Strange Issue (6600GT OC BFG)

t0qt2bsngl · Mar 18, 2007, 09:25 PM

First, my specs:

P4 2.4GHz
1GB RAM
nVidia 6600GT OC (BFG) 128MB AGP 8x
Windows Vista Business
Latest official nVidia Vista Drivers
PT880 MSI MOBO (AGP 2.0)
350W PSU

I first purchased a 9800 PRO, but that blue screened like crazy for some reason, so I returned it, and found a 6600GT on tigerdirect with a huge rebate that made it cost just as much as the 9800 Pro.

Anyway, the nVidia card works.. But in every test, it's testing worse than the 9800 Pro.. I found that odd because the card had always tested much better than the 9800 Pro on various other sites. At first, the card wouldn't even run The Sims until I turned AA and AS off. It came up with error messages that said a specific driver stopped working, and that it had been recovered.

Some people have already said it could be my PSU, and others have said that the Vista drivers nVidia released are still very poor. Any ideas? I can play The Sims 2 and HL2 at over 60FPS and 30FPS(respectively) now that I turned AA and AS off... Yet a tiny game like Chess Titans (Vista game) is completely unplayable. I get an FPS of about 12 with the graphics quality on high, and about 17 on low.... o_O

fobis · Mar 20, 2007, 01:37 AM

Please do not duplicate threads....
Mods, would you care to do the honors?

Mar 18, 2007, 09:25 PM	#1
t0qt2bsngl DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 99 Rep Power: 0	Strange Issue (6600GT OC BFG) First, my specs: P4 2.4GHz 1GB RAM nVidia 6600GT OC (BFG) 128MB AGP 8x Windows Vista Business Latest official nVidia Vista Drivers PT880 MSI MOBO (AGP 2.0) 350W PSU I first purchased a 9800 PRO, but that blue screened like crazy for some reason, so I returned it, and found a 6600GT on tigerdirect with a huge rebate that made it cost just as much as the 9800 Pro. Anyway, the nVidia card works.. But in every test, it's testing worse than the 9800 Pro.. I found that odd because the card had always tested much better than the 9800 Pro on various other sites. At first, the card wouldn't even run The Sims until I turned AA and AS off. It came up with error messages that said a specific driver stopped working, and that it had been recovered. Some people have already said it could be my PSU, and others have said that the Vista drivers nVidia released are still very poor. Any ideas? I can play The Sims 2 and HL2 at over 60FPS and 30FPS(respectively) now that I turned AA and AS off... Yet a tiny game like Chess Titans (Vista game) is completely unplayable. I get an FPS of about 12 with the graphics quality on high, and about 17 on low.... o_O

Mar 20, 2007, 01:37 AM	#2
fobis DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 716 Rep Power: 51	Please do not duplicate threads.... Mods, would you care to do the honors? __________________ MacBook Pro Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz 2GB DDR2-677 ATi Mobility Radeon X1600 256MB 120GB 7200RPM SATA HDD