Is there some evidence!

**DanielMsi** · April 20th, 2005, 07:48 AM

hi, now i mad a thread before about my 6600gt and how it lags with bots up and how it doesn't put stable framerates. Now i thought this is because it has 128mb memory. But turns out people said it doesn't depend on video memory. Its to do with your cpu. And also that the 6600gt was lagging because its not getting enough cpu power since it really demanding. So i was wondering if there is some evidence(website) that explains all this. Thanks for you support!

**sweeper2** · April 20th, 2005, 07:55 AM

ok... slow down on your typing... hard to read your post...

what are your system specs..

cpu ?
ram ? is it ddr266,333,400 and how much, 128,256,512 MB ??

your power supply, what is the watts.. 350/400/500.?

list those and we can see how to help

**DanielMsi** · April 20th, 2005, 07:59 AM

an amd 2400+
40 gig hard drive
768mb ram ddr(not sure which type)
msi 6600gt(only running 4a.g.p0

**DanielMsi** · April 20th, 2005, 08:01 AM

im not sure what the powersupply is sorry.

**DanielMsi** · April 20th, 2005, 08:04 AM

Also what does cpu-limited mean. Is that whats happening in this case

**sweeper2** · April 20th, 2005, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by DanielMsi

only running 4a.g.p0

not sure what that means.. but your specs seem ok..

did you try and uninstall your video drivers... making sure you don't have any old ones (like from ATI or something ) and install the latest nvidea drivers

**DanielMsi** · April 20th, 2005, 08:06 AM

i meant 4.a.g.p sorry

**sweeper2** · April 20th, 2005, 08:15 AM

The card shouldn't lag on boot up ...? is that what your talking about ?

also, what does it lag in...games, windows, both...

your system seems fine... but really need to know your PSU...if you have a lacking PSU, that could cause problems...

**sweeper2** · April 20th, 2005, 08:16 AM

why are you running it at X4 ... should be X8 unless your motherboard only supports X4, which is fine, the card will just default to it...you won't notice any difference....

**DanielMsi** · April 20th, 2005, 08:17 AM

no. i got an old motherboard

**DanielMsi** · April 20th, 2005, 08:19 AM

it doesn't lag. just when there are alot of obstacles or bots up.

**DanielMsi** · April 20th, 2005, 08:19 AM

it doesn't lag. just when there are alot of obstacles or bots up.

**sweeper2** · April 20th, 2005, 08:20 AM

your video card isn't lacking "cpu" pwr... never heard of that.. what they probably meant was your power supply.. PSU ... if your PSU has low output..like a 300 watt or low 12V rails....it's probably not putting enough pwr down to your card...

so info on the psu would be good... what type of MB do you have...?

**DanielMsi** · April 20th, 2005, 08:22 AM

of course there is. I just saw it on google. A guy had an x800PRO and was lacking cpu power and only got 30fps. He had a p4 1.8 ghz. But thanks anyway

**DanielMsi** · April 20th, 2005, 08:42 AM

they did mean cpu power. go on my other thread in this catogory

**NightRise420** · April 20th, 2005, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by DanielMsi

they did mean cpu power. go on my other thread in this catogory

Yea, first ur running on AGP4x which might drop a couple of FPS. And ur CPU is bottlenecking ur card. That means that the CPU doesnt have enough power(Ghz) to use your video card at full potential

**sweeper2** · April 20th, 2005, 01:07 PM

Originally Posted by NightRise420

Yea, first ur running on AGP4x which might drop a couple of FPS. And ur CPU is bottlenecking ur card. That means that the CPU doesnt have enough power(Ghz) to use your video card at full potential

odd, i know that a cpu can be a bottle neck in your pc, but an athlon 2400 isn't that much of a bottleneck... + the 6600gt shouldn't lag either way... unless your running like Doom 3 at Ultra Settings ---- 1280X1024 etc...

but without that kind of info... it's hard to say the CPU is the culprit... and if you have another thread about the same problem...??? why make this thread....??

**GiPilot12** · April 20th, 2005, 01:10 PM

he said he has an old mobo. It might not be able to go all the way up to agp 8X. That might be the problem.

**Friedchicken100** · April 20th, 2005, 01:12 PM

Bots load down you CPU and RAM. This is true. Did you turn down the bot level and CPU time? No computer can run the bots and cpu time at max.

**sweeper2** · April 20th, 2005, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by NightRise420

Yea, first ur running on AGP4x which might drop a couple of FPS. And ur CPU is bottlenecking ur card. That means that the CPU doesnt have enough power(Ghz) to use your video card at full potential

well, if the cpu doesn't have enough pwr... what would you have to use then.. the 2400 is rated at , i think 2.0ghz ...? that's not enough ?

heck i ran a 6600gt with a Sempron at 2.0 ghz and had plenty of pwr, no lags, no low frame rates...