I recently bought this card and it feels about twice as fast as my old x1800xt, but after playing oblivion for <br /><br />example, the frame rate will just drop drastically and it will stay that way till I quit and restart the game. If I go to <br /><br />the exact same spot the frame rates will be excellent when I restart.<br /><br />Does anyone else experience this?<br /><br />I think it has something to do with the video memory since it just keeps growing. When I log it, it will start at around <br /><br />200 and slowly grow. Once it gets more than the 320 of local memory the card just dies like its not clearing the memory <br /><br />for the new textures or something.<br /><br />I realize its the low memory card but I really dont think it should have the effect it has. Im talking 2-3fps in an area <br /><br />where I normally get around 50.<br /><br />Thanks for any help!<br />_________________<br />low interest credit cards bad credit lectern podium<br />

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<br />I recently bought this card and it feels about twice as fast as my old x1800xt, but after playing oblivion for <br /><br />example, the frame rate will just drop drastically and it will stay that way till I quit and restart the game. If I go to <br /><br />the exact same spot the frame rates will be excellent when I restart.<br /><br />Does anyone else experience this?<br /><br />I think it has something to do with the video memory since it just keeps growing. When I log it, it will start at around <br /><br />200 and slowly grow. Once it gets more than the 320 of local memory the card just dies like its not clearing the memory <br /><br />for the new textures or something.<br /><br />I realize its the low memory card but I really dont think it should have the effect it has. Im talking 2-3fps in an area <br /><br />where I normally get around 50.<br /><br />Thanks for any help!<br />_________________<br />low interest credit cards bad credit lectern podium<br /><br />

<br /><br />I think I know what are you talking about, however there is no official fix yet. Apparently, Nvidia made some mistakes with original design and drivers so occasional, all-of-sudden frame rate drops are occurring for all 8800 users. As you noticed, restarting of game does help, but you should also try Alt+Tab combination in order to minimize / maximize game window which should bring back the performance to expected level (reload textures, sort of). Nvidia is working on a solution, but it won&#039;t be available before September.