GPU Help

**Smily0012** · 07-22-2005

I just brought a new GPU (ATI x800 XL) for my pc. But my computer has been running slow since i installed it on my computer. Also when I even play battlefield 2 the graphics look pretty bad. Does anyone have any suggestions on maybe how to fix it.

**ishould** · 07-22-2005

Are you sure you have the latest drivers? What is your CPU? What is your RAM?

I find making a new windows account specifically for games can speed them up too (as well as any other CPU intensive applications like video encoding)

**Smily0012** · 07-22-2005

Sony Vaio Desktop running a Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.8GHz, 512 Rams. Its not that just the games are running slower but the computer as a whole is. But not as bad as the games.

**ishould** · 07-22-2005

It's probably either a faulty graphics chip (least likely), or you just need to upgrade drivers. Your CPU is faster than mine and I don't have problems, I run a 9600 right now. What power is your power supply? High-end radeon's can take up quite a bit

**phobia** · 07-22-2005

His pc isn't running slower his display is because of the faulty installed driver (tough it can slow down your cpu if the gpu isn't doing anything at all or not alot)

Go dll the newest driver fromt he ATI website and install that if the problem is not solved I think you should a look at your psu as ishould says.

**soldier one** · 07-22-2005

when you go to the website dont have your virus scanner or firewall on or it wont work. about battlefeild my computer doesnt work either and i have everything it needs so i cant help you there. here is the site you can go to for the driver
http://ati.com/support/driver.html

**Cody** · 07-22-2005

Sounds like a driver problem, I always find it horrible to switch hardware with windows, I find it causes alot of problems so I normally just reformatt with new hardware.

**Smily0012** · 07-22-2005

I just updated my drives and it works better but not by that much. Im probably going to try and contact ATI and ask for help if that dont help I'll kill my self for spending $300 on it.

**phobia** · 07-22-2005

be sure to say you installed new drivers or they will just respond with try installing new drivers

**Smily0012** · 07-23-2005

Yeah I didnt think about that. Thanks you probably saved a week of my time.

**MassaCh13f** · 07-23-2005

Another thing is that if youre playing Battlefield 2, you need at least 1GB RAM to run it smoothly. I've also been hearing that you need 2GB to get good performance out of it.

**Smily0012** · 07-23-2005

Now that is #%&# dumb. They really expect us to have that much ram. Man im like 1.5 gigs of ram behaind. They actually expect us to waste that much money just on one game. Man I'll try to upgrade it to one gig and if that dont help, hell is going to break on this world. Ill never buy another EA game ever again.

**MassaCh13f** · 07-23-2005

Well That's EA for ya.

**Smily0012** · 07-23-2005

But I could have sworn when I brought the game it said 512mb ram. Damn it I just looked at the rams and they were expensive as hell.

**MassaCh13f** · 07-23-2005

It has 512 MB for the system requirements, but 1GB for the Recommended requirements

Go here to test out your system http://gameadvisor.futuremark.com/ga.../my_system.jsp

(NOTE: You need to be using Internet Explorer)

**Smily0012** · 07-23-2005

I just did the test and it said "Your system is among the top 8% of all systems scanned by the Game Advisor. " But yet it still seems to run slow, wt# am I doing wrong. I knew about the web site is just I havent used since the last time I brought a new computer in 2002.

These are the specifications they gave me.

Processor Intel Pentium 4 2793MHz
Display Card ATI RADEON X800 XL
Memory 512MB
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Free Disk Space 126.87GB
Display Card Memory 256MB
Display Driver Version 6.14.10.6553
DirectX Version 9.0c
Optical Drive CD/DVD
Sound Card SB Audigy Audio [B800]

**MassaCh13f** · 07-23-2005

Hmmm. I honestly don't know what your problem is. If it was only on Battlefield 2, then I would say it's the RAM, but you say that everything is running slow right?

You might want to try returning your GPU and exchanging it for a new one, cause there might be something wrong with that.

**Smily0012** · 07-23-2005

Im not talkin really slow am just saying it kind of runs I think slower then I remembered. For example it now take some times time for the internet window to pop up. Before I thought it ran alittle bite smoother.

**MassaCh13f** · 07-23-2005

Well if it's just things like that, you might need to defragment your drive.

**Smily0012** · 07-23-2005

I might try to go out and buy a new moniter. Maybe my moniter can support the picture qualty. But thanks for all your help and your time anyways.

**MassaCh13f** · 07-23-2005

No Problem.

This just added to make this post more than 5 words.

**Smily0012** · 07-23-2005

I played around with the game graphics and found way to cheat the system by making certain things run at high quality and some low quality. To tell you the truth it worked. Ill use these options for a while till i upgrade my rams.

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