AlmostEvil
Gawd
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- Oct 18, 2005
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I got the Sapphire 1900XT yesterday from newegg and went on to install it. I uninstalled the nvidia drivers for my 7800gt and then booted into safe mode and ran driver cleaner pro. I then shut down the comp. and installed the 1900. Went into windows and installed the drivers form the cd ( cat 5.16 i think), Rebooted and ran 3DMark05 and got a score of 8800. It seemed a little low so i ran NFS:MW at 1280*1024, settings high and i was shocked. Average frame of around 35 and dippping in the TEENS when i drive under some trees. My old 7800gt did much better at same settings. I delve into this problem further by running the stress test in HL2 Lost Coast and get an average frame rate of 66.7. At the same settings i got 77.8 before om my 7800gt. This is @ 1280*1024 settings high.
I have gone into the settings and changed a little of the stuff around to what i thought was appropriate.
So here i am, typing this thread up to get help as i dont know whats with this card. My specs are in my sig.
Note: I have installed cat 5.3 and 5.5 with no change in performance.
I have gone into the settings and changed a little of the stuff around to what i thought was appropriate.
So here i am, typing this thread up to get help as i dont know whats with this card. My specs are in my sig.
Note: I have installed cat 5.3 and 5.5 with no change in performance.