Low fps due to poor card?

[SpKM3]

Hi

Just a quicky

I have a xfx6600gt 128Mb and have recently bought another 19" LCD so im running 2 screens from the same card.

When playing css, my fps drop to unplayable levels 10-20 and was wondering if this was down the g/fx card not being powerful enough.

Any thoughts?

 

[semi-pro waster]

I'd think that has at least something to do with it, a standard 6600 isn't all that great a card. What is the rest of your system like? For running two screens and getting decent frame-rates I think you will have to think about upgrading

 

[HangTime]

What resolution do you use, what CPU, how much RAM?

I certainly wouldn't use higher than 1024x768 with 2xAA at the most on that card.

 

[Phil99]

I certainly wouldn't use higher than 1024x768 with 2xAA at the most on that card.

I'm running CSS at Medium/High with 2xAA and 4xAF @1280x1024 on my 6600GT 128MB just fine ~40-50fps average with the odd drop to lower fps, but nothing to spoil the gameplay.

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I have a xfx6600gt 128Mb and have recently bought another 19" LCD so im running 2 screens from the same card.

When playing css, my fps drop to unplayable levels 10-20 and was wondering if this was down the g/fx card not being powerful enough.

Any thoughts?

If you disable the second screen when running the game it should be fine

 

[Gashman]

CSS has HDR right, does he have it turned on? cause thats anti-frame rate, lol

 

[Darkwave]

Like others said; What's the rest of your specs, and what settings are you using? A 6600GT really should chew up the Source engine (at least in Half Life 2 and Counter Strike Source) unless you're whacking the HDR on etc.

 

[SpKM3]

I have an A64 [email protected] and 1Gb of ram.

I'm running at 1280*1024 all settings for the game are on either low or none, HDR is off.

I reinstalled graphics driver recently which had no effect.

When i play css i load it so it just fills 1 screen up.

 

[Phil99]

Try disabling the second monitor completely before loading up CSS, I had graphical corruption/slow downs on HL2 when I had a second monitor enabled.