8800gtx performance

[vygec]

Im having probs with this game specifically (DIRT).
Running fine one second, and then it just stutters like no tomorrow-making it completely unplayable, in fact sometimes it doesnt let me return to windows.
Im running in 1680*1050 with all eye candy on, but i would have thought with my spec that shouldnt be a problem.
As i have mentioned, its specific to this game only. COH, C&C3, stalker run fine.
Any ideas?
Ta.

forgot to mention im patched to 1.1, and have the recent nvidia drivers 162.22. Running Vista 32bit.

 

[Angleboy]

patch to 1.2 solves a lot of problems =)

and clock that 6850 to at least 3.4+ it makes a big difference in dirt for some reason, (probably all the damage modeling especially in races with a lot of cars)

 

[Antx777]

patch to 1.2 solves a lot of problems =)

and clock that 6850 to at least 3.4+ it makes a big difference in dirt for some reason, (probably all the damage modeling especially in races with a lot of cars)

Hold on a minute - so if I put a GTX 8800 alongside my Athlon FX-55 - it's going to run like a slug???, I would expect, for a £299 card, and with my 2.6 Ghz CPU, that this should be ample - for just about anything yes? (1680x1050 res BTW)

Minimum specs for this game are DirectX 9.0c
- Pentium 4 @ 3.0GHz or Athlon 64 3000+
- 1GB RAM.
- Graphics Card: GeForce 6800 / Radeon X1300

The Recommended specs are: DirectX 9.0c
- Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.66Ghz or Athlon X2 3800+
- 2GB RAM.
- Graphics Card: GeForce 8800 or Radeon X1950

So, surely you don't need a 3.5+ Conroe whatever to play this game to the max?, or is it one of those non-to-well coded games hmmm

Talking of CPU's a Conroe 2.66 and An Athlon 3800+ run at the same speed do they?, or should Codemasters have said "Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.66Ghz or Athlon X2 6000+


-Ant

 

[Kanifee]

Well hand on hart my e2140 @ 2ghz and a 320mb 8800gts @ clocks in sig with 2gb of ddr2 plays dirt @ 1280x1024 on ultra settings smooth as you like. probably not 70fps more like 30 but to be honest its really smooth no slow down only time i got slow down was when i jumped to vista (so i jumped back to xp lol!).
Your rig should peel through it after all thats all the gtx's and ultras are for isn't it to crunch through higher res's.