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  1. LeeShore

    getting the most fps from my radeon 9600

    Tap either F1 or DEL on your num pad when your machine starts loading , to enter the bios ! Avanced chipset features is where you should find your agp aperture size , fast writes , agp setting (x4,x8) ! Be careful though dont go changing settings in other files , unless you know what your doing...
  2. LeeShore

    getting the most fps from my radeon 9600

    That aint looking to bad ! I take it gta struggles wiv a lot on screen , wouldnt know personally as ive spent a week trying to get it to work ! None for the Doom ? You may think it sounds silly (if ya dont know already) but if ya turn fast writes off in the bios it can give you a boost as...
  3. LeeShore

    getting the most fps from my radeon 9600

    Alternate pixels stops tearing(and lines across ya screen) in your games (or so it says), so enable it if you have in d3d games ! Never turned the bump maps off , would imagine that would give a boost , i'd just turn them off in game if you can ,to be honest ! Turn the OSD on and have a fiddle...
  4. LeeShore

    getting the most fps from my radeon 9600

    Right click ya tray icon , go up to Direct 3d , then when the other menu pops up click settings at the bottom , then the additional tab !
  5. LeeShore

    getting the most fps from my radeon 9600

    Afternoon lads ! Like pelvis said make sure aa , af , forced mips r off and make sure dx texture format is turned on wiv ya radeon ! I have my omega drivers set to high performance with virtualy no visual drop and a little boost ! Really overclocking ya card is the only way to get a BIG boost...
  6. LeeShore

    Direct X Dilemma

    Good idea lads ! Ive used a couple of tools to check the registry and stuff and i think ive located the problem ! For some reason the file name 'MANAGEDDX' is not installed for 9c , there is a 'manageddx' (9001) which i think is 9b ! For some reason the files in that folder are for Rome total...
  7. LeeShore

    Best Anti-Virus Program out there?

    Good idea :good: , my votes already in !! Everyone from newbies to (so called) experts (that ive spoke to) say Norton dont cut it ! ! !
  8. LeeShore

    Best Anti-Virus Program out there?

    AVG all day mate , not a bad thing to say about it ! Norton..... no-thanks!!!!!!
  9. LeeShore

    Direct X Dilemma

    The options on these omega drivers compared to standard ones is much MUCH better ! Noticed a slight frame rate boost to ! Doesnt say there BETA version so i assume there not ! As for ATI and NVIDIA im unbiased , had both and they both have there benefits ! Had a FX5600 though and it caused me...
  10. LeeShore

    Direct X Dilemma

    Took your advice and searched all folders and have located 4 files of different types with the same name ! All in the local_temp file ! Stupid windows ! Should i delete them or try and relocate them ?
  11. LeeShore

    Direct X Dilemma

    Tried searching for it , no entries anywhere ! As for it being a driver problem ive got Omega 5.7's for my 9800 , ive got a Sblaster live 5.1 and the only drivers ive ever been able to locate are ones dated feb '03 ? Could it be my sound card ?
  12. LeeShore

    Direct X Dilemma

    I think your right ! Tried deleting entry in registry (hkey_local' blah blah ) ! It left me with no dx at all (dx 0.0 installed), couldnt reinstall any dx9 version so i restored it back to were i was ! Nuts ! Dont think i can live with the fact that i cant get GTA SA or Battlefield 2 to load...
  13. LeeShore

    Very slow frame rates

    Dont know wether you can unlock pipelines ? Surely the x800xt is a faster card ie clock and core clock speeds ! THE FASTER THE BETTER ! To be honest though either card would do me fine ! They both smoke !
  14. LeeShore

    Very slow frame rates

    re-exfoliate ! Sorry chief , PCIe is what i ment ! re-willhub ! X800pro for £140 , sounds bang on ! !
  15. LeeShore

    Direct X Dilemma

    Hi Pelvis 3 and thanks for your input ! Tried to reinstall 9c , no good ! Keeps telling me that 'Directx could not copy a file ' (singular) ! So i take it theres 1 (or more) missing ! Checked for viruses and apparantley there isnt ! Installed these omega drivers (hadnt heard of them till i came...
  16. LeeShore

    which consoles do/have you own/ed?

    Atari 2600 ! ! And one of them Amstrads with the green and red keys ! God im getting old ! :O !
  17. LeeShore

    Very slow frame rates

    To expensive !!!! :( ! For me anyway ! Willhub is correct though you'd need Roman Abramovich's wallet for some of these top of the range jobs ! :)
  18. LeeShore

    General cooling

    What o chief ! In discussion with someone a while ago about over heating , the person advised to put the hole at the top of the case if you have the room between your drives and psu as heat tends to build up at the top due to heat rising ! I would asume it would be blowing the hot air out , if...
  19. LeeShore

    Very slow frame rates

    If you want roasting frame rates PCIx definatley ! My mates got an X800 ! I HATE HIM ! :D ! My 9800 has a 3d Mark 03 score of 6400 which i thought was not bad for well under a ton ! If you av the cash its a no brainer ! X800 or 6800 ! :good:
  20. LeeShore

    Slow PC

    Is it games running slow , boot process slow , internet slow ? If your playing new games that 4200 will be starting to struggle now ! Calcification (filth) on your fan blades , thats what i had a while ago and it turned my pc into an oap ! Till i cleaned it !
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