richyb84
07-10-2008, 09:51 AM
Hello guys, 6 months ago I used to have a 2grand PC, SLi 8800 GTX's, Extreme Quad-core CPU, PC8500 RAM.. the lot! Had to sell up because I was extremely strapped for cash!! I went 3months without a PC. I played CSS at a fairly high level and after 3months it was doing my head in so much, I managed to get my oldman to free up a basic cheapo PC his work didnt need anymore, it didn't have a GFX card so I bought one(will find out what in 1min.. :shadedshu). I've gone from 300+ fps to 20-40fps haha! Duno why I'm telling you all this! Heres my problem that i'd like answered/guidance please;
I had an extremely tight budget and ended up buying an XFX 6200LE (AGP) card. Dire I know.. I'm not gona lie I have very limited knowledge about GFX cards and only found out just how bad this 1 is AFTER I bought it (i'm one of those people who just goes on the numbers in the name of the card, amount of ram.. and how much it costs!!)but its what i'm stuck with for the next 2 or so months till I can afford to start saving for a new rig from scratch.
Anyway, heres the GPU-Z screeny:
http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/08/07/10/bk6.png
I'm not a complete nooby, but I dont much know about overclocking, unlocking graphics cards. I'm aware with the NV44's I wont be able to unlock any pipelines. I've done abit of research and read alot of people from various forums praising the Ztweaked91.47 drivers for the 6+7gpu series cards giving noticable performance improvements. I've downloaded these but have yet to install them.
I was just wondering if anyone in the know could give me any tips/advice on anything I could do to squeeze whatever I can out of the coal powered card I find myself with!:banghead:
I was thinking about maybe flashing the bios with the latest version? Using the guide: http://www.aoaforums.com/frontpage/content/view/1190/30/
Any advice (appart from telling me to throw it in the bin lol) would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Rich
I had an extremely tight budget and ended up buying an XFX 6200LE (AGP) card. Dire I know.. I'm not gona lie I have very limited knowledge about GFX cards and only found out just how bad this 1 is AFTER I bought it (i'm one of those people who just goes on the numbers in the name of the card, amount of ram.. and how much it costs!!)but its what i'm stuck with for the next 2 or so months till I can afford to start saving for a new rig from scratch.
Anyway, heres the GPU-Z screeny:
http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/08/07/10/bk6.png
I'm not a complete nooby, but I dont much know about overclocking, unlocking graphics cards. I'm aware with the NV44's I wont be able to unlock any pipelines. I've done abit of research and read alot of people from various forums praising the Ztweaked91.47 drivers for the 6+7gpu series cards giving noticable performance improvements. I've downloaded these but have yet to install them.
I was just wondering if anyone in the know could give me any tips/advice on anything I could do to squeeze whatever I can out of the coal powered card I find myself with!:banghead:
I was thinking about maybe flashing the bios with the latest version? Using the guide: http://www.aoaforums.com/frontpage/content/view/1190/30/
Any advice (appart from telling me to throw it in the bin lol) would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Rich