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XFX 4870X2 FPS issue.

Cingal

Cingal

Cingal

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Basically. I've owned a 4870X2 for a few days now and I'm starting to notice issues with the FPS in a number of games.

In Age of Conan, I'm unable to get over 15FPS in some areas, on 'High' setting rather than maximum.

Fallout 3 runs at around 25-40FPS all on max, which seems a little sluggish for a game with no shadows.

Benchmarks for Farcry 2 give around 50FPS with everything maxed, which is quite good really...

So far I've tried installing the drivers, using a drive sweeper then reinstalling the drivers, to very little effect. I don't have catalyst control centre installed. Don't know what else to do.

Current system is using.

2GB of RAM.
Q6600 Overclocked to 2.7Ghz (Silly motherboard won't let me go higher.)
Playing at 1920x1200.
700W power supply.
And the 4870X2 of course.
 
for farcry 2 use the ingame cap and cap the frames to 45fps it will be buttery smooth ;)
as for fallout 3 dunno why your getting bad performance there but that game does use CPU power and looking at your stats your definatly cpu bottlenecked at 2.7ghz so there for you are actually slowing that card down big time.

age of conan, havent played so couldnt rate. lol ;)

1920x1200 res, definatly CPU bottle necked.

2gig of DDR, hmm never mind the bottle necks, your also going to encounted hdd thrashing at some point in most games.
 
Make sure your running at 16x on your pci-e slot. you should be getting much higher frames in all of those games.
 
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Oddly enough, I've noticed that the longer I play Age Of Conan the lower my FPS goes. It can start at around 60FPS on maximum but within about an hour, it's down to about 20FPS-30FPS, still in the same area and everything...

Erm, how am I supposed to check if it's running at 16x anyway?

2GB of DDR2 RAM, I'm on 32bit XP, so, going beyond that would be a bit pointless at the moment, unless I upgrade to a 64bit OS and considering I just spent like £340 on a graphics card, that may have to wait a while.
 
Cingal said:
Oddly enough, I've noticed that the longer I play Age Of Conan the lower my FPS goes. It can start at around 60FPS on maximum but within about an hour, it's down to about 20FPS-30FPS, still in the same area and everything...
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Sounds like the game has a memory leak, and since you're starting off with only 2GB anyway, memory leaks are going to kill your performance.
 
Need more memory me thinks. large games like that should use 4GB.

Also, i know you cant do much about it, but your CPU is a bit of a bottleneck aswell
 
Hmm. Just found out I'm not the only one with issues for Fallout 3. Apparently it's quite a common problem with 4870X2 and is fixable by changing the EXE from Fallout3.exe to Oblivion.exe

That just leaves Age of Conan I guess.
 
AoC has performance bugs and memory leaks galore. I stopped playing months ago because I was getting performance issues, got bored and was experiencing issues like you.
 
are the slots on the board pci express 2.0?
i dont think it is.
this will cause lower FPS in games i know i am running a 4870x2 in a old mobo waiting till i get paid to buy a new mobo and all the problems i have is due to the mobo as i have tested the card in a similar system but with a board that has pci e 2.0 and all works good :)
 
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some areas like old tarantina (sp) & the other hubs are just a nightmare, especially during busy periods.

Which areas are you getting low FPS in the game?
 
If in doubt, upgrade.
Try and get your hands on a vista 64 bit disc and 4GB of good ram ((not generic cra$)) then youll be sorted.
I know you said money is an issue right now as you just spent a ton on a gpu but you are bottlenecking your system so it will run slow.
 
If you do want to make a shift, Vista64 with 4GB does work rather nicely :) Your CPU is slower than mine but in games and situations using a lot of memory your experience will be far more 'silky smooth' with 4GB than with 2, and if you are getting a lot of stuttering and fps fluctuations that will make your experience worse.
It may not be the be all and end all but RAM costs very little so definately worth it if you have some pennies.

Oh and put aside AoC for texting as it really is very buggy and memory leaks galore; hell they already had to put it in the official patch notes they fixed some of them!
 
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