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Unforgiven817

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February 11th, 2008 21:00

XPS Gen 5/8800 GTS 640mb TERRIBLE FPS

So I'm running a brand-new 8800GTS 640mb OC GPU in my Dell XPS Gen 5 system.  Specs are:

 

Windows XP Pro 32-bit

Pentium D830 3.0 CPU

3 Gigs of 667MHz DDR2 RAM

2x WD Caviar 250Gb Mirrored Raid

EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS 640mb GPU

 

All that...and I'm getting 24FPS in World of Warcraft.  I have the latest drivers installed and used a driver scrubber to remove the drivers for my original card, a Radeon X-850 PE 256mb.

 

Why am I getting such low performance from my 8800?  I'm thinking either it's the Drivers or a BIOS setting I have't seen.  Thank you.

 

 

Unforgiven817

9 Posts

February 11th, 2008 22:00

If RMA isn't an option, do you guys have any other suggestions?  It's probably within the RMA window, but I'd really like to get this card working if possible instead of the hastle of returning via RMA and then re-purchasing a card, waiting, etc.

CHSIsupplier

807 Posts

February 11th, 2008 22:00

If your 640MB card is still inside its return window, I highly recommend you send it back and replace it with the 512MB version. The 512 MB version has the G92 processor on it, the 320MB and 640MB versions have the old G80 processor. Nvidia should be ashamed of themselves for naming a new card with an old number scheme. I can only assume they were hoping to clear out some of their older 640MB and 320MB versions before people new how much better the new 512MB version was.

Davet50

14.4K Posts

February 11th, 2008 22:00

or card... the 640 and the 320 8800gts are not rated very well

contrvlr

1.4K Posts

February 11th, 2008 23:00

@Davet50 wrote:
or card... the 640 and the 320 8800gts are not rated very well

That's funny

pointguard1122

1.9K Posts

February 12th, 2008 16:00

Have you tried the newest nvidia drivers(beta)?  I have had both the 640MB and now the 512MB.  The 512 is a better card, but the 640 is still a good card.  I would recommend updating fdrivers and then run 3DMARK.  That should give you a good idea of how your card is performing.  I believe your CPU is your bottleneck in your system, not the video card.

Message Edited by pointguard1122 on 02-12-2008 12:43 PM

Unforgiven817

9 Posts

February 12th, 2008 16:00

I'll just reformat and try anew.

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