Hi guys, this is my first post here though i have been browsing for some time now. I have a problem as the title suggests. I built a PC over the last 2 months and was devastated today when i finall got my GFX card through and installed it, my fps was extremely bad and at shoot off scenes it was dropping to single digits.
Here is my Spec:
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Ultimate
Motherboard: M2R32-MVP
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) 9500 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.3GHz
Hard Disk Drive: Raptor 37GB
Memory: 2046MB RAM DDR2
Power Supply: 600watt
Sound: Onboard Sound
Page File: 1319MB used, 2991MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 6.00.6000.16386 32bit Unicode
The game Crysis on this configuration even when everything is set to normal is unplayable due to frame rate dropping considerably. Now you may say that Crysis is a very demanding game and thats fine but a friend of mine as the following spec
Operating System: Windows XP Professional
Motherboard: M3A32-MVP DELUXE
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 3870
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) 9600 Quad-Core Processor, MMX, 3DNow (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Hard Disk Drive: Raptor 150GB
Memory: 2048MB RAM DDR2
Power Supply: 720watt
Sound: SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio [E800]
Page File: 748MB used, 3191MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode
With his spec Crysis runs very good. In areas where not much is happening his PC runs an average of 45f/s where as mine averages at around 25f/s and his in areas where multiple enemies are shooting at him drops to around 20f/s where min drops to about 3-4f/s.
I have no idea why this is the way it is. If anything our PC's are at a very similar spec, but yet his set up performs wonders against mine.
Also to note i struggled to find actual drivers for my gfx card, and even with the driver CD that came with the GFX card i still got a error during install, due to the Southbridge not being prresent or not being able to be seen.
I personally believe it to be either the HDD, PSU or the MOBO, but im no computer whizz and have limited knowledge in this field though i do know my way around the PC.
Finally but not least the voltage. I used a software called PC Probe 2 and all volts barring 1 were slightly above normal which i am told is normal. The second rail showcasing 3.3V generally stays at 3.3V but drops to 3.28, especially when i load up Crysis and leave it on the pause screen or the main menu screen.
Im out of ideas and have decided to seek help. I hope you can help me and together we can sort this problem out
If you require further info please ask away, i have both mine and my friends DXDIAG should you require information from there in part or full
Thank you for reading my long post and i hope a solution can be found \(^_^)/
Here is my Spec:
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Ultimate
Motherboard: M2R32-MVP
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) 9500 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.3GHz
Hard Disk Drive: Raptor 37GB
Memory: 2046MB RAM DDR2
Power Supply: 600watt
Sound: Onboard Sound
Page File: 1319MB used, 2991MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 6.00.6000.16386 32bit Unicode
The game Crysis on this configuration even when everything is set to normal is unplayable due to frame rate dropping considerably. Now you may say that Crysis is a very demanding game and thats fine but a friend of mine as the following spec
Operating System: Windows XP Professional
Motherboard: M3A32-MVP DELUXE
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 3870
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) 9600 Quad-Core Processor, MMX, 3DNow (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Hard Disk Drive: Raptor 150GB
Memory: 2048MB RAM DDR2
Power Supply: 720watt
Sound: SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio [E800]
Page File: 748MB used, 3191MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode
With his spec Crysis runs very good. In areas where not much is happening his PC runs an average of 45f/s where as mine averages at around 25f/s and his in areas where multiple enemies are shooting at him drops to around 20f/s where min drops to about 3-4f/s.
I have no idea why this is the way it is. If anything our PC's are at a very similar spec, but yet his set up performs wonders against mine.
Also to note i struggled to find actual drivers for my gfx card, and even with the driver CD that came with the GFX card i still got a error during install, due to the Southbridge not being prresent or not being able to be seen.
I personally believe it to be either the HDD, PSU or the MOBO, but im no computer whizz and have limited knowledge in this field though i do know my way around the PC.
Finally but not least the voltage. I used a software called PC Probe 2 and all volts barring 1 were slightly above normal which i am told is normal. The second rail showcasing 3.3V generally stays at 3.3V but drops to 3.28, especially when i load up Crysis and leave it on the pause screen or the main menu screen.
Im out of ideas and have decided to seek help. I hope you can help me and together we can sort this problem out
If you require further info please ask away, i have both mine and my friends DXDIAG should you require information from there in part or full
Thank you for reading my long post and i hope a solution can be found \(^_^)/