problems withmy NVIDIA geforce FX 5700 ultra

Sadsmily · TweakNOOB Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 7

First of all I'm not even sure if it is my graphics card, but it is my first suspect. Now the problem is that on most games the game will apparently for no reason lag horrendiously (not internet-lag, as it happens on single player games too) If I am not moving the mouse constantly, and sometimes even that doesn't work, I've tried toning down the graphics, but that doesn't seem to help much. Any suggestions?

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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

What games in particular are we talking about?

Your issue could be with outdated drivers, or your lack of DirectX 9.0 support, or it could be an overheating issue.

Tell me what games you're having problems with, when the last time you updated your vid card drivers was, and if you've checked your vid card fan to make sure it's working.

Post the rest of your system specs as well, just so I know what platform I'm working with.
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Sadsmily · TweakNOOB Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 7

specs:
Pentium 4 CPU 3GHz
with 1GB of RAM
111 GB of memory

Games: Fable, World of Warcraf, Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty: UO, and even Warcraft 3 thank goodness SimAnt isn't affected

anything else?

JayDubya · Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:09 am Post subject:

It could be due to many things. What settings are you running these games on? The 5700 can't do full detail with high resolution . . . its just not a top of the line card.

The lag could also be due to spyware. If you haven't already, run Ad-aware and Spybot: Search and destroy.
A good old defrag of the hard drive can't hurt either.
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Sadsmily · TweakNOOB Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 7

I've set the details on max and min they do they same, resolution also, I've scanned for spyware, Defragged, anything else?

ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

maybe a ram issue here?

sounds likely that the card might just be dying......

..but to check....what kind/watt Power supply do you have?
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Sadsmily · TweakNOOB Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 7

ATX 12V

Thats what your looking for, right?

[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 5:01 pm Post subject:

what video drivers are you using?
When the "lag" happens is the sound normal? Are you using a sound card or on-board sound?
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Sadsmily · TweakNOOB Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 7

Sound is fine, I'm using a Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS

As for the PSU,
Brand: Alienware
Model: HPC-420-102 DF
Specs: AC Input 115V 10A
230V 5A
Frequency: 40-60 Hz
Max Load: 420W

Not sure if thats what your looking for

[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:19 am Post subject:

I would update the drivers for the sound card, video card and the chipset.
First update the chipset drivers then remove the drivers for the sound and video. The next step is install the new video drivers then the sound drivers.
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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

yeah do what weazel said first.....

...do you have an alienware machine?
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Sadsmily · TweakNOOB Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 7

Ok, I got new chipset drivers and that didn't work, how do I unstall my graphics/audio drivers? And I thought I might add that any game using teh Halflife 2 engine is not affected

fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=10&p_created=1096404673&p_sid=CBxzed3i&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfcm93X2NudD0yOTEmcF9wcm9kcz0mcF9jYXRzPSZwX3B2PSZwX2N2PSZwX3BhZ2U9MQ**&p_li=&p_topview=1

Long link, but there's the instructions for removing your video drivers.
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Sadsmily · TweakNOOB Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 7

Ah, thanks! Everythings all better now. Never knew I has to unstall drivers afoer the new ones replaced em. Thanks for all your help!

[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:33 am Post subject: