Make your PC play games faster

by **AnimalCracka** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 9:05 pm

Mine says not available. I have a ati 9500, whats up with that?

by Conscious* » Tue Nov 18, 2003 9:15 pm

nope its definetly on

by **Matt174e** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 9:32 pm

Mine is on... "enabled" too :|

by **shockwave203** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 9:33 pm

Originally posted by *AnimalMutha*
Mine says not available. I have a ati 9500, whats up with that?

you have to install your driver chipset. Did a disc with drivers come with your motherboard? If it did, install them (i think they are called INF drivers) or download them from your chipset's website. after a restart, the option should be available.

by **Cpl. Bingham** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 11:55 pm

I'll echo what Shock says. You REALLY need to install the chipset and AGP drivers that come with todays motherboards, especially if your running an AMD cpu.

You can't just drop in a CPU and some memory and expect top performance. I don't know how many automatically generated tech-support emails and DXDIAG reports I've seen that indicate that the computer isn't even set up properly, let alone any bugs a game they're having trouble with may have.

by **shockwave203** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 12:09 am

Originally posted by Cpl. Bingham

You can't just drop in a CPU and some memory and expect top performance. I don't know how many automatically generated tech-support emails and DXDIAG reports I've seen that indicate that the computer isn't even set up properly, let alone any bugs a game they're having trouble with may have.

I think that's why BF ran so piss poor for me for a while. i didn't know i was suppose to do that.

by **Fat Bastard** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 12:33 am

Enabled by default on my Radeon 9800

by **Bagginses** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 10:39 am

Alright, I have an NVidia integrated POS, so it's technically not hooked into my AGP slot. Would trying this make any difference or would I just be wasting my time?

-Bagginses

by **yaDad** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 3:11 pm

Originally posted by shockwave203
I ran 3dmark, and my score increased by 500 points to over 5000 points!!!!!!!!

I was thinking about upgrading to a 9800pro soon--i guess now i can hold off a lil longer

dont know if i would go this far yet...consider this...

my 9700pro ATI card is nearly a year old and when i run 3Dmark its 13,500 or somewhere there bouts. this on a MB that doesnt support the 8x capabilities of the vid card...

by **shockwave203** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 4:11 pm

Originally posted by Yadad
dont know if i would go this far yet...consider this...

my 9700pro ATI card is nearly a year old and when i run 3Dmark its 13,500 or somewhere there bouts. this on a MB that doesnt support the 8x capabilities of the vid card...

8X and 4X are basically the same. there is no performance increase in a mobo that supports 8X and a mobo that supports up to 4X.
but i know, the 9700 is a really powerful card. I'll be keeping it for quite some time now.

oh and just to be clear, im running 3dmark03, you're running 3dmark01

scoring is way different. you will probably get around 5300 with your system.

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