Another FPS Dropper
By
RadDidIt,
Posted on: 2010-05-01 21:58 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
Try running the new and improved Issue 17 compliant version of CoH Helper and paste the results in a reply here.
Maybe someone will be able to spot a problematic setting.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
Got me out of bed....
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---
DxDiag gathered at May 2, 2010 01:29 (-04:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100226-1909)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 02/26/10 17:34:28 Ver: 08.00.15
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 960 @ 3.20GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Memory: 12288MB
.Net Memory Report: 11114MB out of 12279MB available
Page File: 22637MB (1918MB currently in use)
C Drive: (INTEL SSDSA2M160G2GC) 85664MB out of 152524MB (56%) free
D Drive: (ST31000528AS) 925908MB out of 953866MB (97%) free
F Drive: (Seagate FreeAgentDesktop USB Device) 223424MB out of 238472MB (93%) free
E Drive: (HP DVD Writer 1260d) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7600.16385 (64-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
No problems found.
No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce GTX 295
Video Memory: 4077 MB
Driver Version: 8.17.11.9562
Driver Date: 11/20/2009 10:34:54 PM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: Speakers (SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio)
Driver File: ADIHdAud.sys
Driver Version: 6.10.0002.6585
Driver Date: 6/5/2009 5:42:04 AM
Sound Device Description: Digital Output (SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio)
Driver File: ADIHdAud.sys
Driver Version: 6.10.0002.6585
Driver Date: 6/5/2009 5:42:04 AM
Sound Device Description: SPDIF Interface (SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio)
Driver File: ADIHdAud.sys
Driver Version: 6.10.0002.6585
Driver Date: 6/5/2009 5:42:04 AM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: P6T7 WS SUPERCOMPUTER
Motherboard Version: Rev 1.xx
BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Name: BIOS Date: 02/26/10 17:34:28 Ver: 08.00.15
BIOS Version: 022610 - 20100226
BIOS Release: 20100226000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1920x1200
3D Resolution: 1920x1200 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes
Physics Quality: High
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: 4x
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: Ultra quality
Bloom: 2.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: High
World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 2.000
Entity Detail Level: 2.000
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Shadow Mode: Shadow maps
Shadow Map Shader: Medium quality
Environmental Reflections: Ultra quality
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Occlusion Strength: Off
Blur: Bilateral
Ambient Resolution: Performance
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: No
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes
Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 1.000
Music Sound Volume: 0.521
Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 1.000
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 555021 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1800.201003300904.10T4r
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
.\texture_library\GUI\Icons\Powers has 1222 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\city has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Midnight_Squad has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Safeguard has 9 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\sewers has 44 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\static has 32 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Outdoor_Missions has 9 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Static has 16 files
It says your drivers are 6 months old. Did you get them from nvidia or from another site?
I am guessing not many people were running a $500 card on the test server, but it's not that you are crashing.
I think when I installed my video card I read that I should use the top slot unless running 2 in crossfire. Anyone think that could be a problem? I am not convinced it would be.
Was it visibly choppy in addition to reporting 15 fps?
Sermon
@sermon
One of Six, Cannibal 6
Quote:
Your graphics drivers are out of date. You can download the most current drivers from nVidia for that video card and Windows XP 64-bit using this link.|
Originally Posted by RadDidIt
Got me out of bed....
Monitor: Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank) Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce GTX 295 Video Memory: 4077 MB Driver Version: 8.17.11.9562 Driver Date: 11/20/2009 10:34:54 PM Driver Language: English |
Standard driver installation procedures apply. Download new drivers but don't install yet. Download and install your driver cleaner of choice but don't run it yet. Uninstall old drivers and software for them, reboot to safe mode canceling any new hardware wizards, run the driver cleaner you installed earlier, reboot to normal Windows mode canceling any New Hardware Wizards that come up. Once those are out of the way run the installer for the drivers you downloaded earlier.
If you want to check the driver install, you can run CoH Helper again and paste the results into Notepad and look at the Display Driver entry. It should have a date of 4/13/2010 and be the 197.45 driver version.
You could have stayed in bed and waited until you woke up to run it. Getting out of bed was your choice.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
Ah, I actually did clean sweep again and installed those older drivers on a tip from another forumite on Nvidia. There was no change. Re-sweeping-updating again, anyway. The drivers are not the issue, me thinks.
