ATI x1800xt 512MB Frame Rate Issue

Kimbo16 · Post by **Kimbo16** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:51 pm

I recently purchased a new ATI x1800xt 512mb video card and my framerates are lower than what they should be. For instance in Half Life 2: Lost Coast on full graphics i'm getting about 22FPS. According to multiple graphs and reviews I've found on the internet I should be getting closer to 40-60 FPS on average. Even my friend, who's running more dated components than I, is getting better FPS on Lost Coast and Far Cry on same graphic settings. Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas of what the problem is? According to 3Dmarks05 my system is running stable, but it is showing a score lower than what it should be (can't recall the exact number at the moment). My specs are AMD Athlon 64 3800+, two 512 MB memory sticks, clocked at 400Mhz. My motherboard is an asus a8n-sli 939 pin. To top things off i'm running all this on a 500watt power supply. I've pretty much established that I am in fact getting lower frame rates than what i should be getting, and what i'm asking is how I can increase the performance of my system to what it should be. Thanks for any help or responses.

Skippman · Post by **Skippman** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:10 am

Well, knowing what resolution your running the game in will go a long way to helping us determin if your FPS are as you say below par. Which I have to say, even with my X850XT I can generally get 33fps on Lost Coast at 1920x1200.

What all is running in your tray?

Kimbo16 · Post by **Kimbo16** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 1:42 pm

Well I usually run Lost Coast at about 1024 X 768 with the rest of the settings on highest. But like I was saying my friend who's using older components is running this on the exact same graphic settings and getting better frames out of it.

And I'm not quite sure what you mean by tray, and where would I be able to find out what's running in my tray?

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 1:48 pm

Kimbo16 wrote:Well I usually run Lost Coast at about 1024 X 768 with the rest of the settings on highest. But like I was saying my friend who's using older components is running this on the exact same graphic settings and getting better frames out of it.

And I'm not quite sure what you mean by tray, and where would I be able to find out what's running in my tray?

tray = "system tray" --> all the Icons beside the clock in the bottom right corner!

Have you defragged the HDD?
did you enable extra settings in the GFX control panel? (r-click desktop / properties) mayby you have forced Anti aliasing etc?

Pengwin · Post by **Pengwin** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 4:18 pm

What 500w PSU do you have?

Kimbo16 · Post by **Kimbo16** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:48 am

I have an aspire powersupply and as for the forced anti aliasing it is set on let application decide.

And in my system try i have MSN, Steam, Symantec anit-virus, ATI Catalyst control center, and windows security alerts.

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 6:26 am

There could be a possibility that your card is overheating and throttling itself slower so that it doesnt burn out.

Try downloading Rivatuner and open the temperature logging page. Play a game for some time and leave rivatuner running. Rivatuner should show you what temperature your card is running at and what speed the core is at.

After gaming for at least 20mins (to achieve max temp) quit or alt tab your game make the log page fullscreen and grab a screenshot of the rivatuner log page. This will allow us to see if your card is overheating and throttling. You should be able to tell if it is by the temperature reaching high numbers, like 90oC+ and the core speeds bening reduced mid game.

Dan

Kimbo16 · Post by **Kimbo16** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:18 pm

I'm almost positive it isn't an overheating issue. What are other possibilities for these low framerates? Could it have to do with the motherboard or processer? How about motherboard drivers?

Immortal · Post by **Immortal** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:25 pm

Would recommend latest Catalyst drivers aswell as latest system drivers and a windows update just to be on the safe side.

Also, what was your previous GFX card?

adam75 · Post by **adam75** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 9:47 am

I have exactly the same problem. ive tried loads of stuff but still no luck.

did you ever get a solution?

thanks, Adam.

i think i know the reason why.

PSU, can you give me all the details on your psu?

how many rails, the voltage, wattage and amps and then i can confirm its the same problem as me.