Dont get a 7950gx2

Furic · 12 Sep 2006 at 14:01

What a load of crap these are. Ive gone from a 7800gtx to a 7950gx2.
And now im having frame rate issues. It cant handle Q4 in any res at all. yet benchmark it and u get great results.

Take out my 7950 stick in 7800 All fine.

Reinstall drivers and windows same issues.

Got a new card Same thing again load of crap.

When you go to slizone and register them u get there is no sli in your system.

Another nvidia gimmick.........

[Duff]Chef · 12 Sep 2006 at 14:04

yet i have had no problems with mine.. and so have others..

TBH.. there are problems with the cards but not all r lame as u say..

Scimitar1 · 12 Sep 2006 at 14:11

Mine runs significantly faster, quieter and cooler than my old x1900xtx at 1600x1200. I'm glad that I made the upgrade.

Shocky-FM · 12 Sep 2006 at 14:18

Maybe if you listed your full specs, drivers and mobo bios version we might be able to help you solve the problem. :rolleyes:

Mines working perfectly, i've gone from 7800GTX>X1900XTX>7950GX2 and 7950GX2 is significantly faster then a 7800GTX, its also quite a bit faster then 7800GTX SLI.... The faults not with the card.. Probably more to do with whats between the keyboard and the chair.

Furic · 12 Sep 2006 at 14:55

amd 3800x2 @ 2.4
Asus a8nsli32 bios 1205
2 gig of kingston mem
xfi elite pro

And i cant find sli no where in the control panel.

Found the multi-gpu tab.

But no Sli

[Duff]Chef · 12 Sep 2006 at 14:57

which drivers u using?

Furic · 12 Sep 2006 at 14:59

Latest m8 91.47

Furic · 12 Sep 2006 at 15:13

Does framework 1.1 make a differance in online play ?

Steve09 · 12 Sep 2006 at 15:16

Furic said:
Does framework 1.1 make a differance in online play ?

What is all this stuff about Framework 1.1?

How do I check if I have it?
My games have started to jump since last Microsoft Update.

Shocky-FM · 12 Sep 2006 at 15:21

Furic said:
Does framework 1.1 make a differance in online play ?

No... What power supply are you using and also what games are you having problems with in particular or you having issues with all ?

There shouldnt be any SLI options, its enabled by default and is controled by global and game profiles..
Also, if you can download and run 3dmark06 and upload the results and give us a link to it... I would like to see how your card is actually performing

Furic · 12 Sep 2006 at 15:47

i get 8056 in 3dmark.

Quake4 is my game issue it has massive slowdown online.

I was told its the framework.

Shocky-FM · 12 Sep 2006 at 16:01

Furic said:
i get 8056 in 3dmark.

Quake4 is my game issue it has massive slowdown online.

I was told its the framework.

Well you should have .net installed anyway for the new control panel... If you don't have it installed try it and see if its makes a difference,,, But I really don't see why it would cause any problems..

Perhaps you might be better off going to a Quake 4 support forum and asking there if its the only game your having issues with...

Works great online here... never drops below 60fps.. usiing .net framework v2.0

fornowagain · 12 Sep 2006 at 16:22

Furic said:
It cant handle Q4 in any res at all.

Well it ain't the card, mine gets to 60 fps with Ultra setting in Q4 and pretty much stays there, its about 30% faster than my last x1900xtx. TBH Q4 doesn't push the card very hard at all.

djay · 12 Sep 2006 at 16:22

Shocky-FM said:
The faults not with the card.. Probably more to do with whats between the keyboard and the chair.

I have upgraded to a 7950GX2 from a 1800xt and i am more than impressed with it. Quake 4 runs smooth as silk for me.

Furic · 12 Sep 2006 at 16:45

Ive deleted the cfg spec file my cfg is sound. if i put in 7800gtx its flying.
I have missed something trying to find out what it is.

Furic · 12 Sep 2006 at 16:46

fornowagain said:
Well it ain't the card, mine gets to 60 fps with Ultra setting in Q4 and pretty much stays there, its about 30% faster than my last x1900xtx. TBH Q4 doesn't push the card very hard at all.

M8 there is no way your getting that online. not 2day or 2morrow

mdjmcnally · 12 Sep 2006 at 16:50

May be a long shot, but I seem to recall that some motherboards needed BIOS updates to support the 7950GX2 properly.

Might be a stupid suggestion but what motherboard is the card in, is it an SLI board as I believe you still need the SLI Chipset to run the card properly. If I am wrong on this then I am sure someone will correct me.

The Asgard · 12 Sep 2006 at 17:03

mdjmcnally said:
Might be a stupid suggestion but what motherboard is the card in, is it an SLI board as I believe you still need the SLI Chipset to run the card properly. If I am wrong on this then I am sure someone will correct me.

No you don't need an SLI chipset just a board that supports the GX2. All the latest boards should support it.

Firegod · 12 Sep 2006 at 17:20

Have you plugged the power into it?

gizmoy2k · 12 Sep 2006 at 17:23

The Asgard said:
No you don't need an SLI chipset just a board that supports the GX2. All the latest boards should support it.

If he is getting 8000+ in 3d mark its working properly, the only problem is in quake4.....

There are various bugs with the drivers, i have read that if you change anything on the control panel at all it borks them and you have to unistall them to get it back to normal, but you would see this in 3d mark.
check out nv news forums, a lot of people have these cards there and they helped me get vista rc1 working