NFSU2 and GF6600

[Bulge]

Recently got the Leadtek A6600TD. The one with a GF 6600. I was expecting it to play NFSU2 smoothly but to my surprise, it ****ed. Why's this so? Before I got this card I got a temporary one, an ATi R9550 with 256MB and it ran somewhat as fast. What do you guys think is the problem? Or maybe I should install some other version instead of 77.72?

[krupted]

try uninstalling the old ati drivers first? its been noted that leaving cross-brand video drivers on systems can muck things up

ps- my 9700p with barton 3200 runs that game no problem moderate resolution

[Todd a]

Make sure you have the latest graphics and chipset drivers along with DX9.0c. See if there are any patches for the game too.

[Bulge]

I actually have the latest driver and stuff. Problem is, game goes choppy when all the eyecandy is enabled. I wasn't expecting the card to be this weak. I'll try using an older driver. Coz' it felt faster with my 6600GT using 71.89. I hope it works.

[MuFu]

The non-GT 6600 is pretty slow - barely half the speed of the 6600GT in many cases. You can try overclocking the core, as many people have success reaching ~500MHz, but the memory is unlikely to budge much.

[Bulge]

I see. But I was expecting the 6600 to be at least double the speed of a R9550. I mean since the reviews say that. OC'd the card to 350/600 and still the same thing. - only a li'l bit better.

[MuFu]

Try running 3DMark as a gauge of DirectX performance. If it is underperforming due to to a driver problem it should be evident there. You should be able to get a lot more out the core than 350Mhz, if you want to try overclocking further.

You're right in assuming it should be a lot faster than a 9550, given that it's a similar speed to the 9600XT (which is essentially a 9550 with twice the core clock and 150% the memory clock).

[krupted]

the plain 66 is that much slower than the gt huh? thats crazy... but yeah it shouldnt matter that game runs good without crazy hardware. i would second todds idea about game patches, i remember the first undgerground didnt run good at all until i patched it

[Martin_89]

My GT ran it at 1280X1024 with everything set to medium-high but it wouldn’t run it any higher. So it’s probably correct that you’re having problems

[krupted]

thats considerd high resolution though martin, isnt it? he should have no trouble playing the game at a very manageable 1024x768, and its not bad to look at either, i remember turning down the world detail or something made a huge difference as well.... with all of the settings at high the game looks glitzy, but really having only half reflections and such doesnt hurt the feeling of the game.

[Bulge]

It so seems that this card ain't got it. I was thinking of going back to the shop and having this replaced with something like X700 Pro. It just might be better. Maybe.

[Martin_89]

i played it at 1024X768 on my 9600XT overclocked pretty far and it ran _ok_ not great but ok, i cant remember what the settings were at

[MuFu]

It so seems that this card ain't got it. I was thinking of going back to the shop and having this replaced with something like X700 Pro. It just might be better. Maybe.

The X700 Pro would be quite a bit faster, yep. Actually, I recently built a n A64 3000+ system that used a 6600 (shipping error!) then an X700 Pro. I played NFS:UG2 at 1024x768 on both and the difference was substantial. 4xFSAA at 1024x768 with all the quality settings cranked will probably be fluid on your system.

If you can stretch to a 6600GT (or X800GT if it's available soon?) that would be even better.

[Todd a]

The Inquirer says next week for the x800GT as they want to sell 60,000 for the back to school rush. The 128MB version is only $150 and the 256MB version with slightly faster clocked memory is likely going to be around $180. If you can unlock the extra pipelines, this would be a mighty card.