bschaffer

Ok so first I'll start with a list of my components

Mobo: intel's x48 chipset board by intel
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813121338

CPU: intel quad Q9300
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115043

RAM: OCZ 2x2g DDR3-1600 modules
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...tCode=10007336

Video card: ASUS ATI HD 3870X2
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...tCode=10007848

Powersupply: Corsair 750W
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...tCode=10007112

Hard Drive: Seagate 500gb 32mb cache 7200rpm SATAII 3.0Gb/s
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...tCode=10005939

OP: Windows vista home premium 64bit OEM

all of this is in a Antec 900 case and i put it together myself

Ok so all of this cost me about 1700 bucks and I'm a little disappointed about how the system is performing and wonder if i need fix something that is holding it back.

I pulled the jumper that restricted the hd to 1.5gb/s and I set the ram from 1333 in the bios to 1600 because thats what my ram is. but those were the only things i did besides build the system. I installed vista first and the service pack. then the drivers that were with my mobo and then the ATI drivers which were a major pain.

Im only playing age of conan on it right now with high settings and it does really well but it gets a little laggy every once in a while and i just didnt expect this with a system of this price. Also I used the new 3dMarkVantage and my score was only around 9700. i was hoping for a lot more even though i dont know too much about the scores. I do know people get upwards of 20,000 though so half of that seems a bit mediocre.

Any help would be appreciated, im wondering if any software/driver issues could be screwing me.

funkysnair

if its only in games it may be graphics related!!!

are you playing online?

have you gone on official asus website to get graphics drivers (up to date?) maybe there is a few glitches with vista 64bit!!!

im not up on graphics cards but i think the rest of your computer is good and wouldnt be problem

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raptor 74gig-maxitor 500gig-gainward hd4850-
thermaltake tr2 550watt-sony/nec dvd rw-
antec900 (liquid cooled mod)-swiftech pump/rad-
2x"19 widescreen acer monitors

oregon

Do 3dmarkvantage scores translate 1:1 with 3dMark06 scores? If so then your computer is definitely having issues. If not, it could be doing well, just internet or server issues with the online games.

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CPU: Core 2 Duo E6550 @3.5hz
GPU: PNY GeForce 8800 GT 512
RAM: 4GBs DDR2-800 (Ballistix and OCZ SLI) CL4
PSU: Antec NeoPower 650W
Case: Antec 900
HDD: Seagate SATA 250GB, 16MB cache
Seagate SATA 320GB, 16MB cache

curtains

I'd say maybe drivers but others have said that ... lol so gota say something new ..

How many frames are u producing when playing and around wat % of ur CPU usage are u using.. and ram(even thou i'm sure u won't be using all 4gigs)

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E6400 OC to 3.2ghz fsb 400 1:1 ratio
Albatron Gefroce 7900GTX 512mb ram
Aspacer 1gig ram ddr2 800
3 250gig hdd
LG 18x duel layer etc DVD writer.
20" CRT monitor
Hyena 500w PSU

Archangel

download 3dmark06, and run that one. there is a post in the video card section in wich you can compare your score. I got a bit over 18k (@ 1680x1050) with my pc as it is now. I recon you'll get the same with your setup. now many people here have run 3dmark vantage i gues. (or is the 'basic' version available for free download now or so? )

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Asus & Sapphire HD3870 512Mb ( 850/1180 )
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