Low fps with cod4 3870x2

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#1 Coughs
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When someone is shooting me my fps goes red, I have a 3870x2 and I play at the highest 19" resolution and default settings
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#2 Brainkiller05
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In COD4 50fps is in the red zone -.-
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#3 Coughs
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I know?
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its gotta be something else in your PC...how much RAM do you have, and what is your CPU?
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#5 Coughs
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Vista 64 bit, Quad 6600 at 2.4 and 2gb ram
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#6 hockeyruler12
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the only thing I can think of is Vista might be taking up some of your RAM

check your PSU and see if it is good enough to handle dual 3870's also

and as a last resort...update your video card drivers

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#7 sabbath2gamer
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update to catalsyt 8.3 drivers

well thats not enough info what is the resolution you are playing at?

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#8 SearchMaster
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Update your driver and spend long time considering about getting another 2gig of rams. I'd not recommend less than 3gb for Vista gaming at all and since you already have 64bit version then 4gig should be your next shot.

Im sure that the ram will do alot of work, other than that, it should be something else causing this.

@sab : I think he should be playing under 1240x1080, right ?
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you can upgrade to 4gbs but you will see no improvement at all in games, its most likely driver support and also your playing at such a relatively low res that your not really going to see the benefits of two cards, also vysnc to.
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you can upgrade to 4gbs but you will see no improvement at all in games, its most likely driver support and also your playing at such a relatively low res that your not really going to see the benefits of two cards, also vysnc to.yoyo462001
I dont think so my friend, we are talking about Vista here not XP. IF people are recommending 2gb for the XP gaming-setups then what Vista should do ?
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Update your driver and spend long time considering about getting another 2gig of rams. I'd not recommend less than 3gb for Vista gaming at all and since you already have 64bit version then 4gig should be your next shot.

Im sure that the ram will do alot of work, other than that, it should be something else causing this.

@sab : I think he should be playing under 1240x1080, right ?SearchMaster

19" screens usually run at 1440x900.

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you runnin norton or something else in the background?
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#13 Coughs
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kaspersky, But I always close it when I game.
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#14 darkmagician06
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kaspersky, But I always close it when I game.Coughs
oh yeah i heard cod4 had a dual card option...might wanna check that and see if it helps
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[QUOTE="yoyo462001"]you can upgrade to 4gbs but you will see no improvement at all in games, its most likely driver support and also your playing at such a relatively low res that your not really going to see the benefits of two cards, also vysnc to.SearchMaster
I dont think so my friend, we are talking about Vista here not XP. IF people are recommending 2gb for the XP gaming-setups then what Vista should do ?

show me bechmarks which show a big enough performance increase from 2 to 4gbs in vista or XP, which would warrant an upgrade..
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here:

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turn off you aero desktop before playing.
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#18 SearchMaster
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[QUOTE="SearchMaster"][QUOTE="yoyo462001"]you can upgrade to 4gbs but you will see no improvement at all in games, its most likely driver support and also your playing at such a relatively low res that your not really going to see the benefits of two cards, also vysnc to.yoyo462001
I dont think so my friend, we are talking about Vista here not XP. IF people are recommending 2gb for the XP gaming-setups then what Vista should do ?

show me bechmarks which show a big enough performance increase from 2 to 4gbs in vista or XP, which would warrant an upgrade..

I'll and i only said that VISTA needs 4gig of ram IF YOUR SYSTEM IS AGAMING MACHINE but XP is far better with 2 but even having 1gig of ram will help alot the RTS game like Supreme Commander and yes i can get you benckmarks as well !!
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[QUOTE="yoyo462001"][QUOTE="SearchMaster"][QUOTE="yoyo462001"]you can upgrade to 4gbs but you will see no improvement at all in games, its most likely driver support and also your playing at such a relatively low res that your not really going to see the benefits of two cards, also vysnc to.SearchMaster
I dont think so my friend, we are talking about Vista here not XP. IF people are recommending 2gb for the XP gaming-setups then what Vista should do ?

show me bechmarks which show a big enough performance increase from 2 to 4gbs in vista or XP, which would warrant an upgrade..

