Quoting Post Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic downgrade? Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] Quote: from [m]NEGATIVE0[/m] at 3:49 am on Sep. 3, 2008[quote]i upgraded my vid card from an GF 7600gt to an 8800 gts 320mb, and threw in another stick of ram for a total of 2 gigs, and now i get less fps in games i used to get wicked fps in. in tf2, any movement causes the framerate to drop somewhere between 15-20 fps. in battlefield 2142, i could run it on high on the 7600gt, but get around 20fps with the 1gig of ram, and now with the new setup, i can't even run the game on medium. wtffff. i've tried loads of different drivers, and still nothing.[/quote] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post NEGATIVE0 Posted at 3:49 am on Sep. 3, 2008 i upgraded my vid card from an GF 7600gt to an 8800 gts 320mb, and threw in another stick of ram for a total of 2 gigs, and now i get less fps in games i used to get wicked fps in. in tf2, any movement causes the framerate to drop somewhere between 15-20 fps. in battlefield 2142, i could run it on high on the 7600gt, but get around 20fps with the 1gig of ram, and now with the new setup, i can't even run the game on medium. wtffff. i've tried loads of different drivers, and still nothing.

Replies NEGATIVE0 Posted at 3:36 am on Sep. 7, 2008 Quote: from Dickij03 at 12:28 am on Sep. 7, 2008 Have you plugged in the 6-pin power connector into the 8800gts320mb? Otherwise it'll be running in safe mode. yup. Dickij03 Posted at 8:28 pm on Sep. 6, 2008 Have you plugged in the 6-pin power connector into the 8800gts320mb? Otherwise it'll be running in safe mode. NEGATIVE0 Posted at 4:12 am on Sep. 5, 2008 Quote: from drifting at 8:34 pm on Sep. 4, 2008 Is it possible it defaulted to a higher resolution, and is having problems with that now? mope... i know how to change my res... and i lowered it. drifting Posted at 4:34 pm on Sep. 4, 2008 Is it possible it defaulted to a higher resolution, and is having problems with that now? NEGATIVE0 Posted at 4:26 am on Sep. 3, 2008 Quote: from Jay JWLH at 8:05 am on Sep. 3, 2008 Are there any bottlenecks in performance? maybe the processor. 1.83ghz c2d. NEGATIVE0 Posted at 4:25 am on Sep. 3, 2008 Quote: from rawrr at 7:58 am on Sep. 3, 2008 Have you updated your drivers? try that. D: Jay JWLH Posted at 4:05 am on Sep. 3, 2008 Are there any bottlenecks in performance? rawrr Posted at 3:58 am on Sep. 3, 2008 Have you updated your drivers? try that. blufindr Posted at 3:55 am on Sep. 3, 2008 Quote: from negative0 at 8:53 pm on Sep. 3, 2008 ... why wouldn't it? it's not as if they have a relationship. the video card just uses the motherboard for it's ports. doesn't sound very healthy to me. I dunno. Sounds odd <-- does not muck around with her computer's internals. NEGATIVE0 Posted at 3:53 am on Sep. 3, 2008 Quote: from blufindr at 7:51 am on Sep. 3, 2008 Maybe your motherboard doesn't like the new stuff? ... why wouldn't it? it's not as if they have a relationship. the video card just uses the motherboard for it's ports. doesn't sound very healthy to me. blufindr Posted at 3:51 am on Sep. 3, 2008 Maybe your motherboard doesn't like the new stuff? All 11 previous replies displayed.