BFG 9800GTX+ / MSI K9N SLi Help Needed

airways92 · Aug 29, 2008

I bought today a 9800GTX+. But, i seem to have a problem with the games, low fps. In CSS for example, i get 20-30... Can you guys help me please ? :banghead:

First time i upgradet my GPU

Jmatt110 · Aug 29, 2008

Please fill out your system specs in your User CP, makes it easier to tell whats wrong

Aside from that, what power supply do you have? And did you remove the old drivers and update to new ones?

Jeno · Aug 29, 2008

yes please do give us some system specs...
and welcome to TPU

ChromeDome · Aug 29, 2008

i bet he's running it with a 733mhz pIII

its a classic

Black Panther · Aug 29, 2008

PsychoTronn said:
i bet he's running it with a 733mhz pIII

its a classic

A mobo with that processor will not have a pci-e slot...

(Or perhaps you were exagerating on purpose?)

ChromeDome · Aug 29, 2008

yeah i'm just being a funneh guy at 5:30 in the 'morn

airways92 · Aug 29, 2008

OK, done, sorry for delay

alexp999 · Aug 29, 2008

If you've just filled out your specs, we cant see them, You'll need to go back to that same page and look for a drop down box saying show your system specs. Make sure it says yes.

wolf2009 · Aug 29, 2008

airways92 said:
OK, done, sorry for delay

Whats done , still dont see your system specs on left . ALso post a GPU-Z screen .

airways92 · Aug 29, 2008

there's the screen

alexp999 · Aug 29, 2008

Okay based on your system specs, i would say you are getting bottlenecked by your CPU. :ohwell:

The fact that the card is running at PCI-E 8x, doesnt help things, but it wont make a great difference.

its seems to me that its CPU. Everything else in your system looks good. but CPU is defo the weakest point.

airways92 · Aug 29, 2008

should i have a go for the q6600 ? with an asus mobo ?

aCid888* · Aug 29, 2008

OC the hell outta your AMD, I highly doubt its much of a bottleneck.

Can also try reseating the card too, may help as I've had one do the same thing because the slot was dirty from the old card, give it a go!

airways92 · Aug 29, 2008

dunno... i think im gonna go for the quad...

erocker · Aug 29, 2008

Actually a single video card running at x8 instead of x16 makes a big difference as opposed to say a SLi configuration at 2 x8. You need to set the option in your bios to run the card at x16 or the card is in the wrong slot. I suggest you do this first before wasting your money.

airways92 · Aug 29, 2008

can i have some step to step details ? Never done this before, thanks

erocker · Aug 29, 2008

If anyone has a MSI K9N SLi mobo, please let us know how to properly set up the cards in the bios. Thanks.

* @airways, the card is in the first white pci-e slot right?

airways92 · Aug 29, 2008

second, can't put it in the firts pci-e slot, gpu's too big

is that why it doesn't work ?

alexp999 · Aug 29, 2008

airways92 said:
second, can't put it in the firts pci-e slot, gpu's too big is that why it doesn't work ?

Why wont it go in the first slot. And yes i would imagine thats why its not working properly. :rolleyes:

airways92 · Aug 29, 2008

im gonna try changing the slot, but also, what should i use to overclock the CPU ? And how do i do it ?

ChromeDome · Aug 29, 2008

airways92 said:
im gonna try changing the slot, but also, what should i use to overclock the CPU ? And how do i do it ?

do not overclock your cpu. nothing is wrong with it. thats not why your performance is so poor

what resolution are you running at?

also, put the card in the first slot. if you can't return it for a single slot card. something from ATI

also, you can only overclock that 6000+ to run about 9% faster. thats why i say don't bother. trying to get more performance out of a 6000+ is like trying to get blood from a stone. the AMDX2 chips only go so high, and the 6000+ is almost at the limit as is

i had a 9800GTX in my system for a brief two days. ran every game flawlessly with good fps

how was the computer doing with your old card?

airways92 · Aug 29, 2008

thats the thing, is the same.. is like i trough money out on the windows for nothing.. i run 1280 x 1024

Jmatt110 · Aug 30, 2008

What card did you have previously? Did you clean it's drivers before installing the 9800GTX

JrRacinFan · Aug 30, 2008

Also to add, check your HT bus. If it's too low it could cause major bottlenecking. But everything else was covered so I won't reiterate.

Have fun and welcome to TPU!

airways92 · Aug 30, 2008

What should it be at ? Also, when i turn on my pc, after the windows is loading, something pops up saying that the gpu doesn't have enough power... isn't 620W enough?
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/134695

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