Quote:
You might be surprised what people were running. I saw reports of several high dollar cards in use, usually accompanied by oohs and ahhs when they posted screenshots for the rest of us.|
Originally Posted by Sermon
I am guessing not many people were running a $500 card on the test server, but it's not that you are crashing. |
As for using the first PCI-E slot, I think that is the recommended process, but I've seen people running video cards in other slots without this type of problem. Yes, one of them was a system running CoH. It let me show my nephew some of the improvements in his system since he'd just built it and knew what CoH looked like and ran like on his old computer.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
Apparently they didn't do a Beta driver on the 197.44 for your OS. Those drivers supported OpenGL 3.3 and some people really liked them.
Since you are resweeping and updating again, post a fresh CoH Helper please.
Thanks.
EDIT: Out of curiosity, are you using a USB or PS/2 keyboard and mouse? Any other devices that might have a "listening" service similar to the ATI HotKey Poller?
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
Updated.
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---
DxDiag gathered at May 2, 2010 01:54 (-04:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100226-1909)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 02/26/10 17:34:28 Ver: 08.00.15
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 960 @ 3.20GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Memory: 12288MB
.Net Memory Report: 10770MB out of 12279MB available
Page File: 22923MB (1633MB currently in use)
C Drive: (INTEL SSDSA2M160G2GC) 84802MB out of 152524MB (55%) free
D Drive: (ST31000528AS) 925908MB out of 953866MB (97%) free
F Drive: (Seagate FreeAgentDesktop USB Device) 223424MB out of 238472MB (93%) free
E Drive: (HP DVD Writer 1260d) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7600.16385 (64-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
No problems found.
No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce GTX 295
Video Memory: 4077 MB
Driver Version: 8.17.11.9745
Driver Date: 4/3/2010 10:55:32 PM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: Speakers (SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio)
Driver File: ADIHdAud.sys
Driver Version: 6.10.0002.6585
Driver Date: 6/5/2009 5:42:04 AM
Sound Device Description: Digital Output (SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio)
Driver File: ADIHdAud.sys
Driver Version: 6.10.0002.6585
Driver Date: 6/5/2009 5:42:04 AM
Sound Device Description: SPDIF Interface (SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio)
Driver File: ADIHdAud.sys
Driver Version: 6.10.0002.6585
Driver Date: 6/5/2009 5:42:04 AM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: P6T7 WS SUPERCOMPUTER
Motherboard Version: Rev 1.xx
BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Name: BIOS Date: 02/26/10 17:34:28 Ver: 08.00.15
BIOS Version: 022610 - 20100226
BIOS Release: 20100226000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1920x1200
3D Resolution: 1920x1200 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes
Physics Quality: High
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: 4x
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: Ultra quality
Bloom: 2.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: High
World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 2.000
Entity Detail Level: 2.000
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Shadow Mode: Shadow maps
Shadow Map Shader: Medium quality
Environmental Reflections: Ultra quality
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Occlusion Strength: Off
Blur: Bilateral
Ambient Resolution: Performance
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: No
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes
Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 1.000
Music Sound Volume: 0.521
Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 1.000
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 555021 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1800.201003300904.10T4r
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
.\texture_library\GUI\Icons\Powers has 1222 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\city has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Midnight_Squad has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Safeguard has 9 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\sewers has 44 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\static has 32 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Outdoor_Missions has 9 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Static has 16 files
Quote:
Using a fairly standard Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse. Dunno.
| EDIT: Out of curiosity, are you using a USB or PS/2 keyboard and mouse? Any other devices that might have a "listening" service similar to the ATI HotKey Poller? |
Maybe a HiJackThis report would be in order then, just to see what is running.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4
Scan saved at 2:02:55 AM, on 5/2/2010
Platform: Windows 7 (WinNT 6.00.3504)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.7600.16385)
Boot mode: Normal
Running processes:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel Matrix Storage Manager\IAAnotif.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\AVG9\avgtray.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\AVG9\Identity Protection\agent\bin\avgidsmonitor.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes\CityOfHeroes.exe
C:\Users\Mike\Desktop\HiJackThis.exe
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O2 - BHO: WormRadar.com IESiteBlocker.NavFilter - {3CA2F312-6F6E-4B53-A66E-4E65E497C8C0} - C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\AVG9\avgssie.dll
O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\jp2ssv.dll
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O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe ARM] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"
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O23 - Service: Andrea ADI Filters Service (AEADIFilters) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\AEADISRV.EXE (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\Alg.exe,-112 (ALG) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\alg.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: AVG E-mail Scanner (avg9emc) - AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. - C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\AVG9\avgemc.exe
O23 - Service: AVG WatchDog (avg9wd) - AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. - C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\AVG9\avgwdsvc.exe
O23 - Service: AVG Firewall (avgfws9) - AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. - C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\AVG9\avgfws9.exe
O23 - Service: AVG9IDSAgent (AVGIDSAgent) - AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. - C:\Program Files (x86)\AVG\AVG9\Identity Protection\Agent\Bin\AVGIDSAgent.exe
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O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\fxsresm.dll,-118 (Fax) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\fxssvc.exe (file missing)
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End of file - 6747 bytes
Got rid of the worm.
