gattm99

Ahh problem solved, stupid me had accidently installed x86 windows. Figured it out when the x64 firestorm viewer failed to install. New windows install and now I'm getting much better performance from the 7850, around 30 fps on Ultra.

Ahhh, Video Card temps are 44 while on Second Life, during the benchmark they were close to 70.

Thanks, Just ran the Unigine Valley benchmark and was getting in the mid 40s fps. I forgot to mention the actual problem besides what I feel like is poor performance. If I have the graphic settings around mid or higher after a few minutes of horribly slow frame rates eventually the viewer goes into a lowres mode. Haven't tried any other viewers yet, just the official one.

I haven't been much of a gamer for the last couple of years, but I recently started exploring SL again and have been enjoying it. I decided to update my Nvidia GTS 250 card. It was really loud and getting dated. I found a great deal on a Radeon HD 7850. So far I'm pretty bummed out, I can't really tell a difference between the two cards. On Ultra I was getting around 12 fps with the Nividia, and with the Radeon I'm getting maybe 16 fps. On lowest settings I was gettin a a higher frame rate with the old card. Looks like I didn't do my homework, AMD cards aren't great for SL, but the 7850 should perform better then this? Any ideas?