6800 GT Issues

[richman64]

I'm running an Intel 3.0 on an Asus P4C800-E Deluxe with the GeForce 6800 GT. In Half-Life 2 or Counter-Strike:Source I pull 120 fps looking at walls, but as soon as I look at the world, it immediately drops to 60 - 70 fps. The video stress test returned 85 fps. To touch the card itself, it's very warm. From talking to everyone else playing the game, they run 120 fps constantly with the same card, but they're running in AMD systems. Is Intel really inhibitting my card that much, and if so, is there a way to improve the performance?

 

[HardWareBoss]

Sorry can't help you. I play my games and don't care about fps.

 

[HardWareBoss]

Your 6800GT 128mb or 256mb?

 

[richman64]

it's the 256

 

[rx7000]

"Sorry can't help you. I play my games and don't care about fps."

WTF, hes asking for help I dont see a point in making a lame statement like that.

1. This is the graphics card forum, most people care about the direct impact of their graphics cards and fps in benchmarks and games is the one of the important ways of measuring performance.

2. If you dont care then dont waste space on someones thread when they are asking about it.

Maybe you dont care if your utilizing your cards power (maybe your card sucks to the point where theres nothing to utilize and your just bitter) or not, but some people do care that they are optomizing their systems.



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[sweatlaserxp]

Your question is kind of vague unless you give us the exact graphics settings you have chosen, and tell us how much RAM you have. And yes, a good AMD 64 system will trump your P4 3GHz, although it's no reason to upgrade; it looks like you are getting pretty solid performance in HL2.

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[tonyz6971]

85 fps is more than smooth...once you're above 60 fps...you can't tell the difference between 60fps and 200 fps. What resolution and how much AA and AAF are you running? I'm running a BFG 6800 GT OC 256mb. I'm Oced at 425/1.15 with a NV5 Cooler and running a Gainward 6800GT GS Bios that puts me at 1.4v to stabalize the Ocing. I'm playing Call of Duty: United Offensive at 1280 res with 8AA and 16AF (or vice versa...maxed on both anyway). The highest graphic settings on CoD options and it runs at 70-180 fps no problem...looks incredible. I'm at a 3.2P4, HT, 800fsb...1mb Corsair Dual Channel at 400mhz on a Gigabyte 8Ik1100 MB. Couldn't be happier with the game play.

 

[JeanLuc]

60-70 FPS and your worried?!?!?!

I think he is try to show off.

 

[Nitrom]

Relax guys....the issues at hand R not so critical neither will affect in any shape our lifes....

RX 700 is right when he said this is a forum dedicated to help....and help we should!!!...but Hardwareboss also has a point that needs to be understood under the light of this nonsensical fever to get "the best of the best" and we never
seem to have enough as if life depends on it...

ABout Richman's problem...my experience tells me that each particular set of moves a player does in the video game...has very specific demands on the system U R using. If you Richman ar looking at the wall and have high FPS is because the video card is not being asked to do a lot of work...but if you start to do other things (even like activating the scope of a sniper rifle) the demands on the video card multiply in very large strides and your fps will suffer.That's typical of a video card.

There is no way you will have steady high fps from a video card (from any video card) in a video game like HL2...and I recomend you optimizing your system to the max before you start to suspect there is something wrong with the video card.

Even in TH Video Card Reviews there are segments in which there is reference to the substantial drop of fps depending on what demands are made to the video card.

 

[HardWareBoss]

I should have made my point more clear. 85 to 120 How much differance can the eye tell what sppeed it is running at. Take my card TI4200 plays Far Cry demo II. I have no idea how fps I get. As long as it plays. Now IF I had better vid card the game Graphics would be alot better.

 

[Pavelow]

richman64,

Realism (visual effects)
Tasking (details, events processed)
Speed

The never ending balance and optimization. Currently you have NO issue with your 6800GT.

Pavelow

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[mopeygoth]

no issue? I think he should go through his driversetup

I am getting 137fps with 16xaniso@1280*960 with max. gamesettings

Abit IC7 Max II Adv.- P4E3.0@3.6 - CNPS7000B-CU - i875P - 1024mb dual ddr400 3-2-2-5 - Leadtek 6800 128mb@380/850 - 600W dualfan(front/rear) PowerTek Psu - maxtor 4K080H4 & 6Y120P0 - samsung sm-352b