Just bought MSI Geforece FX 5600 128 mb...Return It?

Jazzyjazz · May 24, 2003, 09:39 PM

Good Day,
I received an MSI Geforece FX 5600 128 mb card (http://www.msi.com.tw/program/produc...&MODEL=MS-8912) (yesterday in the mail. The card was magnificently appropriated, having no less than 11, (get that, 11) cds included. They consisted of useful software and games. I bought an nVidia card versus ATI since I have eDimensional 3d glasses and ATI does not support Stereoscopic 3d glasses in their drivers but nVidia does. The card included a remote,which LOOKS great, but something I never installed, because I never got that far.
I anxiously, and tediously, uninstalled my Radeon 8500 LE so that I could install this new, red, and hot card. I disabled antivirus, uninstalled rage3dRegtweak, emptied recycle bin, dumped my PREFETCH (c/windows/prefetch) folder, and used Drive Cleaner, etc. Install was foolproof and flawless. I used nVidia reference driver 44.03 which was just released this month.
When I rebooted, I expected Paradise...I was sorely disappointed! First the graphics were below the level that I am accustomed to using my Radeon 8500 LE. In 2d on my desktop, the card was noticeably slower in reacting to mouse input than my R8500. Understand, in all fairness, I tested this response AFTER having allowed my PREFETCH folder to reconstruct itself. 2d clock speed is set to 270 mhz (5 mhz less than R8500 (275 mhz), so I overclocked to 278 mhz using overclock feature of nVidia software for comparison...same result. In Microsoft Flight Simulater 2002, the terrain was blurry and appeared to shimmer. The frame rate was around 20 to 30 fps (using Fraps (www.fraps.com) compared to 45 to 50 fps using my R8500...I used the same resolutions and settings that were in place for my R8500.
I then used Omegadrive's Nvidia Omega Drivers v1.4345 and saw improvement in frame rate and image quality but it still did not match my R8500. What a disappointment.

I wish ATI would consider developing drivers for 3d glasses...I wouldn't be in this quandry if they did. Hint, hint, ATI! Plus, nobody developes such cool tweaker programs for nVidia as RegTweak...how about it Rage3d?

Question: Is this a driver issue that may be resolved or is it a graphics card problem and I should return the card?

Zardon · May 24, 2003, 09:53 PM

man you posted this 4 times???? im closing 3 of them and if anyone can help you they can post in this one

May 24, 2003, 09:39 PM	#1
Jazzyjazz HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Reno, NV/USA Posts: 25 Rep Power: 0	Just bought MSI Geforece FX 5600 128 mb...Return It? Good Day, I received an MSI Geforece FX 5600 128 mb card (http://www.msi.com.tw/program/produc...&MODEL=MS-8912) (yesterday in the mail. The card was magnificently appropriated, having no less than 11, (get that, 11) cds included. They consisted of useful software and games. I bought an nVidia card versus ATI since I have eDimensional 3d glasses and ATI does not support Stereoscopic 3d glasses in their drivers but nVidia does. The card included a remote,which LOOKS great, but something I never installed, because I never got that far. I anxiously, and tediously, uninstalled my Radeon 8500 LE so that I could install this new, red, and hot card. I disabled antivirus, uninstalled rage3dRegtweak, emptied recycle bin, dumped my PREFETCH (c/windows/prefetch) folder, and used Drive Cleaner, etc. Install was foolproof and flawless. I used nVidia reference driver 44.03 which was just released this month. When I rebooted, I expected Paradise...I was sorely disappointed! First the graphics were below the level that I am accustomed to using my Radeon 8500 LE. In 2d on my desktop, the card was noticeably slower in reacting to mouse input than my R8500. Understand, in all fairness, I tested this response AFTER having allowed my PREFETCH folder to reconstruct itself. 2d clock speed is set to 270 mhz (5 mhz less than R8500 (275 mhz), so I overclocked to 278 mhz using overclock feature of nVidia software for comparison...same result. In Microsoft Flight Simulater 2002, the terrain was blurry and appeared to shimmer. The frame rate was around 20 to 30 fps (using Fraps (www.fraps.com) compared to 45 to 50 fps using my R8500...I used the same resolutions and settings that were in place for my R8500. I then used Omegadrive's Nvidia Omega Drivers v1.4345 and saw improvement in frame rate and image quality but it still did not match my R8500. What a disappointment. I wish ATI would consider developing drivers for 3d glasses...I wouldn't be in this quandry if they did. Hint, hint, ATI! Plus, nobody developes such cool tweaker programs for nVidia as RegTweak...how about it Rage3d? Question: Is this a driver issue that may be resolved or is it a graphics card problem and I should return the card? __________________ Gateway P-7805U, Geforce 9800M GTS, 4 GB DDR2, Intel Core 2 P-8400 @2.26 Ghz. Ain't LIFE STILL Wonderful?!!!

May 24, 2003, 09:53 PM	#2
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	man you posted this 4 times???? im closing 3 of them and if anyone can help you they can post in this one