Alright guys:
-Gigabyte GA-7DXE Socket A Motherboard. AMD Northbridge, VIA Southbridge AGP4x PC2100.
-AMD Athalon XP 2600+
-1.5GB PC2100 (Matching) Kingston
-Chaintech GeForce 6600 256MB.
500W Antect, 40A single 12+ Rail (obviously overpowered)
Now... This is a decent system, or should be, for what I use it for. I get TERRIBLE fps in games. Most unplayable, but even CS 1.6 I get 60-70is. I am NOT a beginner with hardware/software so lets rule out the questions like "is vertical sync on", "are your drivers up to date", etc.
I have gone through two different 6600 cards, 3 socket A motherboards, multiple sets of ram, 3 PSU's, disabling onbord sond, 2 different procs (both being 2600+). all i have to say is:
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This is getting aggravating. My goal was to have a SUPER budget PC to play League of Legends and CS 1.6 on, as well as take care of business matters. If I throw in my old MX4000 AGP card, it works fine in all variations of my setup. 100fps in cs, for the most part, but i need a better card to play LoL (DotA clone).
I threw my 6600 in an old P4 machine and ran everything flawlessly. Now, that machine had an Intel chipset. I just realized this morning that all 3 motherboards I have tried are VIA chipsets. sadpanda is sad. I have googled and googled. Fastwrites off, multiwriting off, switch to agp 1x/2x, gone through every driver ever made, max draw frame rates ahead set to 0, and so many more things I cant even name. Help. Please.
There have got to be some old Socket A fanatics out there, the 2600 was a champ of its time, still is incredibly fast, I am blown away every time I need to launch a process-intensive application.
-Gigabyte GA-7DXE Socket A Motherboard. AMD Northbridge, VIA Southbridge AGP4x PC2100.
-AMD Athalon XP 2600+
-1.5GB PC2100 (Matching) Kingston
-Chaintech GeForce 6600 256MB.
500W Antect, 40A single 12+ Rail (obviously overpowered)
Now... This is a decent system, or should be, for what I use it for. I get TERRIBLE fps in games. Most unplayable, but even CS 1.6 I get 60-70is. I am NOT a beginner with hardware/software so lets rule out the questions like "is vertical sync on", "are your drivers up to date", etc.
I have gone through two different 6600 cards, 3 socket A motherboards, multiple sets of ram, 3 PSU's, disabling onbord sond, 2 different procs (both being 2600+). all i have to say is:
------[W]-----[T]-----[F]-----
This is getting aggravating. My goal was to have a SUPER budget PC to play League of Legends and CS 1.6 on, as well as take care of business matters. If I throw in my old MX4000 AGP card, it works fine in all variations of my setup. 100fps in cs, for the most part, but i need a better card to play LoL (DotA clone).
I threw my 6600 in an old P4 machine and ran everything flawlessly. Now, that machine had an Intel chipset. I just realized this morning that all 3 motherboards I have tried are VIA chipsets. sadpanda is sad. I have googled and googled. Fastwrites off, multiwriting off, switch to agp 1x/2x, gone through every driver ever made, max draw frame rates ahead set to 0, and so many more things I cant even name. Help. Please.
There have got to be some old Socket A fanatics out there, the 2600 was a champ of its time, still is incredibly fast, I am blown away every time I need to launch a process-intensive application.