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7800GS??
recently my mainboard died on me so i replaced it with an equivalent spec
different brand. Since then my graphics frame rate has really hit the dirt during gaming almost as if i have gone down to a much less spec graphics card. Do mainboard chipsets make much difference as this is the only different spec between the two mainboards. The one which died was a Gigabyte GA-8ik1100 (intel 875p chipset) Replacement unit ASrock P4 Dual 880Pro OR could my graphics card have gone faulty when my system crashed ?????? Gainward bliss GS7800GS 512mb AGP card. |
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Replacement unit ASrock P4 Dual 880Pro Try installing the newest VIA 4 in 1 drivers. |
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"Kent_Diego" wrote in message news:n6wsg.26219$8q.7716@dukeread08... Replacement unit ASrock P4 Dual 880Pro Also, do you have the latest BIOS? http://www.asrock.com/support/downlo...al-880Pro#bios |
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I did install the latest drivers & bios but it has made no difference at
all. either the motherboard is crap or i might have a faulty graphics card, very bad frame rate, stuttering etc... never did this before my old motherboard died. "Timelord" wrote in message o.uk... recently my mainboard died on me so i replaced it with an equivalent spec different brand. Since then my graphics frame rate has really hit the dirt during gaming almost as if i have gone down to a much less spec graphics card. Do mainboard chipsets make much difference as this is the only different spec between the two mainboards. The one which died was a Gigabyte GA-8ik1100 (intel 875p chipset) Replacement unit ASrock P4 Dual 880Pro OR could my graphics card have gone faulty when my system crashed ?????? Gainward bliss GS7800GS 512mb AGP card. |
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I did install the latest drivers & bios but it has made no difference at
all. either the motherboard is crap or i might have a faulty graphics card, very bad frame rate, stuttering etc... never did this before my old motherboard died. Maybe there is some strange IRQ problem. Try removing any PCI cards and disable onboard sound and LAN to see if works better to test. |
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I'm assuming you did a fresh Windows XP install upon swapping the mobo,
rather than just a repair? A few routine things to do: 1. Ensure the AGP aperture is set to some reasonable value in BIOS (e.g. 256 MB), not too small, not too large. 2. Ensure the card indeed is functioning in AGP mode. Check using a utility like Everest. 3. Update the BIOS, if the board doesn't already come with the latest. The last few BIOS revisions did have video card-related changes in them. -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." "Timelord" wrote in message o.uk... recently my mainboard died on me so i replaced it with an equivalent spec different brand. Since then my graphics frame rate has really hit the dirt during gaming almost as if i have gone down to a much less spec graphics card. Do mainboard chipsets make much difference as this is the only different spec between the two mainboards. The one which died was a Gigabyte GA-8ik1100 (intel 875p chipset) Replacement unit ASrock P4 Dual 880Pro OR could my graphics card have gone faulty when my system crashed ?????? Gainward bliss GS7800GS 512mb AGP card. |
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Yes i did a fresh XP install, AGP apeture is set to 256mb & bios is the very
latest available from mobo mfrs website. A link to this everest utility woulb be helpfull. I googled it but i'm not sure exatly what to download. "First of One" wrote in message ... I'm assuming you did a fresh Windows XP install upon swapping the mobo, rather than just a repair? A few routine things to do: 1. Ensure the AGP aperture is set to some reasonable value in BIOS (e.g. 256 MB), not too small, not too large. 2. Ensure the card indeed is functioning in AGP mode. Check using a utility like Everest. 3. Update the BIOS, if the board doesn't already come with the latest. The last few BIOS revisions did have video card-related changes in them. -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." "Timelord" wrote in message o.uk... recently my mainboard died on me so i replaced it with an equivalent spec different brand. Since then my graphics frame rate has really hit the dirt during gaming almost as if i have gone down to a much less spec graphics card. Do mainboard chipsets make much difference as this is the only different spec between the two mainboards. The one which died was a Gigabyte GA-8ik1100 (intel 875p chipset) Replacement unit ASrock P4 Dual 880Pro OR could my graphics card have gone faulty when my system crashed ?????? Gainward bliss GS7800GS 512mb AGP card. |
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Actually, I can't remember for sure if Everest Home showed AGP status (and
there's no way for me to check, with a PCIe system). Alternative utilities are CPU-Z http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php and WCPUID http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002374/src/download.html. Both are free. -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." "Timelord" wrote in message . uk... Yes i did a fresh XP install, AGP apeture is set to 256mb & bios is the very latest available from mobo mfrs website. A link to this everest utility woulb be helpfull. I googled it but i'm not sure exatly what to download. |
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