radeon x850 series cards

[lloyd]

does anyone have this card?....can u please tell me if your games are smooth coz mine arent....tryin to figure out if its the computer or the card...i play my games on 1280x1024 but it stutters a lot and crap....i think if i put it on 1024x768 it would be better cuz when i install games they tell me to do that...i wonder if games know u have an LCD monitor?

 

[Nicko]

What are your computer's specs?

A fast videocard can suffer if you have a slow CPU/motherboard backing it. It creates bottlenecks. Just like putting a brand new engine into a old car with bad tyres - It will never reach its true level of performance.

- Also make sure you have the latest ATI drivers installed. I personally recommend www.omegadrivers.net
it's the best driver for getting more performance out of your card

 

[sinkoman]

I like Asus' analogy better.

"It's like, say you have a 52galon per minute waternozzle, but it's comming out of a 1 gpm sprinkler head. It's only going to come out at 1gpm."

But yeah, this isn't the right section to ask in. We can give you allot more help in "hardware and software".

Also, the stuttering probably has nothing to do with your video card. What's your current specs?

 

[lloyd]

i have a dell pentium 4.....3.2 computer with 1024 ram....ive had problems with any video card i used so im thinkin its coz of the dell computer....i dont know what kind of motherboard i have....

 

[sinkoman]

Again I say...

What kind of video card do you have?

It should always be included in your system specs.

 

[lloyd]

sir read my subject...it says radeon x850 xt pe pci express video card

 

[NeptuneUK]

try updating to the latest catalyst drivers, i have the X700 and it OWNS half life 2. i can run it maxed (AAX4 AFX8) with 60fps (and thats with the mini mod that adds bloom effect to HL2 singleplayer )

http://www2.ati.com/drivers/5-8_xp-2k_dd_cp_wdm_25203.exe (these are for windows XP which i assume you are running

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