I bought a Saphire ATI Radeon 6450 1GB DDR3 today. I earlier had an 8400GS. My new specs:
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0 Ghz (single core)
2048 MB DDR RAM
1 TB HARD DISK
ATI HD 6450 1GB DDR3
ASUS A8V-VM SE Motherboard (PCI Express x16 slot)
Now for my problem. I installed the GPU & reinstalled windows 7(only c drive formatted). I installed drivers(catalyst 10.8). When i played prototype, the game was really slow with less and same fps both at highest and lowest settings. Then i ran saints row 3. Same results: poor and same fps and performance at both highest and lowest settings. It played like my old 8400gs when it overheated. Even nfs mw 2005 and gta vc did not work without lag. It was worse fps than my old 8400gs card(abt 12-17 fps in sr3 and pt and 60 fps in nfsmw and gta vc in 8400gs). Also when i double clicked the games, it froze at a black screen for about 2-3 mins and then the intro video came. It does not even play 1080p vids perfectly. Is it because my pc has pciex16 slot and gpu need pciex16 2.1 slot? Please tell me the cause of this and do not write about upgrading. I dont have money. I have 400w psu and heat of cpu and gpu is below 50c. Pls hlp me as i bought the gpu with high hopes.
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0 Ghz (single core)
2048 MB DDR RAM
1 TB HARD DISK
ATI HD 6450 1GB DDR3
ASUS A8V-VM SE Motherboard (PCI Express x16 slot)
Now for my problem. I installed the GPU & reinstalled windows 7(only c drive formatted). I installed drivers(catalyst 10.8). When i played prototype, the game was really slow with less and same fps both at highest and lowest settings. Then i ran saints row 3. Same results: poor and same fps and performance at both highest and lowest settings. It played like my old 8400gs when it overheated. Even nfs mw 2005 and gta vc did not work without lag. It was worse fps than my old 8400gs card(abt 12-17 fps in sr3 and pt and 60 fps in nfsmw and gta vc in 8400gs). Also when i double clicked the games, it froze at a black screen for about 2-3 mins and then the intro video came. It does not even play 1080p vids perfectly. Is it because my pc has pciex16 slot and gpu need pciex16 2.1 slot? Please tell me the cause of this and do not write about upgrading. I dont have money. I have 400w psu and heat of cpu and gpu is below 50c. Pls hlp me as i bought the gpu with high hopes.
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