Practically given up

mxoagentjohnson

mxoagentjohnson

mxoagentjohnson

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Not trying to make this article in a foul, **** pc gaming mood, but i'm at that point.

Every bleeding day i encounter a new problem with my, rather expensive gaming computer.

Every single game seems to have one problem or the other, now i am encountering my fifth problem with EVERY game in the past 2 months since i owned this thing.

Every single game i own, runs terribly, not performance wise but visual wise.
But only if i turn vsync off.

Doesnt matter if they are on in the ccc that doesnt even work.

I'm saying, if i dont have vsync on, it isnt tearing but the game is glitchy, walking left and right is unsmooth, walking forward is unsmooth et

But i cant HAVE vsync on otherwise i get terribad mouselag.

So i'm at a point where, it is either play a game that runs badly, or play a game with mouse lag.

What in bloodys hell name is there to do now? i've considered getting a new monitor, i got a new keyboard and mouse (whilst fixing some things didnt others) and i am on the verge of insanity with this poxy thing

My rig is an i7 2600 @ 3.4ghz
6GB ram and a 6870 sapphire 1gb card.

If anyone could give me any advice id be very grateful
 
its part of the enjoyment getting a stable system or it used to be for me but now days I hardly ever tinker with it once its running smoothly. I don't seem to get any of these problems you mention?

back down on your OC or up voltage as it may not be 100% stable my the sounds of it.
 
I dont overclock, never have, but i only noticed it recently when turning vsync off it just performs ****ing terribly going left or right i can see the games got great fps but its chugging along.

Also no, getting a stable system is not enjoyable atall, it is the most ****ing frustrating thing i have ever had to deal with in my life and it just makes me wanna throw my rig out the window.
 
should have gone nvidia... ati are releasing notoriously bad drivers again nearly every new game released in the past few months has required a new ati driver to fix problems
 
should have gone nvidia, what, then experience the same **** over.

And im not trolling, the amount of extra money i have spent is just ridiculous.

Yes, lowering the settings doesnt help.

Telling me to buy a better card, go back to CoD and post something more constructive.

I wanted to get Nvidia, but if it wasnt overpriced, i would have considered it.

It isnt so much bad at walking around, i have no idea if its the screen tearing affecting it, to put it in a way.

Walking left or right with vsync on, 100% silky smooth

With it off, it is like 90% silky smooth.

:/
 
If you want the ultimate in stress free cheap gaming just get a console, or even better get both. Its why i did.

I recognize the advantages a PC offers so i'm not starting a "which is best argument" just stating i'm using my mac for web browsing and video editing, and enjoying hassle free gaming on my consoles.
 
what games are you playing?

I went through a phase like you.... bar a clean install again - get driver sweeper and CC cleaner, and

a) use both in normal windows, driver sweeper first, then cc cleaner after, getting rid of all Ati stuff

b) do the same in safe mode...


if it doesn't affect your games, get version 11.4 or 11.5 - one of the solid versions and install that.

I haven't had graphics problems in ages now, even with a switch up to 5850 crossfire.
 
Why'd you get an i7 2600k instead of the 2500k if it's just for gaming? (I assume it is). Coulda spent the extra saving on getting a more powerful card.

I've never had these sort of annoying problems and problems that were found were quickly solved by some googling and modifying some game settings.
 
Games incluse Deus Ex. (notice it a bit on that) Splinter Cell Conviction (Same) DNF Not so much if atall, only the usual screen tearing.

Thing is i have never done a clean driver sweep, that worrys me, last time i ever ran my pc in safemode i ****ed it up (Old rig on xp, back wheni was a nub pc gamer)

Also i do have a xbox, i had it whilst i had a ****** pc, but now my new pc cant even do anythiiing :/

I got a 1920x1080p screen but it is only 60hz so screen tearing ****ed me off.

Any advice and links for clean install of drivers.
 
moogle said:
Why'd you get an i7 2600k instead of the 2500k if it's just for gaming? (I assume it is). Coulda spent the extra saving on getting a more powerful card.

I've never had these sort of annoying problems and problems that were found were quickly solved by some googling and modifying some game settings.
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I spent the money on a i7 2600 because it was on offer 50£ off and i do some other things but game, not much just casual video editing and making movies/music but other than that its primarily gaming.

I want to sell off my 6870 and purchase a 560ti 2gb, but i cant find anyone to buy this card (live in a very low techy area, people who dont really pc game mainly xbox)
 
Are you sure everything on the system is stable? Do you have any overclocks? GPU or CPU overclocked. Are all chipset drivers etc up to date?

Best way to do a clean reinstall of drivers: reinstall OS I think. These driver sweepers are bad.
 
sniffy said:
Just reinstall windows. You can keep your old files. They will be placed into the windows.old directory.
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That is the point, i want to keep steam files and such, would i just transfer all that from "Windows.old" to the new one?

And i have other games aswell that i really cbf to redownload, i'm gonna do a fresh install
 
Dont sell the card its a great card. Do you have the original win 7 disk? If not then get one and do a nice clean install of win 7. Let windows update everything (may take a while) install free virus software and firewall. Download the ati driver suite from their site.

If you have data you want to keep put it all on a usb or external hdd, or disks if need be.

With that setup you shouldnt get any problems with DX HR on the highest settings.

BTW a fresh install is a complete format, not rubbish factory reset disks.


I can have a fresh install of win 7 all up to date with my usual software (java, adobe, open office, VLC, avast etc) in an afternoon.

Use steam back up to save having to redownload and games.

If you still have troubles then take it to the hardware forums and people can run you through bench marking and fault finding.
 
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mxoagentjohnson said:
I spent the money on a i7 2600 because it was on offer 50£ off and i do some other things but game, not much just casual video editing and making movies/music but other than that its primarily gaming.

I want to sell off my 6870 and purchase a 560ti 2gb, but i cant find anyone to buy this card (live in a very low techy area, people who dont really pc game mainly xbox)
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Right I see, well the 2600 seems justified in that sense. If you want to sell your card then try Gumtree if you're bothered. Or rack up the posts and then you'll get access to the MM here.

When you say when vsync is off the game is unsmooth, do you mean low framerates (ie jumpy/laggy) or bit of screen tearing? Maybe try lowering your settings on the games a bit. Deus Ex runs fine for me 1920x1200 on a GTX280. I think I've got some of the high resource settings turned down a bit but it still looks nice and plays smooth for me.
 
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