- Jan 20, 2004
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Hi, just a quick question about the combination of my graphics card and my motherboard.
The details
CPU: AMD Athlon T-Bird @ 1400mhz (no idea of the FSB, 133?)
GFX Card: Gforce FX 5200 128mb (Add info, made by PNY as far as I can remember, and the cd also has VERTO on it if that helps)
Mobo KinetZ 7E-A, the details on it can be found here:
http://www.qdigrp.com/qdisite/eng/products/K7E.htm
(yes I know it's old it came with the pc and is probably the only part which hasn't been replaced
.)
Okay my questions are these.
Basically, my friend with the same sort of cards sees alot better FPS in Counterstrike than me the only thing which differs from the two pcs is the Mobo and CPU speed by 100mhz. For me with a few people on the screen in 800x600 I can easily see as low as 25-40 FPS. I know the card isn't great but that to me is VERY low. It's not just counterstrike, that was only an example of something giving low FPS.
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Yes, I have the updated Graphics card drivers.
No, there are no conflicts.
Bios on the mobo is the same as when I first got the pc.
No, there are no viruses or anything like that running.
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Secondly, Windows XP will never 'clean' install with any Gforce card plugged in, gets to "Windows is starting" or "Windows is copying the needed files" one of the two. I'm not quite sure anymore. Had the same issue with my really old Gforce 2 mx 400.
Would updating the BIOS help or changing some settings?
Basically I'm going to get a new one soon but I'm a bit fed up with it now.
Any help on this would be appreciated I will post any data that people ask for which could be useful. Thanks in advance.
Ben
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Alpha_Omega on 01/20/04 03:53 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
The details
CPU: AMD Athlon T-Bird @ 1400mhz (no idea of the FSB, 133?)
GFX Card: Gforce FX 5200 128mb (Add info, made by PNY as far as I can remember, and the cd also has VERTO on it if that helps)
Mobo KinetZ 7E-A, the details on it can be found here:
http://www.qdigrp.com/qdisite/eng/products/K7E.htm
(yes I know it's old it came with the pc and is probably the only part which hasn't been replaced
.)Okay my questions are these.
Basically, my friend with the same sort of cards sees alot better FPS in Counterstrike than me the only thing which differs from the two pcs is the Mobo and CPU speed by 100mhz. For me with a few people on the screen in 800x600 I can easily see as low as 25-40 FPS. I know the card isn't great but that to me is VERY low. It's not just counterstrike, that was only an example of something giving low FPS.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yes, I have the updated Graphics card drivers.
No, there are no conflicts.
Bios on the mobo is the same as when I first got the pc.
No, there are no viruses or anything like that running.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Secondly, Windows XP will never 'clean' install with any Gforce card plugged in, gets to "Windows is starting" or "Windows is copying the needed files" one of the two. I'm not quite sure anymore. Had the same issue with my really old Gforce 2 mx 400.
Would updating the BIOS help or changing some settings?
Basically I'm going to get a new one soon but I'm a bit fed up with it now.
Any help on this would be appreciated I will post any data that people ask for which could be useful. Thanks in advance.
Ben
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Alpha_Omega on 01/20/04 03:53 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
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