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About LinkBacksIll do that but i doubt my Fatal1ty card is makin my 8800GTX run around 130 fps less than it should..Originally Posted by b0redom
Ill do that but i doubt my Fatal1ty card is makin my 8800GTX run around 130 fps less than it should..
Never underestimate the power of creative's drivers..
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Ok ima give it a try then, should i physically remove the card aswell?.
Uninstalled the Creative drivers, used Driver Cleaner pro aswell.. installed the sound max ones, no difference in performance, i havent physically removed teh XFI card out, but i seriously doubt that removing a inactive pci card will do anything.
I doubt it as well, but its probably best to give it a go just to rule it out while you still have the drivers uninstalled.
sticking on topic, if you want to oc your cpu. my 4200+ goes to 2.6GHz stock volts, you should try and download systool and run the cpu overclock part. but make sure you lock the pci-e buses and also if your memory is running at max, underclock it a bit and then run the tool. my friend can get 2.8GHz stable on his x2 4600, then when systool fails. ie found the max fsb available. say it gets a total clock of 2.896GHz, choose a speed you want it to run at. so 2.8GHz would be a nice speed. then when you set the right fsb for 2.8Ghz in the bios. run orthos. i let it run for 30 mins for me. others like to run it 12 hours+ before they think its stable. the choice is up to you. i just find its a waste of power. if you need more info just ask ill try and help.
Right so let's get this straight...
You get stuttering in game with an overclock but at stock this goes away, but even minus stuttering you still get as low as 30FPS in CSS at 1280x1024?
You may just have a faulty 8800GTX...
Last edited by NightshadowUK; 02-04-2007 at 07:59 PM.
I sent the card for an RMA the other week,came back sayin it was fine.
moogle cheers for advice, ill try overclocking to 2.8 ive only got to 2.6 before i cant boot back to windows.
Last edited by Deathcore; 02-04-2007 at 10:09 PM.
np, it all depends on stepping alot of people say. my friends room was fairly cold so that may have aided him in reaching 2.8Ghz. But if you got systool it helps and saves a hell of a lot of time. instead of rebooting each time to change the fsb it will change it and auto detect when errors are occuring.
The 4200s are a very mixed bag. I bought mine back in November last year from CCL and within 30secs of me installing it id oc'd it to 2.8Ghz (exactly what my Opteron 146 was running before I changed to the x2). I then upped the voltage a little and it was good at 3Ghz and thats with air cooling. My boards good for 300+ HT though, most struggle with stability at that level.
I count myself pretty lucky though. I think the average oc is about 2.6-2.7Ghz, but you might have a good one Deathcore
Where did you RMA it to?
Overclockers.co.uk
Thought as muchThese guys are well dodgy. Read a lot of bad things about them, but also some positives, so bought some RAM from them a month ago. It arrived, had obviously been opened before, and when I put it in my system it killed it. Wouldn't boot, or would boot and hang, so I ran Memtest on it and it had errors. Ran an Orthos blend test and it failed with the new RAM, but not with the old. Sent it back under my right to return within 7 days no questions asked (distance selling regulations), specifically stated this, but told them for their information that it was dead RAM, so to refund me and not sell it anyone else. What did they do? Tested it (why?) and returned it to me saying that it worked fine (?) and charged me £19.92 for the privelage.
After a month of being led round the houses by them and subsequently threatening the small claims court, I finally got my refund yesterday.
But anyway, my point is that the RAM was without a doubt knackered. I have a business building and repairing computers and I know faulty RAM when I see it, and the tests I ran were conclusive. I would tend to believe therefore that OCUK are simply trying to shaft you like they tried to shaft me. If you google 'OCUK complaints' you will find many reports of the same happening to others. The simplest thing to do would be to try the card in someone else's machine if you can, then you'll know for sure.
Hope you get it sorted
lets hope they dont charge you £20 because "its working"
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