Vista Ultimate 64 Bit big mistake now back to XP Pro

rolypolyman said:
I seem to remember, or not, a previous post of a similar nature and the solution was a setting in the bios relating to the Pci-e speeds, can't quite remember, I hate getting old
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Perhaps you are thinking of the increase in PCI-e frequency upto 101..some Gigabyte boards respond to that, mine doesn't .

I have removed the 8800Gt and tried it in my old rig FX55 and Seasonic S12 (from 2005) the performance was astounding ...so it looks like the GT is working correctly, its either the Motherboard or the PSU, or something in Vista.

I am running the latest nvidia driver release [released Friday] and there is no more of the "card receiving insufficient power" Warning from the nVidia Sentinel, but it still won't run 3d06 benchie and the Vista experience index still crashes....and the grphics have a rating of 1.0 :o
 
ademcg said:
My Vista Aero interface has always been like that , this was a virgin install on a new HDD, it states that my Vista experience rating has not been updated, I click update and it crashes, it has a score of 1 against the graphics, which would concur with the screen shots of not being run at PCI-E x 16 ?
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Hey ademcg, have you tried running an older Graphics Driver release, to see if you get the same problems that you are getting now? Is this the only problem that you are experiencing? :)

Sorry of topic:

collisster said:
what are the advantages of 64 bit over 32 ?
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Hey collisster, you won't see a massive performance increase going from a 32-bit to a 64-bit operating system as of yet since many programs have been written for 32-bit architectures. However this will be changing in the future because with 64bit being more recognized, more and more programs will be written under 64-bit architectures. When programs are released that are written specifically for 64-bit, you will then start to see a performance increase from 32-bit programs.

Many people think that the only advantage of a 64-bit Operating System is so you can utilize more RAM. This is far from the truth and this article explains this very well.

64-bit is without a doubt the way to go. :)
 
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Fire Wizard said:
Hey ademcg, have you tried running an older Graphics Driver release, to see if you get the same problems that you are getting now? Is this the only problem that you are experiencing? :)
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Hey Fire Wizard,

I have indeed tried running older graphics drivers, they are more stable, however, they still throttle the GPU [roughly around 40-50% of what it should be] and everything is still not running as it should, Vista index crashes still with that.
 
Hey ademcg, very strange. Do you get similar problems in Windows XP or is this just occurring in Windows Vista? If you haven’t already done so, it may also help by upping the PCI-Express Clock to 101 and nudging the South Bridge VCore up a tad as well. :)
 
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Fire Wizard said:
Hey ademcg, very strange. Do you get similar problems in Windows XP or is this just occurring in Windows Vista? If you haven’t already done so, it may also help by upping the PCI-Express Clock to 101 and nudging the South Bridge VCore up a tad as well. :)
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Tried all of the above...

Win XP Pro, I got the old nvidia Sentenal warning "Graphics card not receiving sufficient power" !!! and the throttling, worse with the new nvidia drivers, it just hung on black screen with 3Dmark06, just like in Vista.

The sentinel warning goes when you install the very latest Vista 64 nvidia drivers, but the results are are posted above, Vista experience crashes and so does 3Dmark06

Tried the PCI-Express Clock thing too, tried, 101, 105, 110 no joy, I also upped the ICHIO & ICH which are closet things to being SB.

I am RMA'ing my PSU tomorrow, to see if that is the route cause, more in hope than anything else.

Oh, I tried the 8800GT in my old rig:

DFI LP nF4 SLI-Dr
AMD OPty @2.6 GHz
Seasonic S12 (2005 model) 600W
Win XP Pro

and the graphics card flew, reaching almost the same 3d06 Mark score as my Quad core:eek: (albeit obviousy not working correctly).

So the Graphics card is fully functioning..Mobo or PSU...or OS ?
spin the wheel gents !!:(
 
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Hey ademcg, have you tried swapping your Enermax Galaxy Power Supply for the Seasonic Power supply? If you are then still experiencing problems, you could then try running the 8800GT and the Enermax Galaxy Power Supply in your other system. If everything then works ok and you are not experiencing any problems, it could well be your Abit IX38 QuadGT motherboard that is faulty. :(:)
 
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Fire Wizard said:
Hey ademcg, have you tried swapping your Enermax Galaxy Power Supply for the Seasonic Power supply? If you are then still experiencing problems, you could then try running the 8800GT and the Enermax Galaxy Power Supply in your other system. If everything then works ok and you are not experiencing any problems, it could well be your Abit IX38 QuadGT motherboard that is faulty. :(:)
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Hey fire Wizard,

no, I haven't tried the Seasonic with the new rig, I have agreed to sell it as is and I don't really want to mess with it too much..I have ordered a Corsair HX 620 unit should be here any day, so will test with that..and if it is still not working then I concur with your prognosis, the mobo could be faulty..its all good fun !!:mad:
 
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