Serious Computer Help

kuperayekuperaye Join Date: 2003-03-14 Member: 14519Members, Constellation
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I have a problem with my computer. When i play games i get this hitching in Games. Like my fps drops ever so slightly when i enter new areas or when sound occurs. It even occurs on games off the HL engine and newer games. It gets really annoying due to everytime i see an enemy it freezes up for a split second. Or when a new sprite enters the game it freezes up.
This didn't occur on my 5600 but on my 9800 Pro it happens in every game and is really annoying.


System Specs
AMD 3000+
Sapphire 9800 Pro
1 gig of pc 3200 ram
Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe Mobo


Please help me guys.


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I have updated drivers to everything. I ran spybot search and destroy and adawar. Scaned for Virii and still not fixed.

PLEASE HELP
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    Sounds like a problem with your hardrive. Have you defragged lately?
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  • DrfuzzyDrfuzzy FEW... MORE.... INCHES... Join Date: 2003-09-21 Member: 21094Members
    Not the video card, i have the same exact brand and its been perfect over the past 6 months. Try checking for spyware and check for viruses, they could be eating up your system speed.
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  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    I'd suggest downloading and running Memtest or DocMem. I've got a failing hard drive, and it doesn't cause hitches as you're describing... just long load times and transition points, with an occasional five or ten-second 'hiccup' when a model or texture that wasn't preloaded is first seen.


    Alternately, I'd recommend disabling 'TwinBank' if it's on, given that I see that mobo is using an nFarce chipset. I've had to service machines where the TwinBank BS ended up frying the RAM, as it essentially overclocks it.


    Beyond that, check you active process table and kill off anything that shouldn't be running. A friend had an Alienware, and it had the 'alien autopsy' software running, which stole focus (including, annoyingly enough, from fullscreen games) and caused short 'hangs' every now and again, because it was throwing errors.
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  • Leaderz0rzLeaderz0rz Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7847Members
    edited October 2004
    if your OCed clock it down, does it do it on other moniters? maybe your moniter is running a refresh it shouldn't

    edit: is it only when playing online? or offline aswell? have you tried direct3d or opengl?
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  • kuperayekuperaye Join Date: 2003-03-14 Member: 14519Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Talesin+Oct 16 2004, 12:17 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Talesin @ Oct 16 2004, 12:17 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I'd suggest downloading and running Memtest or DocMem. I've got a failing hard drive, and it doesn't cause hitches as you're describing... just long load times and transition points, with an occasional five or ten-second 'hiccup' when a model or texture that wasn't preloaded is first seen.


    Alternately, I'd recommend disabling 'TwinBank' if it's on, given that I see that mobo is using an nFarce chipset. I've had to service machines where the TwinBank BS ended up frying the RAM, as it essentially overclocks it.


    Beyond that, check you active process table and kill off anything that shouldn't be running. A friend had an Alienware, and it had the 'alien autopsy' software running, which stole focus (including, annoyingly enough, from fullscreen games) and caused short 'hangs' every now and again, because it was throwing errors. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    how do i turn off twin bank
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  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    It's in the BIOS. Somewhere in the RAM options. I've seen what their shoddy workmanship can do to a system... so I go with VIA chipsets, personally. They might have their own quirks, but I've never seen a VIA board reduce a DIMM to carbon-scored toast.
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  • DefianceDefiance Join Date: 2003-12-01 Member: 23847Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Talesin+Oct 16 2004, 12:21 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Talesin @ Oct 16 2004, 12:21 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> It's in the BIOS. Somewhere in the RAM options. I've seen what their shoddy workmanship can do to a system... so I go with VIA chipsets, personally. They might have their own quirks, but I've never seen a VIA board reduce a DIMM to carbon-scored toast. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Roger

    I also have a VIA chipset, and it doesn't fry RAM, thank god, just as long as you put the correct type in it xD

    kupe, if there isn't a memory overclocking option, go into your memory options in your BIOS, and look at the clock settings...

    Is it at a higher value then it should be? And who manufactured your RAM?
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  • kuperayekuperaye Join Date: 2003-03-14 Member: 14519Members, Constellation
    I have no clue how to get into my bios.


    would it just be easier to reformat?
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  • SalamanSalaman Join Date: 2002-11-23 Member: 9711Members
    If your problem is a bios setting, then reformatting won't fix it.

    To access the bios, you have to hold the delete key down as the computer is booting up

    However some mobo manufacturers deviate from the standard, and so you might have to hold another button down, it should say which one as the computer boots up.
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  • tuemmykidstuemmykids Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20884Members
    I had the same thing with Norton AntiVirus. If you've got it installed, try disabling it before playing. Helped me alot <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->.
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  • RueRue Join Date: 2002-10-21 Member: 1564Members
    You got a 128meg card or a 256meg card?

    I had that problem with Doom3, just reduce the texture quality a little and it should sort it.

    Hope that helps.
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  • V_MANV_MAN V-MAN Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 6217Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-kuperaye+Oct 16 2004, 03:46 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (kuperaye @ Oct 16 2004, 03:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I have no clue how to get into my bios.


    would it just be easier to reformat? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Normally you get to it by pressing delete at the post screen just after you turn your pc on.
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Rue+Oct 16 2004, 03:42 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Rue @ Oct 16 2004, 03:42 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> You got a 128meg card or a 256meg card?

    I had that problem with Doom3, just reduce the texture quality a little and it should sort it.

    Hope that helps. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    He has a 9800 pro and it does it in Half-Life. It's not his video card.
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