ASUS 660 Ti problem-Should I return it? 1 day left!

[fenry]

I am almost to my 30 days for returns, and I am afraid something is wrong with my ASUS 660 Ti OC edition. There are two problems that make me think something is wrong: 1) Batman AC stutters badly, very low min fps in benchmark, and 2) Video Bios was impossible to update on my ASUS P8Z77V motherboard.

In Batman AC, I get constant stutters, especially when flying. When I run the in-game benchmark, I always get a Min FPS = 0, 1, 2, or 3 fps unless I disable all DirectX11. My first copy of BAC was the Warner Brothers Games download installed on a Samsung 830 SSD. I heard Steam's version might have fixed a DirectX11 problem, so I purchased that too and installed it on an OCZ Vertex 3 SSD. Same low min framerates, even with all AA off, details LOW, etc. I get high max framerates, but it's not pleasant to play.

There was a video BIOS update from ASUS about September, which I thought might solve things, but I was unable to update my ASUS 660 Ti from my ASUS P8Z77V motherboard. (The bios update program would not run correctly, it would just start, increase CPU utilization, but not present its windows). So I installed a fresh (legal) copy of Windows 8 on another hard drive and tried it there, with nothing installed other than Windows 8 64 bit, Microsoft Security Essentials, Firefox, and an unpacker program to unpack the VBIOS. VBIOS update still wouldn't run. I switched back to Win7-64, and moved the card to a different slot--still wouldn't work. I ended up taking it to an old (2005) dual Opteron workstation with Nforce4 Professional motherboard (Tyan S2895), and that finally did the update.

This is particularly frustrating, as I started playing Batman on an eVGA 7800GTX (6 years old?), and it worked better on that. But it couldn't do DirectX 11, so that's not really a direct comparison. I thought a 660 Ti would be a much better experience than it is, though.

I have
i5-3570K
ASUS P8Z77-V motherboard
ASUS GTX660 TI-DC2O-2GD5, Drivers updated 12/22/12 to current v. 310
8 GB Corsair Vengeance
Samsung 830MZ-7PC128 SSD (Windows 7 64-bit and WB Games version of BMAC)
OCZ Vertex 3 SSD (Steam version of BMAC)
WD Digital Caviar Green 1.5 TB
WD Caviar Green 2 TB
WD Raptor 74 GB (for Windows 8 64-bit)

Sample results (I've tried many combinations)
1920x1080
V Sync N
Anti-Aliasing Disabled
Directx 11 MVSS&HBAO
Directx 11 Tessellatn OFF
Detail Level Low
Dynamic Shadows N
Motion Blur N
Distortion N
Lens Flares N
Light Shafts N
Reflections N
Ambient Occlusion N
Min FPS 0
Max FPS 127
Avg FPS 65

Thanks!

 

[dheeraj9933]

game developers now just release DX11 for the sake of it,
there is only one thing that it does,.......
destroy the performance

 

[fenry]

well u can install it on anything u like, it wouldn't make any difference,
i just said so that everything is "standard procedure"

-u can install msi afterburner in your card.
and i also think that your mobo might be at fault.
bcoz 2nd PCI slot should work too, and as soon as u change your mobo, u can do things without a problem.
can u access any other computer with a decent cpu? maybe some of your friends?
that way u can put your card in it and see results in a few minutes!
this would be a fast way to do it.
and wat about the results u were gonna post?

I can probably send my card home w a friend after Christmas break, and he has more games that he could test with, if he's willing to take apart his sli setup to do it.

I will try to post more results. What did you want to see? Did you want something from Arkham Asylum, or the Arkham City results? I briefly started Portal, but no benchmarks in that game. I can post bunches of Arkham City results w different setting if you want that. Unfortunately, my computer room has been taken over by relatives who are staying a week.

 

[dheeraj9933]

very unfortunate for your relatives to come at this time.
and dont run ingame benchmarks, use fraps.
and i suggest just turn your computer on for just 5 min, and play portal 2 again,
or dishonored and dont forget the AA, use fraps to see the FPS and tell the results,
bcoz it is a faster way of testing the card.
but sending it to your friend is not a bad idea either

 

[fenry]

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[bigshootr8]

Really Batman AC is a disaster no matter what configuration you have eh?

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