GTX 260 Problem

[Chenquie]

Soo... I just upgraded from a 8800GT one to a GTX 260.
But atm I don't really see any improvements.

Fps on wow (for instance) didn't went up a bit.
GTA4 looked almost the same.

The fps on wow did even get lower than it was and the graphics look worse.

I have the latest drivers 186.18 and I'm running 64bit.

 

[yohan]

New drivers came out today, think it fixed some GTX 2xx issues.. but maybe caused others? Try downgrading.

 

[Chenquie]

Like which ones are you suggesting?

 

[dan7777]

i use gtx260-216 and it beats the 8800GT by miles mate im useing 190 drivers

 

[yohan]

Try these badboys: GeForce ForceWare 190.15 Win 7 | Vista (64-bit) download from Guru3D.com

 

[dan7777]

Try these badboys: GeForce ForceWare 190.15 Win 7 | Vista (64-bit) download from Guru3D.com

same thinking has me just sent him link to guru 2 great minds think alike gtx260-216 kills the 8800GT and when overclocked keeps up with most new cards

 

[Chenquie]

K this is what I'm going to to do now.

1. Uninstall drivers.
2. Reboot.
3. Install the new ones.
4. Reboot

Report back.

 

[Chenquie]

No improvements.

In wow it even take time (1min or so) to load the shadowsa nd most of the players. :/

EDIT: Is there a test, a program or something that can show what's going on so you can base yoru replied upon that?

Or maybe showing my Nvidia control panel settings etc.

 

[dan7777]

No improvements.

In wow it even take time (1min or so) to load the shadowsa nd most of the players. :/

what games are you playing ? what is your setup ? you got far cry 2 ? call of duty 5? crysis wars ?

 

[Chenquie]

REfering to wow now, I used to have around 35 fps with my old 8800GT with highest settings, now I'm down at 25.

 

[dan7777]

REfering to wow now, I used to have around 35 fps with my old 8800GT with highest settings, now I'm down at 25.

do that test mate i sent you and if ya pc screen gos green pixelated or even crashes then you know ya cards dodgy mate.

 

[Chenquie]

My results:

It says i have the old driver version yet I uninstalled it, rebooted twice and installed the new one.

It says I have Server 2007 aswell. oO

 

[dan7777]

i have pritty much the same card has you and i get 60-65 fps

 

[dan7777]

My results:

It says i have the old driver version yet I uninstalled it, rebooted twice and installed the new one.

It says I have Server 2007 aswell. oO

download driver sweeper to completely remove old drivers and the try re-installing new ones have you got your quad core overclocked ? if you do your gpu benefits from that hugely. also your res is 1440x900 19" Monitor man your card needs res at least 1680x1050 to stretch its legs mate that could also be a factor

 

[Chenquie]

I dno I havent overclocked you can check the MHz in the print.

I will try the Driver Sweeper tool, and report back. Thanks for all the great help.

 

[dan7777]

I dno I havent overclocked you can check the MHz in the print.

I will try the Driver Sweeper tool, and report back. Thanks for all the great help.

your welcome mate. make sure your windows updates are up to date also. but that res honestly mate your card is being wasted your card loves high res 1680x1050 or above

 

[Chenquie]

Gotta thank you. The fps only went up a few bit but I guess I'm in a really crowded area aswell.

The graphics looks better though.

Too bad my screen can only handle 1440x900

And i've read a few things about wow too, its not all about the gpu.

 

[dan7777]

just done the same test has you SCORE 4914 FPS Min 69 FPS Max 106 FPS AVG 80 Time 6000 ms RES1440X900 q6600 overclocked to 3.8 os windows server 2007 ver.6.1 build 7077 (no service pack)

 

[Chenquie]

yup I did it again with 4x on aswell, didnt have that earlier.

Scored min around 40 and average around 85 and max 115

 

[dan7777]

try other games mate see if your FPS any better. also on the furmark test do a stability test. good luck man