Video card probs

[pribeiro]

NVIDIA sucks! I gotta buy an ATI card.

What NVIDIA do you have Mike?
I had many issues with my 8800GTS, but last 2 months I am using a 240 GT DDR5 and its a bomb.
Every settings at full and everything running smoothly and nice with an average 200 FPS,
at some tracks I get 300 FPS.

[Mike Miller]

NVIDIA sucks! I gotta buy an ATI card.

What NVIDIA do you have Mike?
I had many issues with my 8800GTS, but last 2 months I am using a 240 GT DDR5 and its a bomb.
Every settings at full and everything running smoothly and nice with an average 200 FPS,
at some tracks I get 300 FPS.

I have 2 8800GTS running SLI. What a waste of money. I sometimes run single, but lockup that way too. I need to check if my motherboard is PCI Express version 2 so I can get a new card. Forget the SLI and Crossfire. Damn marketing boogers took my money.

[Mike Miller]

Sorry to hijack this thread with my computer issues, but I'm starting to get frustrated with it. I paid top dollar for this carp so I expect it to work. I just looked up my motherboard (it is an nForce 780i SLI) so you'd think NVIDIA's graphics cards would work with their motherboards, but I guess not. Anyways, it is  PCI Express 2.1 compatible so any other suggestions for a video card?

I will be donating an NVIDIA 8800GTS to each of my kids. Maybe I will be able to tag them in COD then. Not likely though. They are too fast.

[spanner]

Quite a few of us have had issues with the 8800 cards Mike, I had an original GTS and even changing the HSF didnt really help.

Currently running a ATI 4890 and have everything on high with no problems.

[BillThomas]

I've been running a GTX 275 for 6 to 8 months with no problems - had everything maxed but had to cut back on the shadows for Le Mans, too realistic going under the trees. I get similar results to PR;  racing off line in the dark, at Le Mans, my lowestest frame rate was around 100 fps.

Bill

[Henry]

@mike
do you use the nhancer?
http://www.nhancer.com/?language=e

if i wanted to buy a new graphic card tomorrow, i would buy a Radeon 5750.
fast, cheap and excessively low-current.
or a Radeon 5770 - a little bit faster...
or a 4870 fast & very cheap atm

the 58xx & GTX 4xx are too expensive at the moment

[Jeffrey]

I had loads of problems with my 8800GTX. The only thing that fixed it was buying a ATI card (4890)

[Mike Miller]

Thanks for the info guys. I'm glad to see I'm not alone and replacing solved your problems.

[Wiltshire Tony]

Here's a tip I read recently when choosing an older ATI card regarding their respective product codes. Always check out the 2nd number. If it's an 8 then it's a top product for gaming whilst a 6 means it's a budget gaming card and I think a 4 means it's for general applications eg not a specificly strong card for gaming.
Hope this helps.

[TinMan]

I have an 8800 GTX - the problem is that they run VERY hot, which causes them to lock up. I have a ruddy great desk fan which I position next to the air vents on my computer whilst racing. Since I've done this I've not had a lock up.
Elegant and quiet it aint - but it is effective.

TC

[Burtoner]

I had a 8800 GTX card for last couple of years till I replaced it 2 months ago, it kept crashing iracing and causing massive colour and pixelation problems.

I love my Radeon 5870

The 5890s were too expensive at the time.

[Clive Loynes]

I know absolutely nothing about graphics cards but I do know that when ever I load a new track I will always get screen freezes unless I give the PnG folder a defrag with Gamebooster.

Thanks again Ade.