Advise, support needed for a troubled system

[getoutofmyway]

Looking for some help with my MB computer setup ….

Current Equipment looks like this.

System 1)
Asus A8N-32 SLI Deluxe motherboard
AMD Athalon 64x2 Dual Core 2.21Ghz 4400+
4Gb DDR400
2 x Sata II 250g HD in Raid
650w PS
2x Gforce 9800gt 512mb in SLI
XP64 pro OS

System 2)

Asus P4C-800E Deluxe motherboard
Intel P4 3.20Ghz
80Gb Sata HD
2Gb DDR400
Ati All-In-Wonder 256mb
XP pro OS

My current issue is I cannot run 4 instances of Wow on System 1, which shocks me. I built the system specifically for gaming. Even with 1 instance of wow running on this computer it will lag when turning with the mouse when graphics settings are at middle of the bar in video settings (ingame). I have recently upgraded the Video cards from 7900gt oc’s to the 9800gt’s that are in there now. When attempt to the frame rates are garbage (below 10fps)… on the flip side System 2 can handle it which shocks me … this computer is nearly 5-6 years old! But I can barely walk to shatt without a char or 2 breaking follow due to lag.

Does anyone know what would cause the lag on my system when I am turning with my mouse?

Wow is on my raid array which has been partitioned in half, Drives C and D … will it make a difference if I were to move it to Disk C where the OS is? Would it help to make a partition that is only 50gb? And run from that location?

Is there anything that I can do to increase the speed/performace in System 2?

I own a copy of Vista x64 ultimate would it be wise to install this on my system 1?

Thanks in advance!

[Harem]

Driver issue? Did you completely uninstall the previous driver when you upgraded cards?

That first system should run 4 just fine - I have an old Opteron 165 dual core with 2gb ram and it runs 4 fine. So its definitely a video issue. One instance runs fine? What is the framerate in one instance of wow?

[algol]

Try taking out the second video card. Since you seem to have older hardware, this may require physical changing of jumpers etc to disable SLI mode (or, it could be that these were set wrong in the first place, as this can sometimes happen and do funny things to the video subsystem in lieu of just refusing to boot).

"I built the system specifically for gaming"

Yes, unfortunately, intent doesn't count for much as far as that argument goes. Otherwise, I could whip out the 6 year old hardware I have around collecting dust and multibox on that instead of my Q6600.

[eqjoe]

I have an old DFI Lanparty which uses a socket 939 and DDR400. I have a AMDx2 4800+, dual nVidia 7950s, and a 64Gig 10k RPM drive. This is a simular system to yours. You would think that system would run the heck out of 3 or 4 sessions of WoW.

What is suprizing to me is just how much faster my Core2Duo Q6700 is. Both have a 10K RPM Raptor, Both have nVidia SLI, Both have 4 Gigs RAM. DDR2 1066 is a big plus over DDR 400. The Core2Duos are much faster than AMD dual cores. I find that I am better off running 4 sessions on the Core2Duo system than 2 sessions on each.

Go figure.

-j

[Iceorbz]

man I guess I must be used to playing on real garbage that ive learned to live with it.

My "main" computer is a AMD Athalon 64 3000, in a 754 socket mobo lol. Only 2gb of ram, because when I put in 3 it locks up and wont work.

I think my video card is a nvida geforce 8600gt ? Can't wait to upgrade soon.

[Ualaa]

*Edit*
On XP-64 is it possible to use more then 4 GB of ram?
4 GB doesn't sound like a lot for four clients on one machine.

[eqjoe]

*Edit*
On XP-64 is it possible to use more then 4 GB of ram?
4 GB doesn't sound like a lot for four clients on one machine.

Oh ya. In fact, 4Gigs of RAM on x32 is not near as efficient as 4Gigs on a x64 OS.

-j