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Well i ran driver cleaner pro cuz that was what the BFG tech said to run. It cleans out the ati drivers but everytime i go to check it in safe mode and run it it seems to keep finding the drivers and it will delete them but im not so sure they are gone. I am not sure what kind of performance i SHOULD be getting with this card so i dont know if it IS running properly. Like i said I played BF2 in 1024x768 with 4xAA and all settings on high and it never stuttered. Im thinking my Ram could be the bottleneck but then i would get stutters in every game I would think. I can always take the card back and have it replaced if needed but again I am unsure of how much more this thing should be killing my 9800 if there are some other factors like ram or the HD slowing it down. I may just bite the bullet and get some really good corsair pc3200 ram and see what happens. I will also try the ATI driver utility and see if that cleans those old drivers out. I appreciate the feedback everyone since this thing is stumping me!
 
I can't remember the resolution.. but I don't think it matters.

I read that if you use all settings on high, you need at least 2 gigs of ram.

Not sure if that is the case that your going through now, but hard to believe the 9800pro didn't stutter with just 1 gig system ram.

I don't play BF2, but that is what I've heard. And its hard to believe your running a P4 3.0 ghz processor with HT with DDR-233 ram.

I just thought the P4 3ghz CPU were 800FSB, which I thought required DDR-400.
 
I was referring to playing BF2 with the nvidia card.. It doesn't miss a step when everything is on high..... The 9800 stuttered quite a bit with the same settings... Well i may just get some good memory and see how it goes.
 
I played BF2 on my A64-3400 / 6800GT / 2Gb ram it was great - after I downgraded to 1Gb (used my 2Gb in my X2-3800) it did hesitate and stutter a bit.

Also your P4 is quad-pumped 533 for DDR266 @ 133 fsb, so adding extra or better memory won't help your memory bandwidth much but should improve BF2 performance. I recommend getting 2 x 1Gb DDR400 sticks so when you upgrade to P4 w/ 800fsb (or athlon64) you can use the full 2Gb.
 
Well the P4 i have is 800Mhz FSB so I probably am losing performance with the crappy ram.... Only prob is when i do decide to upgrade I am going to a PCI-E board and will need the 775 socket cpu.
 
Personally, i think the best way to uninstall ATI stuff is to use the catalyst uninstaller. It gets rid of everything ATI on your system, or so it claims. Try grabbing it from ATI, and running it. See what happens. Good Luck.
 
Hey Ellis.. Thats my last name! LOL! I found a lost relative! Yeah I will try the ATI uninstaller. But im still gonna get some decent ram... I have a feeling that is holding it back right now... I will let you all know what my findings are.. :wink:
 
I don't agree. The P4 3Ghz should be good enough.

Though, the memory... PC 2100 - might be a bottle neck.

I thought that (3ghz) P4 is a 800FSB mhz processor.

Prehaps DDR400 (PC3200) would help out some?

Though I guess the MB might not run it if it only supports 533/400, and then again, it won't run that P4 at 3ghz if that was the case.
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Well..... an P4 @3.06 can run with a 533 fsb. I have an Intel 845PE and I wanted to upgrade the cpu to the 3.06 because it's the fastest cpu that would work in my mobo. So, a 3ghz is possible
 
Ah.. okay. I guess the multiplier on that is CPU is 23 x 133/533?

I'm on the same chipset, i845PE. Though, my Asus MB supports up to the P4 Extreme 3.2 800FSB.

Been wanting to get a chip to run 200/800FSB since I do have DDR-400 memory. Just a lil upgrade to get me by.

Just lil funny how chipsets can be same, but not support same speeds.
 
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