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Online game sharper but slower with new video card?
Environment: Stand alone PC, XP Professional, Presario desktop, 1MB Ram, Processor: AMD Athlon 299+ 2.0 GHz. I replaced a Radeon 9200 video card with a Radeon 1050x video card. I play Call to Duty 2 online. With new video card the image is sharper but the action is a little slower. (I'm getting killed way too often..lol) Is there anything I can tweak to make things a little faster.
Also, the new video card requires a 300 watt power supply assuming a fully loaded system. My power supply 250 watt. What constitutes a fully loaed system? I still have open slots so am I ok with 250w?
Also, the new video card requires a 300 watt power supply assuming a fully loaded system. My power supply 250 watt. What constitutes a fully loaed system? I still have open slots so am I ok with 250w?
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Is the frame rate different than the refresh rate? Having trouble finding where to specify a frame rate.
Framerate is the number of individual frames that the computer sends to the screen. Refresh rate is the number of times the screen refreshes. If you have a refresh rate of 60 and a framerate of 20, each frame will be refreshed 3 times by the screen before moving to the next frame.
To show framerate ingame, open a console and type: cg_drawfps 1
You can also download FRAPS ( http://www.fraps.com/ ) which will let you see the framerate for any game.
To show framerate ingame, open a console and type: cg_drawfps 1
You can also download FRAPS ( http://www.fraps.com/ ) which will let you see the framerate for any game.
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