Dissappointed WEI rates 460 at 5.8

ExecutorKevin · 18 Jul 2011 at 18:45

MSI 460GTx 1GB DDR5 scores 5.8 for gaming and 5.9 for aero? That can't be right! Why is it so slow? My sis mirage 3 was 3.0...

Does wei base it on system as well because I'm currently running a pentium dual core e2140 1.6Ghz 1.5gb ddr2 ram...

hmmmnmm

I also find difficulty playing star trek bridge commander (10 year old game) due to it stopping and starting and being so slow?

scrlk · 18 Jul 2011 at 18:47

Don't rely on the WEI scores.

olivier renault · 18 Jul 2011 at 18:52

That card is good. Must be some incompatibility / driver. Run 3dmark and compare score with similar 460's.

hibernian1875 · 18 Jul 2011 at 21:17

The maximum WEI goes up to is 7.9 these days, used to be 5.9 as the top limit so 5.8/5.9 is a good score, still not the best way to measure graphics performance though. 3DMark or Furmark are better.

Surveyor · 18 Jul 2011 at 21:50

It's the crappy power supply you're using

SeraphX · 18 Jul 2011 at 21:52

pretty sure that cpu will bottleneck a 460 quite badly, try Oc'ing it a little

also ignore WEI, it's trash

ExecutorKevin · 18 Jul 2011 at 22:16

yes but even the my mobility radeon HD 5145 512mb got 5.9 on my vaio, just a little strange, dw I'm just waiting for my processor I have all my parts ready, this crappy pentium is temporary.

kristmace · 18 Jul 2011 at 22:20

I have an E2180 in my media centre and my HD5670 scores 6.7 (iirc).

Somethings definitely not right for the WEI to be so low for that card. Try latest drivers.

hyperst · 18 Jul 2011 at 22:21

which windows, as isn't vista limited to 5.9 and windows 7 goes to 7.9

kristmace · 18 Jul 2011 at 22:24

hyperst said:
which windows, as isn't vista limited to 5.9 and windows 7 goes to 7.9

Good point.

hibernian1875 · 18 Jul 2011 at 22:24

Actually, reading up a 460 1GB should be about 6.8/7.0 so it's not performing as it should. Make sure firstly it's in a x16 PCI-E slot and not a x4/x8, then it could be a PSU supply issue or bottlenecking slowing it down.

EDIT*

hyperst said:
which windows, as isn't vista limited to 5.9 and windows 7 goes to 7.9

This +1. Forgot to ask myself.

ExecutorKevin · 18 Jul 2011 at 22:37

Windows 7 32 bit ultimate
E2140 dual core.
Power supply 500w arctic freezer three 18A 12V rails, so that isn't the problem.
Its in the x16 slot.
Drivers from Packaged CD
Btw how to I check my gfx temperature?

MAXIBOY · 18 Jul 2011 at 22:43

check temps with speedfan

Mak3R · 18 Jul 2011 at 22:43

ExecutorKevin said:
Windows 7 32 bit ultimate
E2140 dual core.
Power supply 500w arctic freezer three 18A 12V rails, so that isn't the problem.
Its in the x16 slot.
Drivers from Packaged CD
Btw how to I check my gfx temperature?

Try latest drivers form nvidea website?

kristmace · 18 Jul 2011 at 22:54

Yep, try downloading latest drivers.

Also, I'm not convinced 18A on the 12v rail is enough. From what I can find via google 24amps is more like the required amount. You would probably get random restarts if this was causing an issue though.

ExecutorKevin · 18 Jul 2011 at 23:15

I have been on it and had no random restarts, it also has 3 12 amp rails which produces 420w which is more than enough,
I'm on a o2 modem because my virgin d debit didn't go through and they cut it off lol so I cant really download anything.
The gpu temp with afterburner is about 40 degrees, fan speed is at 43%
8.17.12.6101
Seems like the latest driver.