slow on X800XT on P4 3.0HT

shko

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i just bought a asus ax800xt video card.It run quite slow on my computer like while playing hl2 with 1280x1024 75@(4xaa 8xaf) or doom3 with highest setting with 1280x1024 75@(4xaa 8xaf), very laggry. the problem is my computer isn't that bad, i am on a p4 3.0HT with i875p motherboard,1gb ddr ram 400, 120 gb hard disk. i bought this computer from DELL, they come with a ati 9800pro but the x800xt work just a bit better on my computer can anyone tell whats worng with my computer :(? and will that because of my power supply? it's 250w only thanks
running on winxp home sp2 and i did a full format,reinstalled my computer and installed all the lastest video, motherboad , soundcard driver. it's still the same. no overdrive at all.

some detil here hope it will help
P4 3.0HT
1GB DDR400(dual on one 1gb ram)
256 x800xt
120GB SATA
soundblaster AZS2 pci card
250 power supply
56k dail up pci card
2 dvd burner
1 floopy drive
windows xp home xp2

and here is my icq and msn
icq 310181601
msn kotti_ko@hotmail.com
plaese contact :(

thanks for all
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by shko on 02/16/05 00:25 AM.</EM></FONT></P>
 

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Well first of all, what is "slow", because Doom 3 at 1280x1024 with 4xAA and 8x aniso on is REALLY slow. Dell's PSUs are conservatively rated for their continuous power output, and basically your system is either gonna work, or not work, or work and crash, as far as the power supply is concerned. If it works fine and dosn't crash, it certainly isnt going to affect your FPS. I guess my biggest question would be why would a smart asian guy like yourself buy a Dell?

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um.... well slow mean lag, but it never crash and everything work fine. and 3dmark 03 and 05 score much lower then the others with the same cup ram etc.
About dell....well i am now studing in australia and i have no idea where to buy parts here. And the fastest way to get a computer is to order driectly from dell. another reason is we have discount on dell computer because of my dad .
 

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My guess would be the PSU since stuff like the 6800GT requires atleast a 300w or so, but then again I've heard the ATI cards take less power, just my 2cp

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The high end ATI's are recommended to have 300W PSU minimum

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If you dont have enough energy you cant run as fast or as long as you normaly possibly can.

Dont expect a top athelete like a X800XT to be at hes peek with 250watt power supply from dell.

I would suggest buying a good after market power supply like tagun 480watt silent, to unleash the beast which is crawling around in your machine.
 

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Insufficient power causes crashes.

A low rated PSU has never, and will never, cause a partial loss in performance, <i>unless</i> you've had to underclock things to make them stable due to insufficient power for full speed. Even then, it's the underclocking that's producing a speed difference, not the PSU itself.

If your system is stable, then your PSU is fine.

How much slower is your PC in 3dmark, and what rigs are you comparing it to? I assume that 1Gb of ram is 2x512Mb Sticks for dual channel? Do you know what actual motherboard you have?

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you would be surprised with a underpowered system and the diferent out comes produced, like sum 6800 will boot with out the powercable but are unstable, this could be the same with a X800XT, insuffient power could cause in efieciency across the bored of hes computer, from hd to cpu , memory and gfx card.

Here is a question is 250 watt sufficent to run a system with a x800xt, 3.0 ghz p4 ht?
 

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it's around 1100 to 1200 in 3dmark 05 (or 03 i am not quite sure) and it's 1 GB on one ram and cpu-z show it's 512x2

and i have no idea which no mb it is but a i875p chipset
 

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That sounds like a bad driver setting/missing driver. Do you have the newest versions of all the drivers?

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The parts will either have sufficient power to run at their current settings, or they'll crash. Unless they've got circuitry to detect insufficient power available and dynamically underclock themselves - but that would be a complete waste of time and money by the manufacturers.

All I'm saying is I've seen and read about loads of systems that were unstable due to a duff or underpowered PSU, but I've never seen a single confirmed case of the PSU just generally reducing performance.

Here is a question is 250 watt sufficent to run a system with a x800xt, 3.0 ghz p4 ht?
I will admit that's low, but don't forget Dell aren't trying to sell the PSUs, so they put the truthful Max continuous Load power of the PSU on. that exact same PSU being sold by some other company would probably be labelled as 350W or something.

it's around 1100 to 1200 in 3dmark 05 (or 03 i am not quite sure)
That is pretty low. You should be getting in excess of 11,000 in '03 and 5,000 in '05.

What are your temps like? when P4 chips get hot, they throttle down - especially if that chip's a Prescott. Failing that, Perhaps some AGP settings are wrong?

What did you score with the 9800Pro? if that seemed low then it would indicate a problem elsewhere in the system.

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Sounds like installing the latest chipset drivers may be a good idea. Plus cleaning off the old drivers from the 9800 pro and intalling Cat 5.1's fresh.



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Main reason I didn't mention Drivers is he says he's done a re-format/re-install..

Sounds like he's lacking the AGP drivers or something to me.

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