what gives? choppy game play.?

Question

i just installed a 6800 128 mb vid card. i have a 2.8ghz 704 megs of ram. while using the 64 shared onboard video it competes with this 6800. why is game play so damn choppy then?

Answer 1

Go into the bios and disable integrated graphics. This will free up the rest of your ram and switch all graphic processing to your new video card.

Answer 2

I'm gonna have to agree with these guys: I think you're trying to play your game using two video "cards". You're actually working both your processor and your system RAM twice as hard with the new video card as you would be if you hadn't installed it. Not because of the Gf 6800, but because you're now driving two displays (even though you only have one monitor). You have to disable the onboard video. Here's how:
1.Right-click on My Computer, and select Properties from the drop-down box
2.Click on the Hardware tab (at the top)
3.Click on Device Manager
4.Now, click on the plus sign (+) that's next to the words Display Adapters
5.Right-click on the one(s) that don't say anything about nVidia or GeForce, and select Disable (NOT uninstall)
6.Last, reboot your computer, after disabling everything video related that doesn't apply to the 6800.

Also, 768 MB of system RAM is not enough for any new game. It isn't even close. 1 GB is now the absolute minimum for a gaming computer, with 2GB of RAM being much preferred.

Answer 3

One possible:

Did you uninstall/disable the onboard vid adapter? Could be they are conflicting. If XP rclick my computer, goto manage. Click device manager on the left, open the display adapters on the right. go into properties of the onboard motherboard display adapter and disable it.

Shared vid shares RAM between your vid and your physical RAM - if you have a dedicated GPU now (a new vid card), it could be that your mobo is still robbing your system RAM for rendering if it isn't disabled.

Answer 4

you need to run the video from the card only also try not to have other process running that hog your PC mem.