Just installed HD6950, and I am disappoint

Hi,

I received my XFX HD 6950 2GB GPU a few hours ago, and now I ran BF3 on Auto settings, and the game set textures to Ultra and the rest to High, with Anisotropic at 16X, which I reduced to 1X.

The performance is bad. Game isn't as smooth as it was before (low settings with GTX 260 MaxCore 55), and there are so many hiccups, every few seconds.

Is there a test I can do to see that the card is fine? It is a used card after all, but it came with transparent stickers that are to be removed.

My other hardware:

Awesome audio card

Intel i5 661 (dual core 3.33Ghz, equivalent to i5 2500K but with half the cores)

Corsair VX 450W (I know ATI recommends 500W but this is a Certified Corsair, relatively expensive PSU)

GIGABYTE H55M-D2H

8GB fancy-red plastic coated G.Skill memory (2x4GB, DDR3 of course)

Awesome audio card

Intel i5 661 (dual core 3.33Ghz, equivalent to i5 2500K but with half the cores)

yonyz

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You should be able to get 45-50FPS on High settings even with a dual core CPU in BF3 at 1920x1080.

1. Make sure you have unistalled Nvidia drivers.
2. Make sure the GPU has both 6 pin power connectors plugged in firmly.
3. Make sure you have the latest drivers.

The powersupply may be cutting it close.

Download 3DMark 06, Vantage or 11 here and post your results.... LINK.

Again this is no fault with the performance with your card unless its faulty. A HD 6950 is twice as fast as a GTX 260 and is more than enough to run every game on high settings.

Hi,

I received my XFX HD 6950 2GB GPU a few hours ago, and now I ran BF3 on Auto settings, and the game set textures to Ultra and the rest to High, with Anisotropic at 16X, which I reduced to 1X.

The performance is bad. Game isn't as smooth as it was before (low settings with GTX 260 MaxCore 55), and there are so many hiccups, every few seconds.

Is there a test I can do to see that the card is fine? It is a used card after all, but it came with transparent stickers that are to be removed.

My other hardware:

Awesome audio card

Intel i5 661 (dual core 3.33Ghz, equivalent to i5 2500K but with half the cores)

Corsair VX 450W (I know ATI recommends 500W but this is a Certified Corsair, relatively expensive PSU)

GIGABYTE H55M-D2H

8GB fancy-red plastic coated G.Skill memory (2x4GB, DDR3 of course)

yonyz

Also...

• Dual Core CPU - Minumum requirement
• 450w PSU - 500w recommended for GPU
• Used GPU - Do I need to say anything?

You have no right to be dissapointed. Seems like you made very poor choices when it comes to hardware and I hope you have learnt your lesson.

With all the things listed chances are the card doesn't work and or your PSU isnt sufficient. Keep in mind the longer you have a card (yours being used) the more watts it takes so brand new 500w is recommened but after a year or two of use it may be drawing 30-50 more watts at load.

Do a few tests and compare scores and framerates and if your having problems across the board I suggest you send the card back then buy a better PSU or stick to buying NEW GPU's that your PSU meets the requirements to.

I would recommend downloadingMSI afterburner setting it to display the GPU usage on screen while doing these tests.

P4020

Graphics Score 4936

Physics Score 2674

Combined Score 2459

Those are the results for the basic benchmarking test. Apparently my memory is 800Mhz (used computer, didn't ask), does it affect anything?

It's the actual 8GB memory that's 800Mhz, not the GPU's.

As for the 6 pin connector, it's not broken, I had a spare one sealed and it's the same, it has two wires going into the same metla piece, don't know why.

The 6 pin cable of the PSU though has 6 wires going into 6 different holes/pieces of metal, so I don't know why the difference.

And how can I connect molex to the GPU? The molex, two molex connectors actually, are the source for the 6 pin connector itself.

It's the actual 8GB memory that's 800Mhz, not the GPU's.yonyz

I repeat, the Hd6950 does NOT give me worse results, it gives BETTER results. Remember, I ran the game at lowest possible settings with the GTX 260, and now we're talking about bad framerate at HIGHEST settings with the HD6950. With both cards at lowest settings, the HD6950 blows it away (saw it right after I replaced cards, before I touched the video settings). Also, I just replaced the RAM sticks to 2x4GB at a faster speed, but CPUZ says it's 667Mhz, which I know isn't true because I used those sticks before (gave them to my brother later) and they're 1333 Mhz.

Update:

Checked BIOS, it does say 1333 Mhz.

It also says the CPU's temp is 72 degress Celcius, which I think is crazy when Windows isn't even running, let alone a video game.

