Trouble with New Video Card

golosodobie · 12-14-2007, 06:37 PM

I just replaced my old video card for a Sapphire RADEON X1950 Pro 512MB GDDR3 AGP 8X video card. And I'm trying to play Gears of War , but the game is not 100% playable because it lags during the game...
I have 1Gb RAM, Pentium 4 GHZ 3.00. I'm new to ATI cards, my last one was a nvidia. Now there is a ATI icon on my taskbar, maybe I have to change some setting in there , I'm not sure .Here is a screenshot of the options:

**emosun** · 12-14-2007, 06:41 PM

By lacks do you mean laggs? Have you tried simply turning the graphics settings down?

What percentage is your cpu running at while playing the game? Pentium 4's arnt really known for there speed anymore so im guessing its probly slowing it up, or your graphics settings in the game are just to high.

golosodobie · 12-14-2007, 06:47 PM

yes I meant lags I'm sorry, how can I turn the graphics settings down?

**emosun** · 12-14-2007, 06:49 PM

you go into your game and select options , then probly graphics , the turn things like the antistropic filtering or anti aliasing down or off.

golosodobie · 12-14-2007, 07:06 PM

Thanks, now its playable.. I had to lower the setting on both, the card and on game.
I checked the CPU load history when I was playing and the bar was on 100%, then when I quit it went to 2-4% . Is this something that I have to worry about?

**emosun** · 12-14-2007, 07:08 PM

Well its not somthing you have to worry about so long as the cpu's temp are resonable. But pentium 4's are pretty old now and it is probly the slowest part on your pc now.

avatar619 · 12-14-2007, 08:01 PM

from what i heard the pentium 4 was a hot running processor. I may be wrong about the destop CPU's though, my dad has a pentium 4 CPU Toshiba Satellite and that thing was monitored constantly because it ran so hot.

**koala** · 12-15-2007, 01:11 PM

100% CPU load while playing a game is fine, nothing to worry about.

You might want to consider using the Omega driver instead of the standard Catalyst. It's basically the same thing, but has been tweaked to improve gameplay. You will probably see an increase of about 5-10fps. Let us know if you decide to use it and we'll give you instructions for safely removing the old driver before installing Omega.

The other advantage of Omega is that is doesn't need the Catalyst Control Center which uses alot of system resources. I have an X1950Pro PCIe with Omega, and use ATI Tray Tools which has the same kind of features as the Control Center.

12-14-2007, 06:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
golosodobie Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 29 OS: Windows XP SP 2	Trouble with New Video Card I just replaced my old video card for a Sapphire RADEON X1950 Pro 512MB GDDR3 AGP 8X video card. And I'm trying to play Gears of War , but the game is not 100% playable because it lags during the game... I have 1Gb RAM, Pentium 4 GHZ 3.00. I'm new to ATI cards, my last one was a nvidia. Now there is a ATI icon on my taskbar, maybe I have to change some setting in there , I'm not sure .Here is a screenshot of the options: Last edited by golosodobie; 12-14-2007 at 06:47 PM.

12-14-2007, 06:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 6,948 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: Trouble with New Video Card By lacks do you mean laggs? Have you tried simply turning the graphics settings down? What percentage is your cpu running at while playing the game? Pentium 4's arnt really known for there speed anymore so im guessing its probly slowing it up, or your graphics settings in the game are just to high. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

12-14-2007, 06:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
golosodobie Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 29 OS: Windows XP SP 2	Re: Trouble with New Video Card yes I meant lags I'm sorry, how can I turn the graphics settings down?

12-14-2007, 06:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 6,948 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: Trouble with New Video Card you go into your game and select options , then probly graphics , the turn things like the antistropic filtering or anti aliasing down or off. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

12-14-2007, 07:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
golosodobie Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 29 OS: Windows XP SP 2	Re: Trouble with New Video Card Thanks, now its playable.. I had to lower the setting on both, the card and on game. I checked the CPU load history when I was playing and the bar was on 100%, then when I quit it went to 2-4% . Is this something that I have to worry about?

12-14-2007, 07:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 6,948 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: Trouble with New Video Card Well its not somthing you have to worry about so long as the cpu's temp are resonable. But pentium 4's are pretty old now and it is probly the slowest part on your pc now. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

12-14-2007, 08:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
avatar619 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Anchorage, AK Posts: 7 OS: Windows Vista My System	Re: Trouble with New Video Card from what i heard the pentium 4 was a hot running processor. I may be wrong about the destop CPU's though, my dad has a pentium 4 CPU Toshiba Satellite and that thing was monitored constantly because it ran so hot.

12-15-2007, 01:11 PM	#8 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 12,339 OS: XP/7/Ubuntu My System	Re: Trouble with New Video Card 100% CPU load while playing a game is fine, nothing to worry about. You might want to consider using the Omega driver instead of the standard Catalyst. It's basically the same thing, but has been tweaked to improve gameplay. You will probably see an increase of about 5-10fps. Let us know if you decide to use it and we'll give you instructions for safely removing the old driver before installing Omega. The other advantage of Omega is that is doesn't need the Catalyst Control Center which uses alot of system resources. I have an X1950Pro PCIe with Omega, and use ATI Tray Tools which has the same kind of features as the Control Center. __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here