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| Thread ID: 104677 | 2009-11-04 23:04:00 | Vista 64-Bit 4850 Freezing (+ Crap Performance) Issues | CaptainVincent (76) | Press F1 |
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| 827208 | 2009-11-04 23:04:00 | Hey there everyone, I'll start off with my specs Vista 64-bit AMD Athlon 3500+ (Soon to be X2 5600+) Radeon HD4850 2GB DDR2 RAM 420W SLI PSU Enermax =S I have the 4850 hooked up with a native 6-pin, Please don't tell me it's my PSU =S. Anyway my game frame rates pop around-ish this frame rate Fallout 3 - 12-40 FPS Borderlands - 1 FPS (No natter what, Besides when you pick your character) GRID - 13-40 FPS (Even on medium) Crysis Warhead - (Gamer settings, Low physics) - 8-20FPS (extreme stutter) Call Of Juarez - 13-30FPS Even for a single core these frame rates are just too low, currently I am at school and shouldn't be posting this but if anyone is willing to help I will post any information needed when I get home (e.g. DxDiag, Could possibly get 3D Mark) I have a feeling this is not a PSU related issue as it is a quality 420W SLI Enermax and I have run more powerful systems on 400W generic PSU's with no 6-Pin PCI-E Adaptors. When I get home I will also be Installing Windows 7 64-Bit to see if this makes a difference, Within 1-2 weeks I will be purchasing the 65W version of the 5600+ X2. I am running the latest Catylast Drivers and uninstalled (then driversweeped) my previous drivers. I also have the latest Nvidia PhysX installed, Cheers. |
CaptainVincent (76) | ||
| 827209 | 2009-11-04 23:10:00 | The AMD Athlon 3500+ is a woeful match for a 4850. All of those games esp Borderlands are CPU hogs. For example on a 3gig Core 2 Duo, I witness borderlands running at 90%+ constant on both cores at 1900x1080, that 3500+ doesnt stand a chance. Leave your task manager running and play Fallout3 or Borderlands, I would bet money your at 100% CPU usage. It is most likely your processor. The 5600+ should be a major improvement but may still bottleneck that 4850 in a few games. |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 827210 | 2009-11-04 23:11:00 | what do you need Nvidia physx for ? you have an ati card |
GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 827211 | 2009-11-04 23:13:00 | what do you need Nvidia physx for ? you have an ati card Because you need it installed to even start up PhysX based games......... |
CaptainVincent (76) | ||
| 827212 | 2009-11-04 23:14:00 | my bad :p | GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 827213 | 2009-11-04 23:15:00 | The AMD Athlon 3500+ is a woeful match for a 4850. All of those games esp Borderlands are CPU hogs. For example on a 3gig Core 2 Duo, I witness borderlands running at 90%+ constant on both cores at 1900x1080, that 3500+ doesnt stand a chance. Leave your task manager running and play Fallout3 or Borderlands, I would bet money your at 100% CPU usage. It is most likely your processor. The 5600+ should be a major improvement but may still bottleneck that 4850 in a few games. C'mon dude, 1 frame per second, lowest settings, 800x600. People run borderlands okay on a 2.4Ghz Pentium 4 |
CaptainVincent (76) | ||
| 827214 | 2009-11-04 23:20:00 | Im looking at all the data you provided, not that 1 specific example. You are heavily CPU bottlenecked, I have a old 3000+ running @ 2.8 gig faster that 3500+ in a rig for one of the kids, I am 100% dead serious and not trolling its your processor and im telling you that for free. |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 827215 | 2009-11-04 23:56:00 | This may help specifically with borderlands, I think you may have a separate issue there, your right 1fps is a tad off. The rest of the games does not surprise me, so you have two issues. gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 827216 | 2009-11-05 00:32:00 | The AMD Athlon 3500+ is a woeful match for a 4850 . . . +1 This is a 5 year old cpu(single core) . No wonder you have issues with modern games . I have one of these, I relegated it to a media PC . I'd speed some $$ on the fastest dual core you can afford . . that works in your m/b :thumbs: |
sroby (11519) | ||
| 827217 | 2009-11-05 02:22:00 | The AMD Athlon 3500+ is a woeful match for a 4850. All of those games esp Borderlands are CPU hogs. For example on a 3gig Core 2 Duo, I witness borderlands running at 90%+ constant on both cores at 1900x1080, that 3500+ doesnt stand a chance. Leave your task manager running and play Fallout3 or Borderlands, I would bet money your at 100% CPU usage. It is most likely your processor. The 5600+ should be a major improvement but may still bottleneck that 4850 in a few games. I have to agree besides which the OP doesnt state what resolution he is using either...single core 3500 @ 2.2Ghz is like 2004, I doubt the 5600+ will really change the outlook very much.... |
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