The Vcore is at 1.248, the CPU isn't overclocked, and uses stock cooler.

I repeat, the Hd6950 does NOT give me worse results, it gives BETTER results. Remember, I ran the game at lowest possible settings with the GTX 260, and now we're talking about bad framerate at HIGHEST settings with the HD6950. With both cards at lowest settings, the HD6950 blows it away (saw it right after I replaced cards, before I touched the video settings). Also, I just replaced the RAM sticks to 2x4GB at a faster speed, but CPUZ says it's 667Mhz, which I know isn't true because I used those sticks before (gave them to my brother later) and they're 1333 Mhz.yonyz

667Mhz IS 1333Mhz, DDR means Double Data Rate.

If by HIGHEST you mean ULTRA?...

[QUOTE="yonyz"]I repeat, the Hd6950 does NOT give me worse results, it gives BETTER results. Remember, I ran the game at lowest possible settings with the GTX 260, and now we're talking about bad framerate at HIGHEST settings with the HD6950. With both cards at lowest settings, the HD6950 blows it away (saw it right after I replaced cards, before I touched the video settings). Also, I just replaced the RAM sticks to 2x4GB at a faster speed, but CPUZ says it's 667Mhz, which I know isn't true because I used those sticks before (gave them to my brother later) and they're 1333 Mhz.Grey_Eyed_Elf

667Mhz IS 1333Mhz, DDR means Double Data Rate.

If by HIGHEST you mean ULTRA?...

And with a quad core CPU? Or a better PSU?yonyz

Something is wrong with my system. Metro map, Rush mode, 20/32 players, both underground and outside, Medium settings and below (Shadows at Low, everything else Off or 1x), game runs terribly slow, maybe even slower than before, I don't know... Absolutely unplayable at these Medium to Low settings, with a GPU that I think should do more. I'm gonna try a complete reinstall of the driver as adamosmaki suggested.

Update:

Driver cleaning and reinstallation complete.

I noticed the game runs pretty much the same on Auto, High, Medium and Low. All slow at times, and all smooth at times. I also noticed the graphics doesn't really change, textures still look sharp despite being on Low.

I'm gonna go back to Win 7 64 Bit.

These ATI drivers are beta, and the game doesn't officially support Win 8. This is too important. :D

For the most smooth experience I rather you have a quad core, a dual core is known to give out lesser FPS when comparing cpus together.

Obiwan, I did not install CCC, just the driver from AMD's site. And the game run faster but wither lowest settings, not High or Ultra. C_Rule, I didn't mean they're equivalent in power, but in the cores. I should note I am running Win 8 64 bit (as before with the GTX 260).yonyz

HAHAHA HOW ARE THEY EQUIVALENT IF ONE IS HALF

[QUOTE="yonyz"]Obiwan, I did not install CCC, just the driver from AMD's site. And the game run faster but wither lowest settings, not High or Ultra. C_Rule, I didn't mean they're equivalent in power, but in the cores. I should note I am running Win 8 64 bit (as before with the GTX 260).NailedGR

HAHAHA HOW ARE THEY EQUIVALENT IF ONE IS HALF

[QUOTE="NailedGR"]

[QUOTE="yonyz"]Obiwan, I did not install CCC, just the driver from AMD's site. And the game run faster but wither lowest settings, not High or Ultra. C_Rule, I didn't mean they're equivalent in power, but in the cores. I should note I am running Win 8 64 bit (as before with the GTX 260).yonyz

HAHAHA HOW ARE THEY EQUIVALENT IF ONE IS HALF

[QUOTE="NailedGR"]

[QUOTE="yonyz"]Obiwan, I did not install CCC, just the driver from AMD's site. And the game run faster but wither lowest settings, not High or Ultra. C_Rule, I didn't mean they're equivalent in power, but in the cores. I should note I am running Win 8 64 bit (as before with the GTX 260).yonyz

HAHAHA HOW ARE THEY EQUIVALENT IF ONE IS HALF

My MSI 2GB 6950 could run BF3 on the high preset at 60FPS

Quite frankly it is you CPU hands down. when you said you were still getting bad FPS no matter what video setting (low/med/high) i could instantly tell it was the bottleneck

The fact of the matter is BF3 is very CPU intense and is designed to take advantage of 4 or more full cores (hyperthreads dont really help) the reason you saw an improvement with your newer CPU from your Q6600 is because the games you were playing take advantage of only 1 or 2 cores (threads) therefor the higher CPU clock and newer CPU yielded better performance.

Its this simple and i have seen no one awnser like this dont know why though its pretty obvous.