Jerky sound with new graphic card?

#1 - May 13, 2014, 10:16 a.m.

Hello.

1. System specs
Old card: NVIDIA Geforce 8800 GT
(http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-8800-gt/specifications)

New Card: EVGA Geforce GTX 750
(http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=01G-P4-2751-KR)

Intel® Core™ 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40 GHz

Motherboard:
http://us.msi.com/product/mb/G31TMP21.html#/?div=Basic

2. The issue

Until recently, I’ve been playing the game with my Geforce 8800 GT. Some lags there and there sometime, but the game ran pretty smoothly. No sound issue neither. I had lags mostly when the screen was crowded with players and such. All good, though it was a weak card.

But it died. Therefore I’ve bought a new one. Some people recommended the Geforce GTX750 1gb. It’s supposed to be twice the strenght of my first card. In theory yes, it is, and judging by its informations, it’s supposed to be.

Yet ever since I changed my card (with up to date drivers), everytime I play the game, it lags more than before regardless of the graphic settings I input. Even worse: the sound and music are now affected by the lag. It’s jerky and annoying and I don’t know how to repair that.

I’m supposed to have a stronger card. My PC has proven to be able to run the game in the past with a weaker card. Why is this happening?

Oh and it’s important to know that my old Geforce 8800 GT was connected directly to the Power Supply. But it can’t be just that, can it?

Thank you!

Ashley Segovia

#6 - May 14, 2014, 11:53 a.m.

Other games are different beasts and won’t always give you the same performance results. I would highly advise updating the rest of your hardware as soon as you can because while you may be able to play without issue (other than the jerky sound) currently, the issue could get far worse the longer you play with this configuration as your GPU is now overpowering the rest of your system and could cause hardware issues for you in the long run.

Generally when upgrading hardware you want to get a nice motherboard first if you can, so you can then upgrade to the shiny graphics cards that you want and thus adding new RAM eventually, new CPU if needed, and then likely after all that upgrading your may need a new power supply in order to handle all the new hardware.