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03-20-2003, 04:48 PM
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Graphics Card Slow Down
Hi All
I have just got NBA 2k3 on the PC and when I try and play it, it slows down so much and it is like the computer and graphics card cant handle it. I have a 2.4 Pentium, with the ATI Radeon 9000 Pro (128MB). Im just trying to download the latest Direct X drivers etc, but the only other thing I can think of is the graphics cards drivers? I have tried the game on my brothers comp who has a 2.4 with a Geforce 64 mb graphics cards and it works extremely well, just like watching a real game! I have tried to shut down ALL programs etc and also tried the different settings on the game as you are able to change the resolution etc, although even that hasnt helped. Does anyone think that updating my graphics card drivers will help? The only real difference is that Im running Windows ME and my brother is running Windows XP. Any help would be appreciated...... Karl |
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03-20-2003, 05:25 PM
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What is your BIOS AGP aperture setting? It should be set at 128 or 256 depending on how much system RAM you have.
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03-20-2003, 05:33 PM
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I am running at 512 mb of RAM, what should it be set at? Ill check it now and see what it is.
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03-20-2003, 05:38 PM
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geez one person mentions AGP aperture size and now the whole forum mentions it after every post. your 9000 pro card in some games is actually worse than a ti4200, depending on what settings u have enabled... so if its horrible slow turn off some things or try a newer card.
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03-20-2003, 05:39 PM
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also in some benchmarks your 9000 card is slower than a MX card, so on that alone i would say get a new card.
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03-20-2003, 05:46 PM
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Is it THAT bad? I thought it was quite good. Its virtually brand new, Ive had it for about a month and thats about it. Will updating the driver help at all?
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03-20-2003, 05:55 PM
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I got that game and it runs fine at max setting with my geforce 2 mx 400 64mb
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03-20-2003, 05:56 PM
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overclock it or something.
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03-20-2003, 06:02 PM
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I dont really wana start messing about with it like that. My borther can run it fine on Max settings on his 64 mb GeForce! It looks like im gona have to start looking for a new card as I would like to play some games on here and not just be limited to what I play. Any other suggestions?
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03-20-2003, 10:47 PM
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Want a GeForce4 Ti 4600?
 
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03-21-2003, 01:30 AM
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Where can you find out these benchmarks to compare against?
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03-21-2003, 11:16 AM
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oh i forgot to mention that in that benchmark the SIS Xabre 400 video card even beats the 9000, its funny
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03-24-2003, 06:22 AM
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Just to update you all, I tried installing XP and running the same game and the speed of the game was about 10 times better than it was using ME. God knows why, but it seems to have cured it.
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03-24-2003, 08:19 AM
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what the hell are you talking about, that this card is actually worse than a Ti4200, you may want to check out those bench results yourself aswell
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03-24-2003, 01:28 PM
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I assume that was aimed at DragonNOA1? At least I hope so anyway.
Thanks for any suggestions guys. |
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03-24-2003, 03:48 PM
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er, yea i am, sorry,
but he was totally wrong I am afraid that with graphics cards, there is only a slight performance to be gained from overclocking etc, and the only resolution to the problem is getting a faster better graphics card always sucks to realise theres no way to do it for free eh 
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03-24-2003, 05:28 PM
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well sorry but looking at the benchmarks from the link i provided shows that the ATI card wins some and loses some, so i am safe to say that it is slower IN SOME GAMES when compared to a nvidia card. geez settle down spyda, just look at the benchmarks
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03-25-2003, 06:24 AM
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the 9000 is way below the top cards like Ti4200 in all of them
sorry for that anyway, i was pretty annoyed all day yesterday, sorry to take it out on the forum |
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03-25-2003, 11:53 AM
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thats alright, just making sure to point out that the benchmarks show that the 9000 is a pretty bad card and i would recommend a new one
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