Alright, I AM FED UP WITH THIS!

Darkomen · 10-14-2005, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Praetor

Can you try

Enter BIOS
Advanced Menu
Select "Chipset"
Set "MemClock Mode" to "Auto"

And check the FSB-DRAM ratio again?

(if it doesnt change anything go back and set it to 400 again)

Nope .. No difference. I changed it back, no difference.

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From your 3dmark stuff, they seem to fall in line with expected values ... do you have any other games u can use to test? (say UT2004? doom3? splintercell? farcry etc?)

Wow, that's the expected values for my system ..?! *cough*

I've uninstalled most of my high-end games like that, because it was just too stressful or I just got bored with them.

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Here is a bios update for your board

There may be updated drivers here

Lionhead studios has also released the 1.1 Update

That update is a zip with a .ami file. What do I do with it?

I've got the latest B&W2 patch, didn't help my FPS issue though.

**Praetor** · 10-14-2005, 09:56 AM

This shows u how to update the BIOS

From the Lionhead forums ... in light of that here are the 5.10s (mirrored here as well)

This is an interesting comment about Doom3/FarCry/HL2/Other-high-end-games vs BW2

Ive note that (about B&W2), people comment that dropping to PS2.0 helps remove performance problems

Darkomen · 10-14-2005, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Praetor

This shows u how to update the BIOS

I don't see any tutorials for K8N-E?

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From the Lionhead forums ... in light of that here are the 5.10s (mirrored here as well)

I'll download this

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This is an interesting comment about Doom3/FarCry/HL2/Other-high-end-games vs BW2

Ive note that (about B&W2), people comment that dropping to PS2.0 helps remove performance problems

Interesting stuff...

**Praetor** · 10-14-2005, 11:15 AM

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I don't see any tutorials for K8N-E?

Look here ... its not for your board but its the same procedure

Darkomen · 10-14-2005, 11:25 AM

I see. But which one should I follow?

AFLASH BIOS Upgrade Procedure

AFUDOS BIOS Upgrade Procedure

AWDFLASH BIOS Upgrade Procedure

FlashK7M BIOS Tool

ASUS WinFlash Update Procedure

Flash Notebook BIOS under DOS Mode (1)

Flash Notebook BIOS under DOS Mode (2)

**Praetor** · 10-14-2005, 11:28 AM

Strange the link seems to work once and doesnt work anymore ... anyways look for the one that says "W1, S5, Z9, M6, M5, A2, L5, L4, M3, L3, L2, L1, M2, M1, B1, S1, T9, A1F, L8F and newer series" (ie., the one that ends up looking the most like the app that comes with your motherboard, they're all the sam AFAIK) i.e., the WinFlash one

Darkomen · 10-14-2005, 11:36 AM

Ok! I'll install the latest update.

Darkomen · 10-14-2005, 12:49 PM

I installed the latest BIOS successfully.

But I did come across a potential problem. The last instructions were to "Load the Optimal Defaults" through the BIOS. This wasn't there though, only thing there was "Load the System Defaults" so I did that. I also had to change the CPU back to 400 MHz.

Darkomen · 10-14-2005, 07:51 PM

I have played B&W2, and many of my other games, and it's performance greatly improved compared to what it was like before I came here, but it still seems like it's not meeting it's capabilities, and still annoying.

I don't think updating the BIOS did anything significant. I ran another 3DMark05 test and it was similar to last times one.

Are there anymore tips or fixes you or anyone else has? If not I can't imagine anything else that can be done, so I think i'd be good just building my own computer.

The store I got to make this computer for me isn't a huge retail store, so maybe they used weird parts ..and set the Motherboard wrong. I dunno.

**Praetor** · 10-14-2005, 08:18 PM

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Are there anymore tips or fixes you or anyone else has?

Do you have a "tried and true" game like UT2004? or doom3? or HL2? I ask because im not entirely familiar with the performance brackets for B&W2

10-14-2005, 09:56 AM	#32 (permalink)
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Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 19,954	Strange the link seems to work once and doesnt work anymore ... anyways look for the one that says "W1, S5, Z9, M6, M5, A2, L5, L4, M3, L3, L2, L1, M2, M1, B1, S1, T9, A1F, L8F and newer series" (ie., the one that ends up looking the most like the app that comes with your motherboard, they're all the sam AFAIK) i.e., the WinFlash one __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

10-14-2005, 12:49 PM	#38 (permalink)
Darkomen Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: USA Posts: 34	I installed the latest BIOS successfully. But I did come across a potential problem. The last instructions were to "Load the Optimal Defaults" through the BIOS. This wasn't there though, only thing there was "Load the System Defaults" so I did that. I also had to change the CPU back to 400 MHz. Last edited by Darkomen; 10-14-2005 at 07:51 PM.

10-14-2005, 07:51 PM	#39 (permalink)
Darkomen Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: USA Posts: 34	I have played B&W2, and many of my other games, and it's performance greatly improved compared to what it was like before I came here, but it still seems like it's not meeting it's capabilities, and still annoying. I don't think updating the BIOS did anything significant. I ran another 3DMark05 test and it was similar to last times one. Are there anymore tips or fixes you or anyone else has? If not I can't imagine anything else that can be done, so I think i'd be good just building my own computer. The store I got to make this computer for me isn't a huge retail store, so maybe they used weird parts ..and set the Motherboard wrong. I dunno. __________________ A customer comes into the computer store. He says "I'm looking for a mystery Adventure Game with lots of graphics. You know, something really challenging." "Well," replied the clerk, "Have you tried Windows 98?"

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10-14-2005, 11:25 AM	#35 (permalink)
Darkomen Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: USA Posts: 34	I see. But which one should I follow? AFLASH BIOS Upgrade Procedure AFUDOS BIOS Upgrade Procedure AWDFLASH BIOS Upgrade Procedure FlashK7M BIOS Tool ASUS WinFlash Update Procedure Flash Notebook BIOS under DOS Mode (1) Flash Notebook BIOS under DOS Mode (2)

10-14-2005, 11:36 AM	#37 (permalink)
Darkomen Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: USA Posts: 34	Ok! I'll install the latest update.