Anything I can upgrade?

IwantanewPC · 30 Jun 2006 at 17:06

Not entirely happy with the performance in some games, mainly BF2 and CS: Source. Rig is in my sig, any suggestions?

Minstadave · 30 Jun 2006 at 17:37

IwantanewPC said:
Not entirely happy with the performance in some games, mainly BF2 and CS: Source. Rig is in my sig, any suggestions?

There is no way your rig should suffer in anyway in those games :confused:

I have a single core opteron at 2.8ghz, 2 gigs of RAM and a X1800XT 512Mb with which I can run BF2 at 1280x1024 16x AF 6x AF and temporal antialising which no juddering at all.

fenderbass86 · 30 Jun 2006 at 17:51

Minstadave said:
I have a single core opteron at 2.8ghz, 2 gigs of RAM and a X1800XT 512Mb with which I can run BF2 at 1280x1024 16x AF 6x AF and temporal antialising which no juddering at all.

You need to update your sig then! How is that X1800XT? I'm thinking of getting one for my conroe rig, i'll be gaming at the same resolution as you.

Minstadave · 30 Jun 2006 at 17:52

fenderbass86 said:
You need to update your sig then! How is that X1800XT? I'm thinking of getting one for my conroe rig, i'll be gaming at the same resolution as you.

I'm just too lazy for that

The X1800XT is a beast, I've just got it sorted for some serious overclocking, I've never run it on air, but I've heard the stock cooler is pretty pants.

fenderbass86 · 30 Jun 2006 at 18:04

Would it be worth going for an X1900XT over the X1800XT even though i'd only be gaming at 1280*1024?

Minstadave · 30 Jun 2006 at 18:15

fenderbass86 said:
Would it be worth going for an X1900XT over the X1800XT even though i'd only be gaming at 1280*1024?

Depends on how much more it'd cost?

fenderbass86 · 30 Jun 2006 at 18:22

Well at the moment the difference is about £80!

Minstadave · 30 Jun 2006 at 18:32

fenderbass86 said:
Well at the moment the difference is about £80!

Sounds a bit much tbh, the X1800XT is a great card, the 256Mb version for £160 on this week only is a bargain

fenderbass86 · 30 Jun 2006 at 18:32

That settles it then, X1800XT! Thanks boss.

IwantanewPC · 30 Jun 2006 at 19:02

BF2 runs okay on 1152x864 on medium settings but any higher and it starts to get a bit jerky, especially when there is a lot of action on the screen.

Got CS:Source with just about everything on high on 1600x1200 but I am only getting about 50fps on average.

Minstadave · 30 Jun 2006 at 21:12

IwantanewPC said:
BF2 runs okay on 1152x864 on medium settings but any higher and it starts to get a bit jerky, especially when there is a lot of action on the screen.

Got CS:Source with just about everything on high on 1600x1200 but I am only getting about 50fps on average.

Somethings definately wrong then as your system should be flying on BF2 and Source. When was the last time you did a fresh install?

IwantanewPC · 4 Jul 2006 at 00:52

Minstadave said:
Somethings definately wrong then as your system should be flying on BF2 and Source. When was the last time you did a fresh install?

When I got the computer which was about 3 months ago.

And what kind of FPS should I be getting on CS:Source under that resolution? And should I be able to play BF2 on a much higher resolution?

Any other suggestions?

Arthalen · 4 Jul 2006 at 09:55

Give your system a thorough cleanup Windows wise.

AV
Adaware
ScanDisk
Disk Cleanup
Defrag
Services
Startup Programs

Or, just do a fresh install, uipdate ya drivers and install a game. Test it and see if your still having probs.