3870 low fps?

1Kurgan1 · 11-15-08, 03:13 PM

I sold a HIS 3870 to my friend, last I used the card (1 month ago) it worked fantastic, I had used that with another 3870 to hit 15.4k in 3d06 and 9.7k in Performance Vantage.

So today I tossed it in his comp, put Cat 8.11's on it and seemed good to go. He gets it to his place fires up WoW and says its laggy. Like 30 fps when no one is around and dips to 15 when people are. So we roll it back to 8.10's same thing, roll back to 8.9's still the same. He tried Civilization 4 said it took a while to build up enough units but it dropped down to like 3 fps, even on lowest settings.

Anyone got an idea?

gibletzor · 11-15-08, 04:36 PM

Did you uninstall the old drivers and use driversweeper to clean out the remnants in safe mode? If not that could definitely cause some conflicts.

hajalie24 · 11-15-08, 04:37 PM

Maybe its his cpu or he needs a reinstallation of windows

1Kurgan1 · 11-15-08, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by gibletzor

Did you uninstall the old drivers and use driversweeper to clean out the remnants in safe mode? If not that could definitely cause some conflicts.

Yes

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Originally Posted by hajalie24

Maybe its his cpu or he needs a reinstallation of windows

Nope it worked fine up until this point.

gibletzor · 11-15-08, 06:58 PM

You might want to check with Rivatuner's monitoring system or something similar to see if it's properly switching from 2d to 3d clocks.

mdamda · 11-15-08, 07:10 PM

I'd check his power supply too.

1Kurgan1 · 11-17-08, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by gibletzor

You might want to check with Rivatuner's monitoring system or something similar to see if it's properly switching from 2d to 3d clocks.

Never thought of that, I know 3870's had issues with that and AoC, but never heard of it with WoW.

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Originally Posted by mdamda

I'd check his power supply too.

PSU is a brand new model from Bestbuy, Puts out 40A.

11-15-08, 03:13 PM	Thread Starter #1
1Kurgan1 Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Minnesota	3870 low fps? I sold a HIS 3870 to my friend, last I used the card (1 month ago) it worked fantastic, I had used that with another 3870 to hit 15.4k in 3d06 and 9.7k in Performance Vantage. So today I tossed it in his comp, put Cat 8.11's on it and seemed good to go. He gets it to his place fires up WoW and says its laggy. Like 30 fps when no one is around and dips to 15 when people are. So we roll it back to 8.10's same thing, roll back to 8.9's still the same. He tried Civilization 4 said it took a while to build up enough units but it dropped down to like 3 fps, even on lowest settings. Anyone got an idea?
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gibletzor Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Charleston, IL	You might want to check with Rivatuner's monitoring system or something similar to see if it's properly switching from 2d to 3d clocks. __________________ Main Rig:---------------------------Media Center: Biostar TP45 HP---------------------MSI P35 Neo2-FR Core 2 Duo E8400-------------------Intel E5200 2x2GB Gskill 1066PI----------------4x1GB Mushkin HP2-6400 Sapphire HD 4890-------------------Biostar HD4350 Coolermaster UCP 700W-----------Corsair 520HX X-Fi Xtreme Gamer------------------ATI TV Wonder Elite PCI Heatware
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