Slow, and no improvement

NovaClaft · 01-03-2008, 05:46 AM

NWN2 and RCT3 with a full park ran with about 20 fps at my pc when my ATI Radeon X1950 was installed. Today I bought an ATI Radeon HD3870, which is a great improvement, but my games don't go any smoother! ***?!?!

Why is this?

My other system specs are:

Windows XP Prof 32-bit
2,4 GHz dual core processor (AMD)
4GB DDR2 RAM(though my windows being 32-bit will limit it to 3,2GB, or so I've heard)

HawMan · 01-03-2008, 08:21 AM

What PSU do you have?

NovaClaft · 01-03-2008, 09:24 AM

I have a 550W power supply unit. The box of my new video card says it needs 450W. So that should be OK...

**emosun** · 01-04-2008, 04:12 AM

The boxes are never right. lol . What else are you running? msn, antivirus , firewall , ect...
Also post your temps and voltages, if you need a program to read them, try speedfan in my sig.

NovaClaft · 01-04-2008, 05:33 AM

My processor temperature is 40 degrees celcius, and the other temperature(I don't recall what it was for) was below that. As for what's running in the background, I'm going to reboot my pc now, and then check it out.

**emosun** · 01-04-2008, 06:17 PM

We need too know what the voltages are too, also all of the temperatures.

01-03-2008, 05:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
NovaClaft Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 OS: WinXP Prof 32-bit	Slow, and no improvement NWN2 and RCT3 with a full park ran with about 20 fps at my pc when my ATI Radeon X1950 was installed. Today I bought an ATI Radeon HD3870, which is a great improvement, but my games don't go any smoother! ***?!?! Why is this? My other system specs are: Windows XP Prof 32-bit 2,4 GHz dual core processor (AMD) 4GB DDR2 RAM(though my windows being 32-bit will limit it to 3,2GB, or so I've heard)

01-03-2008, 08:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
HawMan Liam Join Date: May 2006 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 2,943 OS: Win XP My System	Re: Slow, and no improvement What PSU do you have? __________________ Please Consider Donating to keep the site free.

01-03-2008, 09:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
NovaClaft Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 OS: WinXP Prof 32-bit	Re: Slow, and no improvement I have a 550W power supply unit. The box of my new video card says it needs 450W. So that should be OK...

01-04-2008, 04:12 AM	#4 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 7,064 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: Slow, and no improvement The boxes are never right. lol . What else are you running? msn, antivirus , firewall , ect... Also post your temps and voltages, if you need a program to read them, try speedfan in my sig. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

01-04-2008, 05:33 AM	#5 (permalink)
NovaClaft Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 OS: WinXP Prof 32-bit	Re: Slow, and no improvement My processor temperature is 40 degrees celcius, and the other temperature(I don't recall what it was for) was below that. As for what's running in the background, I'm going to reboot my pc now, and then check it out.

01-04-2008, 06:17 PM	#6 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 7,064 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: Slow, and no improvement We need too know what the voltages are too, also all of the temperatures. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list