I am Dumbfounded...

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haadij404

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Alrite so I currently use an eVGA 6200 AGP GPU and its fine for what i do, but as I was carousing the local Circuit City I came across an eVGA 6600gt for $50, so i bought it. Fair enough price. I get home, and uninstall all the old drivers, stick the card in install new drivers and it works perfectly from what I can tell. So then I fire up Counter Strike: Source (the only game I play) and do the 3d bench mark test and I get a solid 55fps with 1280 1024 res with all settings on high, 2x AA 4x AF. But then I join a server and it all goes to hell. The game is fine when i go in strait line but when I change direction the game lags really bad. The game is rendered unplayable. So after playing HL2 and the same thing happened I determined the card was faulty. I exchanged it thinking it should solve my problems but bam, same exact problem. My 6200 plays CSS fine, same settings but with 1024 768 res. I lowered the settings for the 6600gt and no change. I cant figure out what the problem is. Does my Mobo not like the card? I have not updated the bios of my mobo, but I do not think that would the cause the lag in 3d gaming. I have Verizon Fios as my ISP and my ping is in the single digits so its not that. Do you think older drivers would do anything? I have used the newest drivers from nvidia and older ones that came with the 6600 driver cd. My specs are in my sig. And for the record I have played with a 7800gs and a FX5200 fine in my rig...its only this card giving me problems.

And Ideas? Should I RMA it? I have not had any luck with two of the cards already so I dont know...I need your help!

Thanks
 
Have you tried running the game with the EXACT same settings for both cards? What happens?
 
dderidex said:
Have you tried running the game with the EXACT same settings for both cards? What happens?
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Yes I have. When I play the 6200 at the same specs I played with the 6600 I get low FPS through out the game. When I play the 6600 at those specs its fine when I am standing still or going in a straight line. Anytime I attempt to turn its goes down to like 5 fps. Even when I lower the settings to what I play with the 6200, same thing happens. It is really very confusing to me.
 
It could be that your power supply isn't giving it enough power, although that's just an idea. Maybe you have too much components running for your PSU to keep up? Check out my specs in the sig, I have a 430w power supply too.
 
Lone_Star_Lynch said:
It could be that your power supply isn't giving it enough power, although that's just an idea. Maybe you have too much components running for your PSU to keep up? Check out my specs in the sig, I have a 430w power supply too.
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I am sure its not my PSU, as I had the 7800gs running in my rig for about a month with no problems and with all the same components.

What about my RAM? Do you think the 6600gt does not like to run with 2.5gigs of mixed ram? I doubt this though as the 6200 has no problem at all.

I am soooo :confused:
 
Nah I don't think it's RAM, mine is mismatched too and I also have a 6600, not the same manufacturer though. I can't think of anything but getting a refund and saving up some more money to get a better card, though someone else here might know what the problem is.
 
Lone_Star_Lynch said:
I can't think of anything but getting a refund and saving up some more money to get a better card, though someone else here might know what the problem is.
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This is what I was planning on doing, but there are so many helpful people on here that its worth asking before I return it.

Also, I think anything above a 6600gt would be overkill for me. I play 1 game and I do some amateur video editing, so I don't need a better card than that. I would love to get the 7800gs for $100 though...

But I need to figure out why the 6600 series hates my computer! :( I get so sad having to see the 6600 in its box not being used because of some unknown anomaly.
 
There you go- it's probably just a software error. Have you tried any other games, even though CS is the only game you play? You must have another game around somewhere.
 
I have a 6600GT, it isn't AGP. I use the 84.21 drivers. Maybe just try that for giggles, as I can play source games without a hitch.
 
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