9800 GX2 Unstable

[Silentsnake]

Hello

Im new to the site :wavey:

i had a 8800GTX 768mb Card and recently got it replaced with a 9800GX2

but noticed that i get a lot of FPS Spikes in game play? with my 8800gtx it was very stable and frames where constant but the 9800 gtx seems to be a little slower at processing everything

i tried overclocking my 9800 from

Gpu Clock/Shader/Memory

600/1500/1000

to

713/1782/1127

this made a slight difference in the Crysis Benchmark tool yet in game still wasn't running smoothly Any advice or just a general tip would be greatly appreciated

Thanks Guys :yumyum:

 

[Luigi]

Porbably drivers, or i get spikes on vista anyway...

Just wait for new drivers

 

[clone38]

Cpu/ram/motherboard?

 

[Silentsnake]

Cpu/ram/motherboard?

sorry i thought you could see it from when i registered

CPU - Q9450

Mobo - EVGA 780i board

Ram - 2 x 2gb 800mhz ram

PSU - Coolermaster 1250w

any ideas?

Thank you

By the way my ram usuage is crazy its on 65% on boot up i hate vista :'(

 

[TopSecret]

Have you enabled the Multi-GPU Mode within the NVidia Control Panel? If not you will not be running in SLi mode. I would also try uninstalling the NVidia drivers and then installing again, maybe trying some different versions. I am using the current Beta release with my 9800GX2 and Vista Ult64, and have had no problems with the card.

Cheers,

Stu

 

[Silentsnake]

thanks for your replies

i will try uninstalling the drivers

do you think i would get a performance gain by using the 64bit of vista?

or is it pointless?

thanks

 

[agentx]

only if you want to run more than 3 gigs or ram wich if your playing crysis you might want to do. and heres why (for the nay sayers). crysis being so great eats ram as a snack even with an oc'ed gfx card (8800 gts 320) i was getting lag b/c crysis needed more than the 2gb vista saw after upgrading to the 64bit verson of my os i dont have problems with lag, it hick ups, but even then the game is still playable (pretty smooth). a 64 bit is good b/c soon more games like crysis will be out and if you dont want to have to keep buying a new gfx cards if the problem is the game doesnt have enough ram to use. following me?

Edit:

i play crysis with mixed settings of high and very high with 2x aa with the crad mentioned above

 

[Silentsnake]

Hello

Thanks for your reply looks like i been won over and might head over to the dark side , my problem is that im not sure if i will be able to run my everyday software like 3dsmax and photoshop

im gnna probably reformat 2moro ill post back to let you know of any changed ive noticed

 

[TamaDrumz76]

Hold onto it a bit longer and grab one of the new top level cards from ati/nvidia when they are introduced in a few months.

 

[Silentsnake]

Hold onto it a bit longer and grab one of the new top level cards from ati/nvidia when they are introduced in a few months.

What do you mean :S? i just got this GPU lol what will i do with my old one any offers

 

[agentx]

1st what card is it (in the market for a 9800 gtx) and second the programs u mention will run better o a 64 bit os b/c you can use more ram. those programs are very ram intensive and yes you can run all you software ont it just make sure u have the rite drivers and software (games mostly) is installed into the correct directory.[say u have a game that wont run on a 64bit os just install it to C:\program files (x86) this tells the computer to run it as a 32 bit program] dont worry its easier than it sounds

 

[Silentsnake]

Hello

I have a 9800 GX2 im sorry i wrote 9800 gtx in my first post just a typo

yea im really tempted to go with the 64bit just got to find a way to back up 800gb stuff

 

[Silentsnake]

C:\program files (x86)

do you mean just make a new directory for all the software that wont work in the 64bit? i could also just right click them click on the compatibility tab and tell it to run under windows xp or vista x86 rite?

 

[agentx]

no the compatibility only goes up to xp. and when u install the 64 bit os it will automaticly create the directory program file (x86) this will become your default directory and if you want to run a program like crysis just have the installer install the program into the 64 bit (plain program files directory) directory.

as for silentsnake theres a program called drive clone you'll have to pay to use it but it takes a image of your hdd and then re aplies it after you do what ever.

 

[Silentsnake]

as for silentsnake theres a program called drive clone you'll have to pay to use it but it takes a image of your hdd and then re aplies it after you do what ever.

Thank you i like the sound of that going to look in to it now

 

[agentx]

i forgot to mention that wou will need something to store the image on. depending on the type it might have to be pretty big

 

[Silentsnake]

loool yea i was looking at the program and thinking im still going to need a massive HDD to transfer the image to

but thanks anyways

 

[agentx]

well even if you have to get a smaller external drive it might be worth it just for backup. i use a small 450gb external for my pics and itunes music (as they dont let you redownload your stuff again wich is stupid)

 

[kevin7901]

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