PSU potential problem

[YelloPL]

Guys I need your help

I have just bought a new GF6800. My PSU came a year ago with my case from Enlight, but it's only 300W. I lanuched BF2 on the latest drivers on medium settings (all medium) and the game is still choppy at times. I know I probably need to change the PSU, but will that help the choppiness or is the card to weak to have anything on high

My other specs: PIV 2,8 HT, 1 Gig Ram (2*512 Kingston, Dual).

Or maybe it's the drivers, I got the latest ones, but my previous card was ATI, so I have little experience with Nvidia stuff.

[Shamus]

Re: PSU potential problem

Hello Yello. :p

Your PSU (Power Supply Unit) wont cause choppy game play. The sign of a failing or inadequate PSU is if the whole system crashes or if applications begin freezing up the whole PC.

If you previously had an ATI video card, you will benefit from scrubbing out the old drivers and starting anew with the nvidia drivers. First download a free and safe utility called www.drivercleaner.com and save it somewhere on your HD.

Next, uninstall all ATI and Nvidia video drivers using Add/Remove in the Windows Control Panel. Reboot. Upon restart, don't let Windows reinstall the drivers, remain in standard VGA mode instead.

Now run DriverCleaner to remove all ATI and Nvidia video drivers and files. After you reboot, install the latest nvidia drivers from their website. Defragment your hard drive and you are done.

Good luck and let us know how it works out.

[openheimer]

Re: PSU potential problem

Hello Yello. :p

Your PSU (Power Supply Unit) wont cause choppy game play. The sign of a failing or inadequate PSU is if the whole system crashes or if applications begin freezing up the whole PC.

If you previously had an ATI video card, you will benefit from scrubbing out the old drivers and starting anew with the nvidia drivers. First download a free and safe utility called www.drivercleaner.com and save it somewhere on your HD.

Next, uninstall all ATI and Nvidia video drivers using Add/Remove in the Windows Control Panel. Reboot. Upon restart, don't let Windows reinstall the drivers, remain in standard VGA mode instead.

Now run DriverCleaner to remove all ATI and Nvidia video drivers and files. After you reboot, install the latest nvidia drivers from their website. Defragment your hard drive and you are done.

Good luck and let us know how it works out.

Shamus good advice, Driver Cleaner also advise to be run in Safe Mode.

[Espion]

Re: PSU potential problem

My 6800GT requires a 350w PSU minimum, and I'm sure the normal 6800 is the same. It wouldn't hurt to spend the extra $60 and upgrade your PSU.