X1900XTX + Vista 32 = Bad Performance...

[Hyper]

Hey All

Just went over to Vista 32 and using ATI 7.1 drivers i am getting really bad performance.

Like 50fps in css when before I got 100fps.

Also my battlefield 2 and pretty much every other game has suffered a huge drop in performance.

I am running a Sapphire X1900XTX 512mb and everything ran fine under xp.

Is this just a case of bad drivers or what...

Thanks, Sam

 

[Psycho Sonny]

7.2 drivers are out


you also need to install other drivers not just graphics

such as chipset drivers,etc , etc

you also need to install direct X 9c (this may sound stupid since you have dx 10 but just do it)

 

[Hyper]

My bad, I am running 7.2

Also on the Microsoft site for Direct X 9 it says its only for xp and below based systems

 

[Psycho Sonny]

My bad, I am running 7.2

Also on the Microsoft site for Direct X 9 it says its only for xp and below based systems

as i said before just do it

im running x1900xt and minimum fps in css is around 90 and it shoots up to 150

vista 64 bit
e6600 at 3.6 ghz
4gb ram

i also had no problems in vista 32 bit

 

[zytok]

pah, younguns today. Think they've got it bad using an ATi card under Vista. When I were a lad, I bought an 8800GTS after being told it was designed for Vista. 5 months later and they still hadn't released a decent set of drivers.

 

[BubbySoup]

pah, younguns today. Think they've got it bad using an ATi card under Vista. When I were a lad, I bought an 8800GTS after being told it was designed for Vista. 5 months later and they still hadn't released a decent set of drivers.

You bought a DX10 card to run on a DX10 OS?

What were you thinking?!?

Crazyness!

Edit: On topic, my X1900 runs fine under Vista32, although running in X-Fire mode with my 2nd card gives somewhat dodgy performance with 7.2's

 

[Psycho Sonny]

You bought a DX10 card to run on a DX10 OS?

What were you thinking?!?

Crazyness!

Edit: On topic, my X1900 runs fine under Vista32, although running in X-Fire mode with my 2nd card gives somewhat dodgy performance with 7.2's

i have been contemplating getting a second x1900 because they can do crossfire internally but i cant justify spending £130 for a second hand dx9 card that will only add like 10-15 fps in most games when i could spend £230 and get a dx 10 card and get much more fps, i would strongly suggest selling your second x1900xt whilst its still worth something then in 2 months sell your other x1900xt and get a dx10 card

 

[celliott]

Hey All

Just went over to Vista 32 and using ATI 7.1 drivers i am getting really bad performance.

Like 50fps in css when before I got 100fps.

Also my battlefield 2 and pretty much every other game has suffered a huge drop in performance.

I am running a Sapphire X1900XTX 512mb and everything ran fine under xp.

Is this just a case of bad drivers or what...

Thanks, Sam

Same problem, performance is crap for me in vista. Under XP I typically get 70-100FPS in BF2142, Vista I saw as low as 12FPS! I'm sticking with XP now until I am 'Forced' onto Vista for the latest games.