I'll and i only said that VISTA needs 4gig of ram IF YOUR SYSTEM IS AGAMING MACHINE but XP is far better with 2 but even having 1gig of ram will help alot the RTS game like Supreme Commander and yes i can get you benckmarks as well !!

I agree although more RAM doesnt necessarily improves fps but the overall smootheness of the game.I upgraded from 2 to 4GB in vista and would advice anyone who games on vista to get 4GB be it 32 bit or 64 bit.
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#20 shearMario
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I have VISTA and well CoD4 works perfectly fine with 2 gig, I play completely maxed out top AA and AF at a resolution of 1680x1050. You will not see a FPS increase with 4 gig but the game will run smoother in areas i guess.
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#21 SearchMaster
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I have VISTA and well CoD4 works perfectly fine with 2 gig, I play completely maxed out top AA and AF at a resolution of 1680x1050. You will not see a FPS increase with 4 gig but the game will run smoother in areas i guess. shearMario
The gaming experience isnt only how many FPS u can get, theres another factors that you need to consider about as well and in some cases its more important than getting couple more FPS
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#22 shearMario
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[QUOTE="shearMario"]I have VISTA and well CoD4 works perfectly fine with 2 gig, I play completely maxed out top AA and AF at a resolution of 1680x1050. You will not see a FPS increase with 4 gig but the game will run smoother in areas i guess. SearchMaster
The gaming experience isnt only how many FPS u can get, theres another factors that you need to consider about as well and in some cases its more important than getting couple more FPS

I'm aware of that, what I'm saying is getting more RAM is not going to fix his low fps problem which is afterall what he is asking not that his game is stuttering sometimes.

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#23 Coughs
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Can someone help me then and if turn off you aero desktop before playing will that help?
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Can someone help me then and if turn off you aero desktop before playing will that help?Coughs
Well wait just exactly how much low your FPS goes.If it goes below 50 at times than i dont see a huge problem with that.:?

And when COD4 came CF did not work with it at all although recent drivers may have fixed that.

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#25 Coughs
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sometimes 16.
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#26 Musacircuit_2
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sometimes 16.Coughs
Oh well something is wrong.I hope you sort it out.:)
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#27 Coughs
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you know on the 3780x2 am I meant to plug the 2 slots on the card to the power supply or just 1?
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you know on the 3780x2 am I meant to plug the 2 slots on the card to the power supply or just 1?Coughs
The 3870X2 requires 2 6-pin connectors and one 8-pin if you want to overclock.
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turn off you aero desktop before playing.xooco


Aero Desktop turns off automatically when rtunning fullscreen applications.
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#30 Coughs
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someone please help me
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#31 Musacircuit_2
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you know on the 3780x2 am I meant to plug the 2 slots on the card to the power supply or just 1?Coughs
So have you connected both of the connectors or just one?
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#32 Wesker776
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Your resolution is so low, Coughs, that it's not a problem with your card. In fact, your card is being CPU bottlenecked in that resolution.

It's just a performance hiccup that you have to deal with.

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#33 Musacircuit_2
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Your resolution is so low, Coughs, that it's not a problem with your card. In fact, your card is being CPU bottlenecked in that resolution.

It's just a performance hiccup that you have to deal with.

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He is getting as low as 14fps which is obviously not what he has to bear with.
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#34 Wesker776
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[QUOTE="Wesker776"]

Your resolution is so low, Coughs, that it's not a problem with your card. In fact, your card is being CPU bottlenecked in that resolution.

It's just a performance hiccup that you have to deal with.

Musacircuit_2

He is getting as low as 14fps which is obviously not what he has to bear with.

Well he could've mentioned that in the first post... :|

Coughs, do you get this problem at a higher resolution? e.g. 1680x1050 and higher?

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#35 Coughs
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Yes I do
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[QUOTE="Coughs"]you know on the 3780x2 am I meant to plug the 2 slots on the card to the power supply or just 1?Musacircuit_2
The 3870X2 requires 2 6-pin connectors and one 8-pin if you want to overclock.

someone please help meCoughs

So did you plug in 2...

Why ask for help.... we ARE trying to help.

It sounds like the card isnt getting enough power but...

if you say that you only get low fps when someone is shooting at your like under 20... what sort of fps do you get normally?

the max 90 fps? or what