Unusual Fps Drops

Bhang

<div class="IPBDescription">why is my fps spazzing</div> I am a NS noob and i tried playing Beta 3 version 4. It is a great game and lots of fun but i have a major problem my fps drops randomly. it isnt caused by 2 many enimies in the room but it is completly random. it even happens when i am the only person playing and im not even moving. it is not ping problem since i tried starting a lan game and i had the same problem. My computer is definitly powerful enough to run this game flawlessly. HELP
My Specs
Dell Inspiron 5100
P4 2.66
256 Ram
ATI Mobility 7500 32MB (Latest Drivers)

dashaus

do u have problems with any other of ur games? halflife or other?

are u sure u dont have anyhting running in the background that could be causunbg this? possibly spyware or even a virus?

oOgA

Hi Bhang,

As what dashaus had suggested, scan your PC for any possible spyware/ad-ware. The tools to scan for spy/ad-ware, i wld recommend Spybot S&D and AD-Aware. Be sure to update before you scan. Go do a online scanning for viruses too..
<a href='http://housecall.antivirus.com' target='_blank'>http://housecall.antivirus.com</a>

Next, check the processes in your task manager and see which process is taking some major CPU when u are in a NS game. This is not very accurate sometimes, but it does help to giv u an idea which processes are taking up cpu time when the game is running
However, u must be running either Win2K/XP/2003 (basically the NT OSes) .

Check under teh column, " CPU" and see if there is any process using >80~99



oOgA
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lightning1

I would try everything listed earlier first.

If that doesnt work and you are running XP you may want to add more RAM.

Do you have same issues running other games, DOD, CS, TFC?

Have you Googled for possible causes? Something like "FPS Drops"

Deranged

256 should be fine, unless your running a crap load of things at startup <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->...

he's got an ati card and aren't there issues with ati cards and half life?

dashaus

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he's got an ati card and aren't there issues with ati cards and half life? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
ya know alot of people have issues but i have never had a problem with my ati(9000 128 mb)


now what i wanted to **** was it is a laptop(bc it has a mobility ati) correct?
when u get these problems are u plu7gged into the wall or on battery power...i think dells when they are on battery9my frineds did this at least0 it would jump everyint down liek his 1 ghz machine would run at 600 on battery and some other power saving features, perhaps it is half shutting down the vid card too? just throwing out i deas somoen correct me or add if im wrong <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->

edit: another thing the "latest drivers" are these form ati or dell? i think ati releases mobility drivers now ( i could be worng and im on lunch so i cat really check) so see if ati has new drivers if u have latest dell drivers.. out