I don't off-hand remember what my card is, and I don't even remember where I bought it, but I've had this problem develop in the last few months (not exactly sure when). It was not a super-expensive card, though, so I didn't expect huge things from it. I just needed something to play games from, say, the last five years. I picked up Saints Row IV on Steam because I figured I could mess with the community mods, but then I decided I was going to beat the vanilla game before I did any of that (I mention it because I haven't downloaded any mods, so that shouldn't be the issue). When I first got it, it played smooth on the "high" presets (which is what I was given by the auto-detect feature). And The Third had run great, too. I'm not sure the exact frame rate, but it ran smoother with prettier graphics than the 360 version by a longshot.
Well, at some point, I started getting a frame-rate issue. I still don't know the actual FPS, but it's noticeable even to a filthy console peasant such as myself. It runs well below the 360's performance on high. If I shift it down to medium presets (I don't really know or care enough to learn what to futz with, so I'm sticking specifically with presets), it runs "fine" again, maybe better than before. It's still better looking than the Xbox version, but....It does bother me that I suddenly had to downgrade. Or maybe "worries me" is more the thing.
I also noticed (by accident) that it will run at the same resolution in windowed mode fine, even if the window is 99% of the monitor's total area. And then I noticed the problem is virtually identical in Saints Row 3.
I don't have many "current" games and I usually don't. The only other game I could think to test this with was Skyrim, and it seems to run fine on Ultra, so maybe it's a problem with the two games (conveniently, very similar games from the same company), but I've tried cache verification, uninstall/reinstall, and everything else I can think of to deal with the games.
I'm still mostly worried that it might be my graphics card. I can live with a couple of games not working perfectly, especially since they still look good (to me, at least) on medium, but I'm wondering if there's a way to rule out a hardware issue.
Any help would be appreciated.
Well, at some point, I started getting a frame-rate issue. I still don't know the actual FPS, but it's noticeable even to a filthy console peasant such as myself. It runs well below the 360's performance on high. If I shift it down to medium presets (I don't really know or care enough to learn what to futz with, so I'm sticking specifically with presets), it runs "fine" again, maybe better than before. It's still better looking than the Xbox version, but....It does bother me that I suddenly had to downgrade. Or maybe "worries me" is more the thing.
I also noticed (by accident) that it will run at the same resolution in windowed mode fine, even if the window is 99% of the monitor's total area. And then I noticed the problem is virtually identical in Saints Row 3.
I don't have many "current" games and I usually don't. The only other game I could think to test this with was Skyrim, and it seems to run fine on Ultra, so maybe it's a problem with the two games (conveniently, very similar games from the same company), but I've tried cache verification, uninstall/reinstall, and everything else I can think of to deal with the games.
I'm still mostly worried that it might be my graphics card. I can live with a couple of games not working perfectly, especially since they still look good (to me, at least) on medium, but I'm wondering if there's a way to rule out a hardware issue.
Any help would be appreciated.
