Help with GFX cards

[Harrythepot]

Hello all

dont laugh but i dont kow much when it comes to hardware and what it does

ok heres the thing, i got my new rig with 2 x 7900GTX's in from point of view(Lastest Nvidia drivers installed) and i keep getting FPS lagg when im in game on CS:S(running GFX @ 1280X1024 with everthing on def)

are the fans on the GFX card Temp controlled??

i dont know why i am getting this lagg can anyone put a point on this?

would it be that im running a SVGA screen with a DVI>VGA convertor???

and can anyone suggest a good moniter to buy??? 20" - 22"???

thanks for the input

 

[Harrythepot]

Just to let you know that on the stress test i am getting an average of 151.43FPS and the lagg is only when i go onto servers???

if you want to know the specs of my rig here is a link

http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=6131

thanks again

 

[Ham]

Everyone has a little lag when they join a server.

 

[Harrythepot]

Everyone has a little lag when they join a server.

i understand that but this is lagg that is there all the time

 

[Dav0s]

run net_graph 3 in console and take a screenshot for us

 

[FarFarAway]

Also if you're running 1gb RAM and the server's crowded, your FPS will drop due to that

 

[Harrythepot]

run net_graph 3 in console and take a screenshot for us

i have run cs on a random server and i found out why im getting the lagg the choke is 20 i think its because ive only got 1GB of ram

i will order some more

thanks for the help people

 

[llwyd]

wow steady on mate, dont go buying anything yet its more likely to be your game settings than anything hardware related. ill grab you a link to a guide on how to change your in-game transfer rates

Edit: http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=4593

 

[Harrythepot]

wow steady on mate, dont go buying anything yet its more likely to be your game settings than anything hardware related. ill grab you a link to a guide on how to change your in-game transfer rates

Edit: http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=4593

thanks but as Kempez said i need more so i might as well, its not like i have got the money

 

[llwyd]

yes but adding more ram is going to make little difference to the choke unless the servers youre on are packed. i play with one gb and my frames are always high enough play fine. im expecting youre using the default rates of 10000 30 20 which suck big time so if you do go and buy more ram dont forget to follow that guide. you may also want to increase the games heapsize when you get more ram

 

[dave87]

Like llwyd said, rates would be my first port of call.

By all means get an extra GB of ram, it wont do any harm - but dont expect massive improvements unless you tweak other things too

 

[Harrythepot]

yes but adding more ram is going to make little difference to the choke unless the servers youre on are packed. i play with one gb and my frames are always high enough play fine. im expecting youre using the default rates of 10000 30 20 which suck big time so if you do go and buy more ram dont forget to follow that guide. you may also want to increase the games heapsize when you get more ram

tried the link and it worked

thankies for the help m8

 

[llwyd]

no problem, have a look around in the css forums there should be several useful tips and guides for other things css related

 

[Harrythepot]

no problem, have a look around in the css forums there should be several useful tips and guides for other things css related

Kool will do but im deffo getting more ram ready for UT2007 :yumyum:

 

[Harrythepot]

hi again

i have found out that the rates needed changing and that im in need of more rams as pointed out by Kempez. i have been playing cs:s for about an hour then it started to get laggy (this is after i changed the rates), i restarted the computer when on the same server again and it was fine for another hour or so, the first thing on monday im ordering some ram for my comp.

thanks for all the help and my nagging