HD5770 Problems

[Rob_L]

I recently got this card a few weeks ago. I have been having fps problems on CodMW2(recently installed) bad company 2(also recently installed). I have not noticed it in other games as they dont require much. I recently had a 9800GTX which ran all my games fine, but that card just seemed to die after 2 years.

I'm quite new to building, so sorry if this post enrages you.

I was told by some people I play online with that this card will run in my pc with no problems. Is my card faulty or is it a setting I have? Or my resolution is to high? (1920x1080)

Any help would really be appreciated.

Thank you.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-222-SP (my card)

 

[Rob_L]

Fps on some games is very low when it shouldn't be.

 

[Rob_L]

I know I sound like a noob here, but I use XP. Is that limiting its potential? XP 32bit which only uses dx9 right?

 

[Rob_L]

Shameless bump, anyone have any soloutions?

 

[Rob_L]

Core 2 duo E8400 3.0ghz
2gig of ram Corsair
Western Digital VelociRaptor 150GB 10000RPM SATA-II 16MB Cache
Windows XP Home Edition
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 Vapor-X 1024MB GDDR5
Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R Intel P35
Hiper 880W HPU-4M880 SLi Certified ATX 2.2 Power Supply

I have not tried the 10.10 ones yet but I have tried 10.4 10.8 and 10.9 all give me the same low fps.

 

[Rob_L]

Stock CPU is holding it back along with the 2GB RAM : ).

OC the E8400 to 3.7+, add another 2gb of mem and that should help quite a lot.

I dont know how to OC a cpu, I know there is guides online, but I dont know if they are all correct. Also ram suggestions? Nothing super pricey please.

Also what is the average fps you guys get in BC2 @ 1920x1080? mine varies from 30-60. The fps drops in CoD to 30 all settings have been tinkered with and it still doesnt stay above 60, it only happens in certain maps some maps I get constant 90+. It runs games like FEAR2 fine, which I thought was very demanding(probably wrong).

 

[Rob_L]

To answer your question directly, a 9800GTX is slower than a 5770 and uses a lot more watts.

The 5770 is the superior card - a 9800GTX is the same as a 4850/5750. A 5770 is more like a GTX 260 in most games.

I'm not sure what to suggest - MW2 runs like silk on my 5770 at that res with a 3Ghz Q9650, which should perform the same as your E8400 as it isn't a quad core title. Have you forced really high AA in catalyst settings or something? That could drag down your performance.

But rest assured, a 5770 is faster than a 9800GTX.

I have not forced any AA in CCC or ingame.


My 3d CCC settings are:

Standard settings: Custom
AA: use app settings
AA Mode: Super-sample AA
AF: use app settings
Mipmap: HQ

I have changed them round to try most of the settings, still not working.

Thanks for the answers so far tho, very informative.