Poor Performance after 7 months

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dnmax

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Here are my components:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
ASUS P5B-Deluxe
TeamGroup 2x1GB DDR2-800
eVGA 7900GT
Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic
Linksys WRT54GX
3 SATA HDDs, 1 IDE DVD Drive
OCZ GameXStream 600W

I've had the P5B-Deluxe for about 8 months now, 7900GT for a year and recently performance has been poor in regards to graphics. I realize I should test my graphics card in another computer, but that's not an option at the moment.

My 3DMark06 score is only slightly lower than normal, but my frame rate in Counter Strike Source is less than half of what it should be.

I've tried everything I think of to resolve the issue shy of replacing various parts. It doesn't seem to matter what the voltages are or what the clocks are either. The problem also persisted through a reformat so I don't think it's a software issue. I guess I could RMA the board and graphics card, but that sucks.

Anybody have any suggestions?

P.S. I don't know if this was the best place to post this.
 
try running hd tach - ur hard drive could have issues.... ive had lag problems caused by my hdd
 
what os?

edit: Do a clean install. Reformat, install XP + SP2, drivers, and CS: See if the rates improve. If so, it's a conflict with something else you're installing.
 
lopoetve said:
what os?

edit: Do a clean install. Reformat, install XP + SP2, drivers, and CS: See if the rates improve. If so, it's a conflict with something else you're installing.
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It's XP and I just reinstalled it the other day.

I was thinking it might be a something with the drivers. I'm going to try older drivers when I get home.
 
dnmax said:
It's XP and I just reinstalled it the other day.

I was thinking it might be a something with the drivers. I'm going to try older drivers when I get home.
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Did you install your normal applications when you reinstalled? I'm talking about a totally clean install: XP, drivers, and then the game: Nothing else.
 
V-sync on?

Remember that if it cannot achieve the same framerate as your refresh is set to, it halves it (or worse). IE., 60hz refresh, and if the game is running at 59fps rendering, you only get to SEE 30fps. It's a pretty obvious difference. (Note that using triple buffering prevents this, but that's not an option in many games)
 
Hmmm... I didn't really change anything put performance is back to normal.:confused: Also, I'm getting occasional artifacts, but only in CS:S it seems. :mad:

Will eVGA give me a 8800GTS 320MB if I RMA?
 
dnmax said:
Will eVGA give me a 8800GTS 320MB if I RMA?
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There's approximately zero chance of that. You'll probably get another 7900, the best you can hope for is a 7950. No one I know of has RMA'd a 7 series and got back an 8.
 
silent-circuit said:
There's approximately zero chance of that. You'll probably get another 7900, the best you can hope for is a 7950. No one I know of has RMA'd a 7 series and got back an 8.
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There was one guy on the eVGA forums who RMA'd a 7900GTX and got back a 8800GTS 320mb.
 
If my 7900 GS KO wasn't OC'ing to 600/827 I would RMA it in a heartbeat to hope for a 7950. My fear is that I'll end up getting another 7900 GS KO that can't overclock for shit :mad:
 
aeonrevolution said:
If my 7900 GS KO wasn't OC'ing to 600/827 I would RMA it in a heartbeat to hope for a 7950. My fear is that I'll end up getting another 7900 GS KO that can't overclock for shit :mad:
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...you can't just RMA a working card anyway. They'll send it back to you after testing it, and you're out shipping.
 
Well true. There are ways I could make it not work though and it would seem like the card failed.
 
Well I guess. I don't really see that as fraud though. Its in black and white that they cover it.
 
Make sure vsync and tripple buffering are off in the driver settings. I remeber trying tripple buffering from a thread I read here and left it on. It took me about a week to figure out my my dual 7900GTX cards were running much slower than before.
 
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