Yes Another Computer Problem

[Willy]

Hay all,

So finally got me pc up and running... (just needed to install sp2 poopipe)

First off a short spec:

CPU: 4200+ AMD X2

Memory: 1GB

Vid Card: 6600GT 256mb

Hard Drive: 160GB

Mother Board: Abit KN9

Problem is when I am start up a game (in my case, Medal Of Honour Allied Assualt), right, I start up the game all is dandy but when I enter a server I check out my frame rate and its 50fps and lower on really rubbish detail. Now I don't know if this is a hardware or a driver problem, but i'm assuming driver.

I have downloaded the latest nVidia driver (second hand card, trust worthy guy so I know it was looked after just didn't come with a driver CD) which seems to make the card work "Ok" but it does nothing for the gaming side of things I want to be able to overclock my card etc but this driver wont let me. I want to be able to, and I want to fix the issue of the really low fps even with real pooey graphic's. I'm going to bed now because i'm so annoyed at this, but if anyone has any useful information please for god sake help me! As my has been pissing me off since I first built it! to be honest I want to smash it right now (mom and dad will beat me though).

So please, Anyone?

Willy

[Tomm]

It depends what kind of game it is, but the 6600 is a pretty old card these days. You can overclock using things like Rivatuner, but I'm not sure you should really try it. You might get 10-20% more performance which won't make a huge difference.

Write down your settings (resolution, detail, special effect (things like HDR, reflections etc) and what game you're actually playing) and someone will be able to help more.

[Krisboats]

It depends what kind of game it is, but the 6600 is a pretty old card these days. You can overclock using things like Rivatuner, but I'm not sure you should really try it. You might get 10-20% more performance which won't make a huge difference.

Write down your settings (resolution, detail, special effect (things like HDR, reflections etc) and what game you're actually playing) and someone will be able to help more.

Overclocking my 6600 by 10% gave me an extra 15fps in CS:S when it went up to around 40% overclocked i got about 40-50fps extra, quite a big difference really.

Totally depends what game it is and what size your playing at and what you define as "rubbish detail". At 1024x768 the 6600gt should play most games around 6months+ old at high setings at around 30fps.

Any higher and you'll be looking at medium settings and any newer and you'll be looking at medium-low depending on your entire setup.

EDIT: I think i skimmed your first post, missed most of the info and your computer spec

So long as your card is a 256mb or higher (though i think thats the highest 6600's went) you will be able to have high level textures with only losing around 4-5 fps off your 50. Whacking the shaders and lighting up will take a big performance hit on the fps, as will anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering.

The sort of thing you should be playing at is:

Textures: high

world detail: high

Anti alisaing: none

Anisotropic filtering: trilinear, maybe 2x if it can hack it

Shaders: medium (might need low)

lighting: medium (again may need low)

Effects: Medium

And if you didn't know, the human eye can't distinguish between framerates at anything over 24 fps. So long as your minimum framerate is at 25 you'll be fine with playing the game.

Edited January 11, 2007 by Krisboats