Low Performing High End PC...?

PwnageSoul · 06-21-2008, 11:04 PM

My total Graphics Memory is : 2046
Dedicated Video Memory: 768
System Video Memory: 0
Shared System Memory: 1278

Something is definately amiss, but my problem is what is it? I've had this system for over a year and it's always been like this. Dell tech support doesn't help at all because they can only do things over the phone and can't physically come here. What can I DO to solve this problem?

ThatGuy16 · 06-21-2008, 11:06 PM

You sure your drivers are up to date?

I guess those others do look low, aside from Crysis.

PwnageSoul · 06-21-2008, 11:17 PM

Yeah I just updated all of them from the website. What can I do? Anything that I can do to check what's wrong, or if you could tell me, it'd be greatly appreciated.

PwnageSoul · 06-22-2008, 01:28 AM

bump

ThatGuy16 · 06-22-2008, 02:29 AM

Run 3Dmark06 and see what score you get, but what your getting is probably about right. In those few games, it may be a driver problem.

mrjack · 06-22-2008, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by PwnageSoul

80-100 FPS? Damn. I'm capped at 60fps. How do you increase? I've tried to increase my refresh rate but my monitor's cap is at 60.

I think you have vertical sync on. Read up on it here.

The solution is to turn of vsync in games but it comes at a cost. When moving around quickly with your mouse you may see some "chopped off" frames, this is referred to as tearing. And as the human eye will not notice a difference between about 25 fps and anything over it you should be okay.

raoul_1101 · 06-22-2008, 04:53 PM

Quick question.... What do you use to find the FPS of these games?

raoul_1101 · 06-22-2008, 04:54 PM

Scratch that I'm stupid. sorry

PwnageSoul · 06-23-2008, 02:58 AM

Oh I can definately see the difference between 25 and 60. The human eye cannot see above 60. 25 is damn low choppy XD and no, my V-sync is off. I tried it on and off and to no avail! And yeah, everything is capped at 60 no matter what I do, i run my settings, and it's probably my monitor. I just went to a friend's house today. He had the same OS, 2 gigs (1/2 mine), 1 gig GPU (1/2 mine), 2.66 duo core (same), and he can run UT3 smoothly, unlike me. My question is what can I do to actually troubleshoot my problem so I can get to the bottom of this? I also have the latest drivers, and so does he :/

06-21-2008, 11:06 PM	#12 (permalink)
ThatGuy16 Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Posts: 5,320	You sure your drivers are up to date? I guess those others do look low, aside from Crysis. __________________ CPU: C2D E8400 @ 4Ghz 1.24v HSF: Apogee GTX MB: Gigabyte X38-DS4 Ram: 2x2GB G. Skill DDR2-1068 HDD: 320GB Seagate PSU: OCZ GameXStream 700w OS: Vista Home Premium 64bit GFX: 2x HD4850 Crossfire LCD: LG 22" L226WTQ 3DMark06: 20826

06-22-2008, 02:29 AM	#15 (permalink)
ThatGuy16 Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Posts: 5,320	Run 3Dmark06 and see what score you get, but what your getting is probably about right. In those few games, it may be a driver problem. __________________ CPU: C2D E8400 @ 4Ghz 1.24v HSF: Apogee GTX MB: Gigabyte X38-DS4 Ram: 2x2GB G. Skill DDR2-1068 HDD: 320GB Seagate PSU: OCZ GameXStream 700w OS: Vista Home Premium 64bit GFX: 2x HD4850 Crossfire LCD: LG 22" L226WTQ 3DMark06: 20826

06-22-2008, 04:53 PM	#17 (permalink)
raoul_1101 Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vermont Age: 17 Posts: 403	Quick question.... What do you use to find the FPS of these games? __________________ ~raoul

06-22-2008, 04:54 PM	#18 (permalink)
raoul_1101 Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vermont Age: 17 Posts: 403	Scratch that I'm stupid. sorry __________________ ~raoul

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06-21-2008, 11:04 PM	#11 (permalink)
PwnageSoul New Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7	My total Graphics Memory is : 2046 Dedicated Video Memory: 768 System Video Memory: 0 Shared System Memory: 1278 Something is definately amiss, but my problem is what is it? I've had this system for over a year and it's always been like this. Dell tech support doesn't help at all because they can only do things over the phone and can't physically come here. What can I DO to solve this problem?

06-21-2008, 11:17 PM	#13 (permalink)
PwnageSoul New Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7	Yeah I just updated all of them from the website. What can I do? Anything that I can do to check what's wrong, or if you could tell me, it'd be greatly appreciated.

06-22-2008, 01:28 AM	#14 (permalink)
PwnageSoul New Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7	bump

06-23-2008, 02:58 AM	#19 (permalink)
PwnageSoul New Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7	Oh I can definately see the difference between 25 and 60. The human eye cannot see above 60. 25 is damn low choppy XD and no, my V-sync is off. I tried it on and off and to no avail! And yeah, everything is capped at 60 no matter what I do, i run my settings, and it's probably my monitor. I just went to a friend's house today. He had the same OS, 2 gigs (1/2 mine), 1 gig GPU (1/2 mine), 2.66 duo core (same), and he can run UT3 smoothly, unlike me. My question is what can I do to actually troubleshoot my problem so I can get to the bottom of this? I also have the latest drivers, and so does he :/

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