Asus Geforce fx 5900 ultra bad performance

Xiano · 08-22-2003, 11:54 AM

Hello everyone,

I spent a lot of time reading this forum, but this is the first time I have a serious question myself.

While playing Ut2003 I noticed a lot of frame drops when there are a few players on the screen. I'm talking about going under 20 fps. I read a lot of reviews about this particular card and almost everyone was enthusiastic. The average framerate for Ut2003 in antalus was about 120 fps. My card doesn't even reach 80 fps !

I'm beginning to think that my chieftec 340 watt power supply is responsible for this bad performance. So my actual question is: can a insufficient power supply cause low performance in games ?

Or is my card itself the culprit ?

Please someone help me out here, it's driving me mad

Xiano · 08-22-2003, 11:55 AM

I forgot, to see my specs, please click on my name

ring0_event · 08-22-2003, 01:05 PM

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Originally posted by Xiano
Hello everyone,

I spent a lot of time reading this forum, but this is the first time I have a serious question myself.

While playing Ut2003 I noticed a lot of frame drops when there are a few players on the screen. I'm talking about going under 20 fps. I read a lot of reviews about this particular card and almost everyone was enthusiastic. The average framerate for Ut2003 in antalus was about 120 fps. My card doesn't even reach 80 fps !

I'm beginning to think that my chieftec 340 watt power supply is responsible for this bad performance. So my actual question is: can a insufficient power supply cause low performance in games ?

Or is my card itself the culprit ?

Please someone help me out here, it's driving me mad

I'm @ work now, but, going from memory, I thought NVIDIA required at least a 350 PSU for this card. It would be printed on the box.

Xiano · 08-22-2003, 01:13 PM

Actually, my power supplies states 360 Watt under full load.

I don't know exactly how much it is, 340 or 360 ?

I also tried unplugging my dvd writer and two harddisks; no framerate improvement.
Otherwise my card works perfectly, no hangs, no artifacts or whatever.

08-22-2003, 11:54 AM	#1
Xiano Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 3	Asus Geforce fx 5900 ultra bad performance Hello everyone, I spent a lot of time reading this forum, but this is the first time I have a serious question myself. While playing Ut2003 I noticed a lot of frame drops when there are a few players on the screen. I'm talking about going under 20 fps. I read a lot of reviews about this particular card and almost everyone was enthusiastic. The average framerate for Ut2003 in antalus was about 120 fps. My card doesn't even reach 80 fps ! I'm beginning to think that my chieftec 340 watt power supply is responsible for this bad performance. So my actual question is: can a insufficient power supply cause low performance in games ? Or is my card itself the culprit ? Please someone help me out here, it's driving me mad
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08-22-2003, 11:55 AM	#2
Xiano Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 3	I forgot, to see my specs, please click on my name
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08-22-2003, 01:13 PM	#4
Xiano Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 3	Actually, my power supplies states 360 Watt under full load. I don't know exactly how much it is, 340 or 360 ? I also tried unplugging my dvd writer and two harddisks; no framerate improvement. Otherwise my card works perfectly, no hangs, no artifacts or whatever.
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