Help Low Fps W/ Radeon 8500le 128mb Ddr

[iwillbslapyou]

d00d i just got this radeon 8500LE 128mb ddr video card..... I heard it was REALLY GOOD, but the games i play like ARMYOPS, and COUNTER-STRIKE, get really BAD fps rates. When i stare at a wall in counter-strike, i get 30 fps, but when people come in the screen, it drops down to like 30! And for army ops, its 30fps or lower. CAN ANYONE HELP ME?!? PEOPLE W/ DA GEFORCE3 TI200 GET CONSTANT 100FPS BUT I DUNT!!

System Specs:
Amd Duron 700mhz
256mb of pc-100 ram
Win 98SE
Radeon 8500LE 128mb DDR



HELP ME PLEEZE!!!

[iwillbslapyou]

"When i stare at a wall in counter-strike, i get 30 fps, but when people come in the screen, it drops down to like 30!"

WOOPS A TYPO its when i stare at a wall i get *99 fps*

[MospeadasDark]

That's because the half-life engine's maximum frame is 99. No matter what card you have, that is your max.

Are you playing OGL or D3D mode?

[iwillbslapyou]

no, my video card should be running at 99 fps always, but it drops down to 30 and even in t he 20's at some points.. anyhehlp where i can higher my fps????!!?!?!?

[Cisco Kid]

what video driver are you using, what os, any previous nvidia drivers in your system.

your system specs oh and btw WELCOME TO THE FORUMS

your card will do much better do not fret but we need more info

Cisco kid

[iwillbslapyou]

I am using WINDOWS 98, and before i got the radeon 8500LE, i had the radeon ve dual display edition...
I doubt any nvidia drivers are on my system and here are my system specs:
700mhz amd duron
256mb sdr ram pc-100
win98
radeon 8500LE 128mb ddr
and i have the latest drivers for the video card which is the catalyst 2.1 (driver build : 4.13.01.9039)
i have directx 8.1
and its still drops to 30 fps!! :cry:

thx 4 welcoming me cisco kid:D









:p

[iwillbslapyou]

and o ya im runnin OPENGL

[Tumbler 00]

didn't mention your mobo,but i'd guess it does'nt support 4xAGP.And thats why your 8500's losing out to Ti200's.

[funnyperson1]

some of it may have to do with your Duron700 and Pc100,...try overclocking it and see if you get better fps...

[Hurk]

Well slow Ram and a slow CPU doesn't help matters. The CPU still has to do quite alot of calculations for the games. Also you might have a slow harddrive. The card can't process what the harddrive can't dish out. =/

[iwillbslapyou]

my mother board does take 4xagp, and i have a 7200 rpm hard drive.. do u think 512 megs of ram would help?

[FunkDaMonkMan]

run 3dmark and see what score you get... I've had some weird problems with games also. This 2 yr old game (giants citizen kabuto) will get ... max 50 fps ... but any new game like Return To castle Wolfenstein... I'll get about 70 fps.

But just run that benchmark, and we can tell if its a problem with your hardware, or possibly the game.

BTW, Welcome To The Forums

[iwillbslapyou]

my 3dmark score was 4734....
settings:
radeon 8500LE
1024x768, 32bit color, compressed textures
d3d pure hardware t&l
antialiasing: none

system specs:
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 98
Processor: AMD Duron(tm) @ 750 MHz
Graphics Card: RADEON 8500/RADEON 8500LE
Total Physical Memory: 256 MB
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Motherboard Model: <A7Pro>
i messed up it was 750 mhz.. lol :D
so wat kind of problem is it?

[venom9007]

I used to run my radeon 8500 on a duron 750 w/ 384mb of pc133 ram, and I would get pretty low fps on most games. For instance, I would usually hover around 50 fps in Counterstrike and drop to around 30-40 in heavy gunfire and where there was a lot of people. But after upgrading to my current setup I've notice a significant improvement when playing every game. I usually get 99fps constant in CS now unless we're in crazy gunfights and such. So it might be that the duron just isn't fast enough for the Radeon. Just what I've gotten from my experiences. Good luck on yours though. :)

[roYal]

check what anti alias is running at. That might be your problem, the higher it is, the less fps you'll get.

[FunkDaMonkMan]

well... your cpu and ram are the slowest parts of your system, and that's probably what's causing your problem.

[iwillbslapyou]

my anti aliasing is off... how much is a amd athlon 1700+ cpu? and what mother board should i get w/ dat??

[Maxvla]

check your agp aperture in your bios. i'll bet its set to 64mb (or lower) instead of 128.

mine was when i first got my machine. i never ran it at 64 cause i changed it on first boot.

[iwillbslapyou]

i changed it to 128mb but it still gots the same problem.... do you think upgrading my system to a 1ghz duron would make any difference?