ARRRGH!! 9600 -> X1600Pro and WORSE preformace!?

2007-01-26 01:35:31

#1

Greenspan: Fed. Chairman (Ret.); +12|6948

Hey guys I upgraded my oldschool Radeon 9600 to a x1600Pro over christmas, and I think I'm getting worse preformance! I used to run BF2 on the 9600 on low settings w/ 1024x768 resoultion, and it ran okay in almost all situations. Now with the x1600Pro anything over 32 players, and I drop to <20 FPS. I'm not expecting the x1600 to pull off any miracles, but WTF. I ran 3dMark05 before I upgraded, and it looks like I did gain about 1000 marks on the GPU side, but for some reason my CPU lost about 500 marks?! Could this be the problem? The 3dmark does render at a visibly higher framerate (~5fps with 9600, ~15 with the x1600 ), but in BF2 it's another story. I tried installing updated drivers for the x1600, but didn't notice a change. Anyone else having simmilar issues?

P4 2.4 Ghz
1g +256m of ram
Windows XP
Creative Xtreme Gamer Sound Card

Any help you guys could give is greatly appricated. Thanks in advance!

Last edited by Greenspan (2007-01-26 21:55:56)

2007-01-26 01:36:05

#2

Archer: rapes face; +161|6885|Canuckistan

What settings are you working that X1600 up to?

EDIT: Oh and btw, your CPU is bottlenecking your card. Big time.

Last edited by Archer (2007-01-26 01:37:01)

2007-01-26 01:43:03

#3

Greenspan: Fed. Chairman (Ret.); +12|6948

Archer wrote:
What settings are you working that X1600 up to?

In BF2? The same as it was on the 9600 1024x768 with everything low (except geo>medium).

In Catalyst I have everything set to high preformance.

Last edited by Greenspan (2007-01-26 01:44:40)

2007-01-26 01:44:35

#4

Archer: rapes face; +161|6885|Canuckistan

Greenspan wrote:
Archer wrote:
What settings are you working that X1600 up to?
In BF2? The same as it was on the 9600 1024x768 with everything low (except draw dist, and geo).

In Catalyst I have everything set to high preformance.

Yep.. pretty sure it's your CPU. Is it 64 bit or 32 bit?

2007-01-26 01:47:05

#5

Greenspan: Fed. Chairman (Ret.); +12|6948

Archer wrote:
Greenspan wrote:
Archer wrote:
What settings are you working that X1600 up to?
In BF2? The same as it was on the 9600 1024x768 with everything low (except draw dist, and geo).

In Catalyst I have everything set to high preformance.
Yep.. pretty sure it's your CPU. Is it 64 bit or 32 bit?

32 it's a pretty old machine. But still, if it ran okay with the 9600 shouldn't it run AT LEAST as well with the x1600? I don't see how getting a better card can result in worse performace.

2007-01-26 02:47:54

#6

-[Silver.Inc*: BF2s AU Server Admin; +315|7041|Melbourne, Australia.

Try taking out that 256mb stick of ram and see how she goes. I had a similar problem with a 9600 getting 20fps all of a sudden, when the last round i'de have 45+. Took out my 256mb stick (which made it 1gig) and it was fine.

2007-01-26 04:40:37

#7

Stormscythe: Aiming for the head; +88|7010|EUtopia | Austria

Are you sure you didn't trip over a X1600Pro with either shared memory or a 64-bit memory interface?

2007-01-26 04:43:06

#8

']['error: Banned; +630|7105|The Netherlands

Archer wrote:
EDIT: Oh and btw, your CPU is bottlenecking your card. Big time.

lol what about me then?

P4 3 Ghz HT
7900gt TOP edition
2gb ram

2007-01-26 04:49:40

#9

joker3327: =IBF2=; +305|7059|Cheshire. UK

I noticed the other day whilst rebuilding a system that the current ATI drivers are shit...... I installed ATI drivers from here -- http://www.omegadrivers.net/ --
and everything was fine....

2007-01-26 04:51:18

#10

Marlboroman82: Personal philosophy: Clothing optional.; +1,022|7084|Camp XRay

']['error wrote:
Archer wrote:
EDIT: Oh and btw, your CPU is bottlenecking your card. Big time.
lol what about me then?

P4 3 Ghz HT
7900gt TOP edition
2gb ram

wait they did not offer me the TOP edition when I bought mine. I feel so cheated.

https://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l250/marlboroman82/Untitled-8.png

2007-01-26 04:53:20

#11

Slayer: ---hates you; +1,137|7217|Hell, p.o box 666

oh noes there is a |TOP| edition... oh snap...

X1600 gah... But as stated above, get rid of the 256MB stick...

2007-01-26 05:01:07

#12

Marlboroman82: Personal philosophy: Clothing optional.; +1,022|7084|Camp XRay

Sl4y3r wrote:
oh noes there is a |TOP| edition... oh snap...

X1600 gah... But as stated above, get rid of the 256MB stick...

yea apparently, but i never received the memo....

seriously get the blood of a small furry woodland creature, your 256, and a pentagram and sacrifice it to our lord sl3y4r. it's the only way to save your pc.

2007-01-26 09:34:35

#13

MagikTrik: yes.....but your still gay; +138|6831|Pittsburgh, PA USA

-[Silver.Inc* wrote:
Try taking out that 256mb stick of ram and see how she goes. I had a similar problem with a 9600 getting 20fps all of a sudden, when the last round i'de have 45+. Took out my 256mb stick (which made it 1gig) and it was fine.

Your only getting 45+ with your new system?

2007-01-26 10:12:50

#14

Slayer: ---hates you; +1,137|7217|Hell, p.o box 666

Marlboroman82 wrote:
Sl4y3r wrote:
oh noes there is a |TOP| edition... oh snap...

X1600 gah... But as stated above, get rid of the 256MB stick...
yea apparently, but i never received the memo....

seriously get the blood of a small furry woodland creature, your 256, and a pentagram and sacrifice it to our lord sl3y4r. it's the only way to save your pc.

That might work indeed... worship t3h !3e7
btw: sleyar is a nice spelling too

2007-01-26 21:50:40

#15

Greenspan: Fed. Chairman (Ret.); +12|6948

I took out the 256, no difference. Just as bad, I'll try the omega drivers now.

Last edited by Greenspan (2007-01-26 21:51:40)

2007-01-27 01:31:56

#16

Stormscythe: Aiming for the head; +88|7010|EUtopia | Austria

Well, a friend of mine could play the game on all low and some medium with his 9600Pro with 128mb at 1024x768.
Well, I'm playing BF2 at all medium (dynamic thingies low) at 1280*1024 with a 6600GT, which isn't that much of a difference. I see, however, that the X1600Pro (at stock speeds) is about the same as my 6600GT, I've also only got 1gig of Ram and a 3,0GHz P4.
You might really suffer from bad drivers, yeah.

2007-01-27 06:56:39

#17

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,077|7232|PNW

I'm tired, so I'll just take a shot in the dark. If your BIOS settings has something called "AGP Arpeture" in it, change the numerical M (MB) to a value equal to that of your new video card's memory.

2007-01-27 14:31:57

#18

GR34: Member; +215|7006|ALBERTA> CANADA

Stormscythe wrote:
Are you sure you didn't trip over a X1600Pro with either shared memory or a 64-bit memory interface?

wow the x1600pro has 64bit memor interface and shared memory???

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