Remarkably low results in 3D Graphics - Complex on a NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

[shanecs25]

Don't really understand why all the sudden the FPS gets so ridiculously low...

Graphics 3d- simple : 230.4
Graphics 3d- medium: 73.7
Graphics 3d- complex: 0.73


Windows XP Home 32 bit
Service Pack 3
HP Pavilion Intel Pentium 4 CPU
3.00 GHz 2.86 GB of RAM
DirectX version 9.0c

NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 512 MB


--DXDIAG--

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System Information
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Time of this report: 5/14/2009, 11:32:18
Machine name: BATTLESTATION-S
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.090206-1234)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: HP Pavilion 061
System Model: PW524AA-ABA a1040n
BIOS: BIOS Date: 01/23/06 20:09:06 Ver: 08.00.10
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2936MB RAM
Page File: 849MB used, 3450MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 8500 GT
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0421&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_A1
Display Memory: 512.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (75Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0011.7813 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 9/17/2008 23:55:00, 6057472 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys
Mini VDD Date: 9/17/2008 23:55:00, 6132576 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4761-11CF-357D-0B2000C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x0421
SubSys ID: 0x00000000
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D ModeWMV9_B ModeWMV9_A
Deinterlace Caps: {6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run

please help?

-Thanks,
Shane

[David (PassMark)]

What version of PerformanceTest are you using.
You say this happened all of a sudden. What were the previouos results? Was there something changed on the system around the time the results changed? e.g. a new device driver. Has there been any impact on other 3D applications. e.g. 3D Games.

[shanecs25]

I'm using the 7.0 evaluation version. when I say all the sudden, I mean because I recently changed video cards. I bought this new NVIDIA in favor of an old integrated video card and thought it would be better, but so far its not really seeming to do very well.

Yeah, all the games I have been trying have been going rather slow, even with graphics set pretty low. This doesn't seem quite right because, although my computer isnt a powerhouse, it's not a slouch either.

Some of the games I have been trying are:

Empire: Total War (demo)
Age of Empires 3:asian dynasties (demo)
World in Conflict (demo)
[I'm shopping on steam, lol]

out of those 3 I was able to get world in conflict to run the most smoothly, but on low graphics setting. even with low graphics setting on the other two they didnt run very well. (and they didn't look very good either :P) this didnt seem correct to me, i didnt think i was gonna suffer so bad for having an old PCI video card slot and a semi old processor, so i was running the benchmark tests when I noticed the severely low complex 3d graphics score.

[David (PassMark)]

If this is really a PCI card (and not AGP nor PCI-E) then that will definitely be part of the problem. I didn't think the 8500 chip was available on PCI however.

The bandwidth on the PCI bus varies from 133 to 266Mbytes/sec.
PCI-E goes from 500 to 8000Mbytes/sec.

I can't say if this is the only issue however.