6800gt - same fps no matter what (WRONG SECTION?)

I have a similar issue using a 7800GS (AGP), mainly when playing Dungeon Siege 2--increasing or decreasing graphics settings barely alters the fps.
I did just find that disabling my mobo's sound card improved the fps a little, making me wonder if i should buy a separate PCI sound card?
Curious as well to hear other people's thoughts ....
 
hmm. onboard sound draws power from the cpu, so disableing it leaves the cpu with more power to spent on the game, so more fps. if your'e able to, upgrade your cpu for a better game performance.
 
p4 2.8 Running at 60c? Take it easy with that. Get some more cooling on it, than overclock it.
when i overclocked my proccessor just 200mhz i noticed a 250 point increase in 3dmark05. Is that an agp card? If so, are you running Agp 4x or Agp 8x?

Most likely your proccessor is holding that card back. Whats your fsb on the proccessor?

Its just that Running at lower resolutions and geting similar frames per second is screaming "cpu bottleneck"
 
The specific model of processor is idle at 60 degrees standard, and it's no big deal when it hits the 90's which is a concern for me, seing as I can't afford a new heatsink atm :p

it is agp yes, it is 8x.

I thought it would have been the RAM other than the CPU but thanks for the info... looks like I'm saving up for an A64 939. God damn I wish I could just trade this beast of a multitasting processor for a gaming one :(


edit: fsb? are you referring to the 200mhz x14 multiplyer or the 800 mhz front serial bus?

Well, I guess that answered your question anyway.
 
Well I'm officialy fucked right off now.

ok.. power unit (450w) blew last night, and I was like.. ok it happens. So I rip the filesharing pc to pieces and put an identical PSU (as the blown one) in my main rig.

So 5 minutes ago that blows too. I guess they just wern't up to my 6800. Very possible that I've found why I was getting bottlenecked also. :)
 
hmm, also fear doesn't really bottleneck cpu's so that explains why the dude with the celeron gets decent fps. Also, only use NAMEBRAND psu's. I ran a 6800 and a64 for months on a 200 watt shuttle. If you get a 450watt fortron or other namebrand psu you should be fine
 
Zorgonatis said:
what processor do you have?
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I have a P4, 3.0ghz with 1 gig DDR400 RAM. I'm rather surprised that Dungeon Siege 2 would bottleneck the CPU, but that is indeed what it sounds like isn't it?

sabrewolf732 said:
also fear doesn't really bottleneck cpu's
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That also makes sense, since indeed changing the settings makes a difference in terms of fps.

So it sounds like my only option, other than upgrade, is to:
1. purchase a cheap sound card, which I will right away
2. overclock the CPU, which I basically know zit about. Have glanced at a couple guides online, and it just looks too daunting--or is it not so bad?

Zorg, sorry to hear about your system ... :eek:
 
Don't worry dude, all fixed now.. about to test frames. also took 2 minutes (pmsl, thought it was a PCI conflict at boot) boot up time. Boots faster than my mates 3800+ 939 I'll let you know how frames go. Too bad I can't compare frames to DOD : s anymore because free weekend is over.
 
40-70 fps on cs:source. much better.

Possible problems:

CPU heat, I dropped 10 and thus this could have helped
More powerful, branded CPU (Magna ATX)
More ram... Added 512 I 'found' in a filesharing pc.
 
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