SubKamran
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Alright; that's not entirely true. It's slow on max settings (I usually run 1680x1050 0xAA 16xAF).
Here's the deal.
First day I got it; Installed ForceWare 81.98. Slow as hell; 3500 on 3dMark05 no changes.
Switched to eVGA drivers... much better, about 5900. Still not up to par though; testing on 1280x1024 4xAA/8xAF I got about 4900 (should be around 7200). So I reverted to eVGA 77.77 drivers; much much better, now I'm at the normal level I should be...
But... if I go to the latest drivers, COD2 and AOE3 run better (relatively speaking... maxed settings average about 40-45fps). And if I stay as I am, everything else runs better. This is the next best card there is, I even OC'd it to 487Mhz Core... that's fast.
So, how come on 1680x1050 for those games on maxed settings with no AA am I still getting nearly unplayable frame rates? True, both slow way down when there's lots of action and otherwise do well (avg 30-35)... but I'm trying to figure out if my performance is normal.
Can any of you attest to your performance in either of those games? I'm running AMD64 2.1Ghz (3100+).
Here's the deal.
First day I got it; Installed ForceWare 81.98. Slow as hell; 3500 on 3dMark05 no changes.
Switched to eVGA drivers... much better, about 5900. Still not up to par though; testing on 1280x1024 4xAA/8xAF I got about 4900 (should be around 7200). So I reverted to eVGA 77.77 drivers; much much better, now I'm at the normal level I should be...
But... if I go to the latest drivers, COD2 and AOE3 run better (relatively speaking... maxed settings average about 40-45fps). And if I stay as I am, everything else runs better. This is the next best card there is, I even OC'd it to 487Mhz Core... that's fast.
So, how come on 1680x1050 for those games on maxed settings with no AA am I still getting nearly unplayable frame rates? True, both slow way down when there's lots of action and otherwise do well (avg 30-35)... but I'm trying to figure out if my performance is normal.
Can any of you attest to your performance in either of those games? I'm running AMD64 2.1Ghz (3100+).