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ASUS PhysX P1 - Install probelem

RedGooner

RedGooner

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Just got a PhysX P1 card. Installed the card, plugged power to card, but when i got install the software and drivers, its hangs at the same point everytime. All i can do is pull out mains lead.
Get stuck with install get to the following line

Execute "DIFX.EXE" /i athena.inf 2 4 / d

Have tried drivers 2.4.2 and 2.4.3 same result.
Have moved card into different PCI slot, same result.



My system is as follows :-

INTEL PENTIUM 4 3.6GHz HT LGA775 Prescott (660)
Asus P5ND2 SLi Deluxe nForce4 SLi (LGA775) PCI-Express Motherboard
Coolermaster HYPER48 CPU Cooler (Socket 775)
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-5400 Pro TwinX (4x512MB)
2 x XFX GeForce 7800GTX 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) in SLI mode
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Edition
Seagate Barracuda 150GB SATA HDD
Hitachi Deskstar 7K400 400GB SATA 8MB Cache HDD
Pioneer DVR-110BK DVD-R/W
Thermaltake VA9000SWA Kandalf Aluminium Full Tower
Enermax Liberty 620W ELT620AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU

Running WIN XP Pro SP2. Have Norton AV 2006, ASUS probe 2, in startup, have disabled these.

Any Ideas.
 
Soz forgot to say I Tried that.

Fan Spinning. Driver installs ok, with out card installed. But when windows detects new hardware, i say find drivers, it starts to copy .inf files, and then locks again.
 
Have you got anything overclocked when installing? that may cause a problem.

btw I can only begin to imagine how much of a bottleneck your cpu is in there :p
 
No over clocking at all.

It looks like it cant find the card full stop. But to hang, and only fix is power off is poor, ASUS tech support have not got back yet (if i do hear back will post there reply).

Might have to start taking parts out to see if any are clashing.

CPU never gets over 50 percent usage, even when running bf2 / hl2.

But at least I got a free copy of Ghost recon with the card. Slight down side of the game, does not use SLI at all.

After playing Ghost recon, for some time, GPU1 is always 30 degrees hotter than GPU2. BF2 runs in SLI, both GPUs same temp, give or take 2 degree's.
 
RedGooner said:
No over clocking at all.

It looks like it cant find the card full stop. But to hang, and only fix is power off is poor, ASUS tech support have not got back yet (if i do hear back will post there reply).

Might have to start taking parts out to see if any are clashing.

CPU never gets over 50 percent usage, even when running bf2 / hl2.

But at least I got a free copy of Ghost recon with the card. Slight down side of the game, does not use SLI at all.

After playing Ghost recon, for some time, GPU1 is always 30 degrees hotter than GPU2. BF2 runs in SLI, both GPUs same temp, give or take 2 degree's.
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Its only using 100% of 80% of the CPU if you see what I mean. HT processor, Processor '1' is the actual core which is being used 100% (but shows as 50% - Processpr '2' is the fake core which is the 20% of the CPU power left..

Your CPU is a bottleneck, the Physics card wont make much diff or reduce it.

What resolution do you play at :confused:
 
RedGooner said:
BF2 1280 x 1024
HL2 1280 x 1024

GRAW 1024 x 768

Connected via DVI to a DVI LCD.
Click to expand...


CPU bottleneck and the physics card reduces FPS I think.

TBH mate, I'd send it back and get a new CPU, because for £200 it is REALLY not worth it yet.

CR.
 
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