bus @ 367/310
AMD AthlonXP 2000+
3dMark03: 3439

 

[Cubieman420]

I turned down my AGP aperature down to 32mb from 128mb, this helped considering the card has 256mb of ram. Also, I read some reviews and saw some benchmarks and I kind of have to admit I made a bad decision buying the card, have to sell it now...heh..heh..heh.

 

[Willamette_sucks]

Turning DOWN your AGP aperature size DOES NOT help, put it at 128 and leave it there. Now in the nVidia driver control panel (right click, settings, etc.) turn OFF AA, and aniso, and set performance to "Performance". You should now be able to play UT2k3 at 1280x1024 max detail.
BF1942 is not nearly as demanding as UT2k3 so I don't know what the deal is. Make sure AA/aniso are not on, cause if they are, prepare to lower the res to compensate.

Also overclock that bastard!

Cleeve is right in saying the 5600 non-ultra isn't that great. (Shoulda got urself a 9700 np you nVidiot! Then u could max it out and use AA/aniso AHAHAHAHA!)

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[coolsquirtle]

WS dont insult my fellow nVidia fanboy LOL and i dont think 5600 non Ultra is that highly overclockable

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I'd get a nVidia GeForce FX 5900Ultra... if THEY WOULD CHANGE THAT #()#@ HSF