Vista problems with 7900GS

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MrSuge

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Just got a 7900GS. Upgraded from a 7600gt and I thought I would be able to put all my settings on high playing CS:S but that doesn't seem to be the case. I can put anisotropic @ 16X (which i wasn't able to on the 7600gt or else it would bog down) but I cant put antialiasing on :confused:
I have a viewsonic 20.1" running @ 1680x1050 fwiw

I don't know if it's Vista or if it's the card but my brothers running XP and he can put all the settings @ high and still get 80-90 frame rates BUT when I put them all on high I get only 30 framerates. The cards are clocked at approx the same speeds maybe 5/10 difference on core/memory but that shouldn't effect the performance that much. Is it Vista that's causing the problem or am I overlooking something? I have attached a screen shot of the settings in the game and when I put antialiasing on 4x my framerates bog down to 30. My brothers runs at 90 all day long :(

I have turned off AERO. I have reinstalled the drivers twice and still no differnece. I heard steam and vista aren't the best partners but hopefully I overlooked something you guys know!!

TIA!

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I assume your bro has the same video card, just swap video card with your bro then do the test, if his card perform the same as you have b4 in vista, then it's time to go back to xp LOL
 
he's being an ass though :(

says it's to much work but yeah I guess my only choice is to force him :)

I do have a 2nd machine I could put it in but it's only got 512mb of pc2700 and it's an amd 4000+ not overclocked so I don't know if those would hold the card back
 
I am the brother in question. And I really don't feel like switching cards, lazyness is a disease :D

We are both running the same resolution (1680x1050) but he has a better rig than me. I have 2GB less of RAM and 2mb less of cache. He also has a raptor. I like to make fun of his crappy FPS at full settings in source games versus my amazing FPS :D. But yeah, I really doubt vista would be responsible for minimum of 50fps loss at 4x AA. Its pretty strange.

But if it really does come down to it, I'll switch the cards.
 
There is no way an e6600 with a 7900gs shouldnt be able to max out the source engine. My non-overclocked e6400 with my old 7900gs could do it amazingly. Something must be up...do a driver cleaner, reinstall drivers and shoot!
 
Take a look at your brothers settings an look close at the antiliasing mode , does it say

"4x - FSAA"
an yours prob says
"4x - MSAA" , if so thats why your getting low fps , its alot harder on cards
 
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