PSU vs FX5900

I recently bought a MSI FX5900 TD (Non ultra version). On the retail box, it
says that, at least a 350Watt PSU is needed. Now at some times I do have
ssome stuttering framerates. Could this be caused by the fact that I have
only a 300 Watt PSU ? Any thoughts, ideas, opinions are welcome.

Ger

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An insufficent power supply will cause random crashes, reboots etc. Not
stuttering framerates.

"Ger Tupker" wrote in message
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I recently bought a MSI FX5900 TD (Non ultra version). On the retail box,
it
says that, at least a 350Watt PSU is needed. Now at some times I do have
ssome stuttering framerates. Could this be caused by the fact that I have
only a 300 Watt PSU ? Any thoughts, ideas, opinions are welcome.

Ger

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Power supplies are very cheap, even in the Netherlands, (I live there) so go
ahead and get a higher rated power supply at least to eliminate that
possibility. Ensure your motherboard chipset drivers are current, you're
using the latest NVIDIA drivers, and if your motherboard manufacturer
recommends any type of bios update for video problems then also do that as
well. In the Netherlands this is the webpage to shop for low prices:

http://www.tweakers.net/pricewatch

regards

B
"Ger Tupker" wrote in message
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I recently bought a MSI FX5900 TD (Non ultra version). On the retail box,
it
says that, at least a 350Watt PSU is needed. Now at some times I do have
ssome stuttering framerates. Could this be caused by the fact that I have
only a 300 Watt PSU ? Any thoughts, ideas, opinions are welcome.

Ger

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I forgot to mention that I have an MSI FX 5800 (non ultra) and it realy
needs a 350 watt power supply.

regards

B
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I recently bought a MSI FX5900 TD (Non ultra version). On the retail box,
it
says that, at least a 350Watt PSU is needed. Now at some times I do have
ssome stuttering framerates. Could this be caused by the fact that I have
only a 300 Watt PSU ? Any thoughts, ideas, opinions are welcome.

Ger

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Thanks for the reactions sofar. Could the stuttering be caused by caching to
harddisk?, in which case a memory upgrade might/could solve the matter?

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"Ger Tupker" schreef in bericht
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I recently bought a MSI FX5900 TD (Non ultra version). On the retail box,
it
says that, at least a 350Watt PSU is needed. Now at some times I do have
ssome stuttering framerates. Could this be caused by the fact that I have
only a 300 Watt PSU ? Any thoughts, ideas, opinions are welcome.

Ger

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I am curious. Why types of games are you getting stuttering frame rates in
with the 5900?





"Ger Tupker" wrote in message
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I recently bought a MSI FX5900 TD (Non ultra version). On the retail box,
it
says that, at least a 350Watt PSU is needed. Now at some times I do have
ssome stuttering framerates. Could this be caused by the fact that I have
only a 300 Watt PSU ? Any thoughts, ideas, opinions are welcome.

Ger

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UT2003, Devastation, GTA3 Vice City etc. I think it has to do with caching
of the harddisk. It's not all the time. Mostly at the beginning. I guess I
have to OC a little. Only not a lot known yet as to OC'billity from MSI
FX5900 VT.





"Incognito" schreef in bericht
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I am curious. Why types of games are you getting stuttering frame rates
in
with the 5900?





"Ger Tupker" wrote in message
m...
I recently bought a MSI FX5900 TD (Non ultra version). On the retail
box,
it
says that, at least a 350Watt PSU is needed. Now at some times I do have
ssome stuttering framerates. Could this be caused by the fact that I
have
only a 300 Watt PSU ? Any thoughts, ideas, opinions are welcome.

Ger

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Disk activity will stutter the display of a game or any other high CPU graphical
task - this isnt the Graphics card's fault but a CPU/Disk Read problem - add
more RAM or find out what it is using the disk up.

Ger Tupker wrote:

UT2003, Devastation, GTA3 Vice City etc. I think it has to do with caching
of the harddisk. It's not all the time. Mostly at the beginning. I guess I
have to OC a little. Only not a lot known yet as to OC'billity from MSI
FX5900 VT.

"Incognito" schreef in bericht
...
I am curious. Why types of games are you getting stuttering frame rates
in
with the 5900?





"Ger Tupker" wrote in message
m...
I recently bought a MSI FX5900 TD (Non ultra version). On the retail
box,
it
says that, at least a 350Watt PSU is needed. Now at some times I do have
ssome stuttering framerates. Could this be caused by the fact that I
have
only a 300 Watt PSU ? Any thoughts, ideas, opinions are welcome.

Ger

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It may also be the drivers.
Appaerently the 44.03's can cause problems in those games.
The software support pages for GTA VC, Enter The Matrix, and a couple other
games specifically recommend the 43.45's, and to stay away from the 44.03's.

One guy in here fixed his stuttering problems with the 43.45's after using
the 44.03's


"carchadon" wrote in message
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Disk activity will stutter the display of a game or any other high CPU
graphical
task - this isnt the Graphics card's fault but a CPU/Disk Read problem -
add
more RAM or find out what it is using the disk up.

Ger Tupker wrote:

UT2003, Devastation, GTA3 Vice City etc. I think it has to do with
caching
of the harddisk. It's not all the time. Mostly at the beginning. I guess
I
have to OC a little. Only not a lot known yet as to OC'billity from MSI
FX5900 VT.

"Incognito" schreef in bericht
...
I am curious. Why types of games are you getting stuttering frame
rates
in
with the 5900?





"Ger Tupker" wrote in message
m...
I recently bought a MSI FX5900 TD (Non ultra version). On the retail
box,
it
says that, at least a 350Watt PSU is needed. Now at some times I do
have
ssome stuttering framerates. Could this be caused by the fact that I
have
only a 300 Watt PSU ? Any thoughts, ideas, opinions are welcome.

Ger

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Try defragmenting your hard disk but it sounds like you could do with some
more ram. 512mb is plenty for xp.

"edde" wrote in message
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It may also be the drivers.
Appaerently the 44.03's can cause problems in those games.
The software support pages for GTA VC, Enter The Matrix, and a couple
other
games specifically recommend the 43.45's, and to stay away from the
44.03's.

One guy in here fixed his stuttering problems with the 43.45's after using
the 44.03's


"carchadon" wrote in message
...
Disk activity will stutter the display of a game or any other high CPU
graphical
task - this isnt the Graphics card's fault but a CPU/Disk Read problem -
add
more RAM or find out what it is using the disk up.

Ger Tupker wrote:

UT2003, Devastation, GTA3 Vice City etc. I think it has to do with
caching
of the harddisk. It's not all the time. Mostly at the beginning. I
guess
I
have to OC a little. Only not a lot known yet as to OC'billity from
MSI
FX5900 VT.

"Incognito" schreef in bericht
...
I am curious. Why types of games are you getting stuttering frame
rates
in
with the 5900?





"Ger Tupker" wrote in message
m...
I recently bought a MSI FX5900 TD (Non ultra version). On the
retail
box,
it
says that, at least a 350Watt PSU is needed. Now at some times I
do
have
ssome stuttering framerates. Could this be caused by the fact that
I
have
only a 300 Watt PSU ? Any thoughts, ideas, opinions are welcome.

Ger

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