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ieatlivecow
02-22-06, 12:43 PM
First of all, Comp specs:
Pentium 4 Northwood 3.0ghz
abit IC7/IC7-G
1024 MBytes DDR-SDRam
Radeon 9800 pro

I am experience massive graphics lag in counter-strike source when textures or High Dynamic Range lighting is on, and on Battlefield 2 when textures is on high, dynamic shadows is on anything but low, and dynamic lighting is on anything but low. About a year ago, i used to be able to run Counter-strike source with everything on high, which is the reccomended setting for my computer, but without doing anything major, i can no longer. I also have tried reformatting about 2 times, reinstalling drivers including a 3rd party DNA driver for the Radeon, and reinstalling Direct X 9.0. On 3dmark2001 i scored a little more than 15k, but in 3dmark 2005, it is 15 FPS at the highest, and most of the time about 4-1 FPS, usually ending in an error stating that the driver has been lost. I would love any input, thanks.

bchur83
02-22-06, 12:58 PM
Do you have any AA on? Sounds to me like you may. That card is very outdated, which explains why it wont run 3DMark05 very well, or not at all. You will not be able to run BF2 with high settings with that card. Medium-low at best, and even that may be pushing it.