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07-29-2008, 11:16 PM
|  | FIGHT! | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Boston, MA
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 : 64 th | | | yeah if im upgrading im getting a new mobo aswell, and going intel. sorry amd =\
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07-29-2008, 11:22 PM
|  | Gangin' up on the Sun | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Umass
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: 69 th | | Quote:
Originally Posted by SonicSpeed   | I dont want to get into that debate but, nehal cpu, motherboard, dd3 ram is going to run about a grand for a while.
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07-29-2008, 11:37 PM
|  | om mani padme hum | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: All over Canada
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| | | you may need to wait a little. when i first got the 3870x2 i had to wait almost 2 months for the frame rates to increase... i get about 200 fps now at 1080p
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07-30-2008, 09:34 AM
|  | Two Is Better Than One | | Join Date: Jan 2008
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| | | I get about 150fps running at 1900x1200 everything maxed out with HDR Lighting enabled. Currently running Dell 30" monitor 2560x1600 with 2x XFX 8800 GTX XXX in SLI, AMD X2 6000+ 3.1 ghz, Asus Crosshair MoBo, 2 gigs Corsair Dominator memory Cooler Master 850 PSU 80 plus, 2 74g WD Raptor drives in raid 0, and Cooler Master 830 stacker.
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07-30-2008, 10:42 AM
|  | Fish with 1's | | Join Date: Dec 2006
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| | | That stacker adds 20 fps right there
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07-30-2008, 11:55 AM
|  | ącLK you're dead | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Nyc
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: 92 nd | | Your problem = ATi
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But yeah, Source is a CPU dependent game.
Go with Intel  (and Nvidia  )
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09-04-2008, 09:24 PM
| | FIGHT! | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Boston, MA
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: 64 th | | | okay, so you're saying back when stema came out, there was no way to run these games? ffs, 90% of the world if not more were still running p4s when steam came out, so this CPU dependant bullshit is.. bullshit.
so i reformated the computer (was planning on doing it anyways, had alot, alot of trash to get rid of)
installed only my NIC, video card, and updated chipset drivers, and of course, TF2. im still getting 20-60 fps. there is no way that this should be normal for this computer, absolutely no way, do you think i should try chucking my card back to sapphire and get a new one?
or does anyone have any other suggestions? what if i tried OC'ing my CPU?
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09-04-2008, 09:31 PM
|  | Ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The arctic North Coast
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| | | Don't know what to tell you... I'm running just a basic 8800gt but with a Core2Quad and I'm getting ~240fps.
And of course we ran these games when Steam came out. We weren't running ridiculously high resolutions and yes, the CPUs would lag the frame rates. Are you certain you have all extra processes in the background stopped? If you have some media player running along with a web browser, I can assure you it's effecting your frame rate numbers.
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09-04-2008, 10:32 PM
| | FIGHT! | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Boston, MA
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: 64 th | | | yeah nothing else is running, fresh reformat. =\
this seriously sucks though, i litterally cannot play on SR, which is the entire reason bought the video card, haha.
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09-04-2008, 10:33 PM
|  | Too Loud! Too Bright! | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: a place of settlement, activity, or residence
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| | | get a new CPU or just deal. I play with low settings and its just fine. I even play TF2 and CSS on a P4, and so does my dad....he gets upset when he doesn't kill you quick enough. |  | |
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