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Hallo every peeps!

I recently upgraded my system a little from old to new;

Windows 7 Ultimate (64bit)
XFX 680i LT
E8500 @ 3.16 Intel Core2Duo : From stock fan to Akasa X4
4 * 1GB Ballistix RAM
1 * XFX Fatil1ty Nvidea 9600 GSO (768MB - 580Mhz) : From single card to two identical 9600 GSOcards in SLI mode
Onboard sound out to logitech 5.1 spkrs
2 * Sata HDDs 250gb each
550W PSU : to 1000w PSU
2 * large + 2 * small case Fan cooling
Old 32in LG LCD TV is main monitor.

Also rigged to an ONKYO reciever via HDMI and through to projector so I can occassionally play on a higher refresh rate 2.5 mtr wide screen with the sound (stereo) pumped through 7.1 (without the one!!) speakers!


These cahges where fully implemented four days since (from date of this post) and I have been running some 'tasks' to test the system including;

SPORE game
Pirate Galaxy game
STO game
Paint.net art package tasks
Internet browsing
Playing music / dvds / online video
Streaming to my PS3

All without incident!

I also ran SuperPI several times and have monitored heat with Real temp 3.40 - it shows;

GPUs idle at around 65C maxing at around 78C to 80C and;
CPUs idle at around 40C & 45C maxing at around 60C & 70C (two cores).

The PSU is in the top of the case and that area of the case barely gets above cold! If I was not testing for heat, I would be unlikely to notice any - case is cold!

So, what is the problem?

Before today, I was running STO quite happily at 1024*768 (this suits the main monitor well - not had projector link on for a few weeks) with the quality set to highest on scale. I was getting 50-60 fps to 90+ fps with no problems.

Today I have been on the game and have had to come off as it has changed dramatically! My best fps anywhere in game was about 40 fps with it normally being 20-25 (certainly under 30) fps.

The affect in sector / mission space was barely a problem. On ground though the game was barely playable with BOs an MOBs vanishing altogether, very slow movement and low fps. I did not try space combat today as the affect on ground mission led me to think something is wrong.

All that I can see has changed, or more correctly seemed to change is that the STO launcher did a 16mb (mb as I remember) patch. All the other programs listed, and more, work exactly as they did before today.

When running STO, I have not launched any other programs except those that always run on the PC, STO and Real Temp and have restarted the PC several times today - with correct restart or shut down / power on proceedures.

Are any off you guys having this or a similar problem? Especially after the small patch.

Any constructive suggestions or help would be welcome.

EDIT: Note - using all current drivers for system. Nvidia 196.21 drivers - not the newer withdrawn ones that kill GPUs!

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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    you switch to sli mode did you also download the sli profile for the game.

    n/m can't find it anymore
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    PegasusMD wrote:
    you switch to sli mode did you also download the sli profile for the game.

    Was not aware there was one, but as I say - game was fine until today after the small patch. Will look up profile to see if it makes any difference. TY.

    EDIT- According to Nvidia control panel, STO is not on PC - when I uncheck 'show only ....' STO is listed as supported though.

    Cannot see a way to make Nvidia control panel see STO as installed without creating a new profile - I'm a bit tired though so will check it out again tommorrow. Thanks again.

    Other suggestions welcome too. :)
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