Hmmmm.
Nvidia Control Panel is only throwing up number for one of the 295's GPUs. Instead of 1700ish memory, I'm only seeing 896. Harrumph. Bad card?
First off, let me apologize. I somehow read your first CoH Helper report as being Windows XP 64-bit. Don't ask me why, it doesn't make sense to me either.
That being said, I see a few things that could be causing some problems. Let's tackle them one at a time and see if things improve and if not, move to the next.
First off, AVG. I love it, but sometimes I hate it especially lately.
Go into the Anti-Virus portion and set the CoH installation directory as being excluded. Do the same for the Firewall portion and set the cohupdater.exe and cityofheroes.exe to be allowed. Sometimes updates to the updater make the firewall think it's a different program so it has to be removed and readded. These AVG components are also "listening" in the background so that could be causing part of it as well.
If that doesn't help, try disabling the Steam Client Service. The next one I'd try disabling is the Andrea ADI Filters Service. This is a service that aids in the reduction of background noise when you use a microphone. It does nothing else. Again, it may be using a "listening" type agent.
Another thing, several people were trying out the 197.44 drivers that have OpenGL 3.3 and OpenGL 4.0 support. You can download them at the bottom of this page if you want to try them. Some said they worked better for them than the 197.45 when they were released. YMMV
EDIT: To clarify, one of the things I hate about the new AVG is that you no longer have an Exit or Quit AVG from the icon in the taskbar. I used to use that to quickly get around software that didn't want to install right with the AV active, but now I have to open it up fully, go into the Resident Shield and turn it off, then remember to turn it back on since it doesn't come back with a reboot.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
Quote:
Possible. I'd try it in the first PCI-E slot and see what it does and how it reports.
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Originally Posted by RadDidIt
Hmmmm.
Nvidia Control Panel is only throwing up number for one of the 295's GPUs. Instead of 1700ish memory, I'm only seeing 896. Harrumph. Bad card? |
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
Quote:
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Originally Posted by Texas Justice
Possible. I'd try it in the first PCI-E slot and see what it does and how it reports.
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I, um... errr.... can't get the 295 into the first PCI-E slot. *sweatdrop*
Okay, that just eliminated one of the troubleshooting steps.
I'd suggest contacting nVidia and the card manufacturer about those readings then. You may indeed have a defective card.
I'll not ask that you remove the motherboard from the case so that you can fit the card in the slot to see if that's the problem. (The technical support people for the card may insist on it however to make sure it isn't a slot problem.)
However, if it were my system it's what I'd do and have done in the past.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
Quote:
I can understand not getting quite as good communication and speeds by not using the first slot, but NOT SEEING half of the card is a bit of a stretch.|
Originally Posted by Texas Justice
Okay, that just eliminated one of the troubleshooting steps.
I'd suggest contacting nVidia and the card manufacturer about those readings then. You may indeed have a defective card. I'll not ask that you remove the motherboard from the case so that you can fit the card in the slot to see if that's the problem. However, if it were my system it's what I'd do and have done in the past. |
Did all those things you told me to, and no improvement.
(PS - Don't winky at me. I have a condition where I seizure everytime I see one. Teehee)
Edit - What I'll do tomorrow is open up the card itself and see if the small internal SLI bridge is loose or something. Maybe it or something else will stand out.
Well, I know my nephew had a problem with one of the slots on his motherboard and it wasn't allowing his graphics card to work right. That's why I thought of trying the other slot.
No winkies this time. I promise.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
Quote:
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Originally Posted by Texas Justice
Well, I know my nephew had a problem with one of the slots on his motherboard and it wasn't allowing his graphics card to work right. That's why I thought of trying the other slot.
No winkies this time. I promise. |
Hm, I thought of that. The board has 6 PCI-E slots, and I tried it in two of the dedicated x16 slots (though still not the first). It would be a royal, royal, rooooooooooyal pain in my tuckus to move the HD's down into the secondary bay but.... possible.
Well, at this point, I'm calling it a night.
It's well past this old man's bedtime and I have a full day of laundry and mowing to do tomorrow.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
So, good news and more bad news.
Good news: Switched out the HDD bays on my Antec 900 so now the full bay is on the bottom and the 295 was able to fit quite nicely into the primary PCI-E slot.
Bad news-ish: No change. Luckily, my friend got a deal on a bulk order of Nvidia 480's and he's giving me one at 75% of market. Yay.
Worst news: While switching my HDD bays, one of the wires came out of the fan mount and nearly shorted out my motherboard. Can't get it back in >
My Antec 900 now only has one front fan. Grumblegrumblegrumble.
Glad you were able to eliminate it being the slot. Sorry it turns out to be the card. I'd still call the card manufacturer as it may be a fault they have become aware of and may replace it. This is one of the reason's I prefer buying XFX cards. Their warranty would have replaced the card anyway.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
Make sure your using tripple buffering if your using vsync - try playing without vsync also if your using vsync to see if problem goes away.
Make sure your not forcing SLI mode on (GTX295 being an SLI setup an all) as forced SLI + City of Heroes on default settings will result in slowdown and or flickering graphics.
Use GPU-z to make sure the PCI-e slot your 295 is in, is infact running at atleast PCI-e 1.x 16x speed or PCI-e 2.0 8x - anything lower will cause slowdown with the GTX295 as it has an internal PCI-e splitter.
SLI mode should be enabled on the 295 - you can enable it in the nVidia control panel - this won't make any difference to COH performance unless you play with unsupported tweaks to try and brute force SLI, but it will make sure your card is functioning properly.
For reference - I'm playing with an overclocked GTX260 SLI setup that is essentially similiar performance to the GTX295 and at 1680x1050 I get around ~45fps in outdoor scenes with long view distance, ~70fps in scenes with medium view distance and ~180fps while doing missions solo inside using all settings maxed with 4x AA and Ambient Occlusion set to performance/medium bilateral settings. If I'm missioning with a decent sized team I turn AO down another notch and the ultra settings down 1 notch (except leaving shadows on shadow maps) so I get around 55fps constantly in missions for smoother team play.
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| For reference - I'm playing with an overclocked GTX260 SLI setup that is essentially similiar performance to the GTX295 and at 1680x1050 I get around ~45fps in outdoor scenes with long view distance, ~70fps in scenes with medium view distance and ~180fps while doing missions solo inside using all settings maxed with 4x AA and Ambient Occlusion set to performance/medium bilateral settings. If I'm missioning with a decent sized team I turn AO down another notch and the ultra settings down 1 notch (except leaving shadows on shadow maps) so I get around 55fps constantly in missions for smoother team play. |
See, I'm getting worse performance. On what is essentially two GTX 260's slammed together. The second GPU is the culprit. Just wish I hadn't snapped my lower front mount fan to figure it out. > : (
I just can't seem to get a handle on this. System is freshly built by my own hand, everything is working perfect.
And then I play CoX, and I'm getting... 15FPS in Cap? I made sure to turn Occlusion off while running FSAA, but... well, I don't know. I just feel like I'm not getting the proper performance out of what I have.
And what do I have? This (on laptop, no DXDiag for the desktop tonight):
Motherboard: ASUS P6T7 WS Supercomputer "Ultimate Gamer"
CPU: i7 960 3.2 (not OC'd, waiting on V8 Cooler)
RAM: 12GB DDR3 standard Corsair (nothing fancy, just your basic stuff)
Primary HD: Intel X25M 160GB SSD (<--- CoX is on this, however)
Data HD: 1TB Seagate 7200RPM
PSU: InWin 1200w Commando <---- I know, right?
GPU: Nvidia 295 with a small amount of overclocking. Drivers are up to date and I did a full SafeMode/Driver Sweeper just to be sure. Rolling at 1920 resolution.
The only thing I can think of is that the 295 is not in the first PCI-E slot, but it is in a x16 slot. Something else that caught my attention was, using GPU-Z, only one GPU of the 295 (which is two smooshed together) was getting hot. The first hovers between 55-65C while the other just seems to be idle at 47ish.
Any thoughts from anyone? The 295 should be killing CoX with a 1200w PSU.
What is happening???? ;_;
Also, using GPU-Z, I notice that SLI Mode is disabled. Is the 295 suppose to be recognized as an SLI card?