Major Lag Spikes

Amped1Amped1 Join Date: 2003-02-08 Member: 13287Members
in Tech Support
<div class="IPBDescription">Ns 2.0, why?</div> Okay, to be blunt, NS 2.0 gives me lag spikes at random intervals for no reason. This never happened with NS 1.0, nor any other game. Can anyone help? And yes I am defragging tomorrow, but I highly doubt that this is my problem. <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • sk84zer0sk84zer0 Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17478Members
    are you running with steam?
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  • CutterJoeCutterJoe Join Date: 2002-12-30 Member: 11594Members, Constellation
    Yea dude i get some random lag spikes as well. What are you specs?

    Mine are:
    P4 2 gighz
    256 RDRAM
    nVidia 4600 ti pro
    cable modem

    I experience it in CS with steam as well. Anyone got any ideas. Im guessing its the memory department for me thats what I am upgrading. Any other ideas??
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  • Amped1Amped1 Join Date: 2003-02-08 Member: 13287Members
    Please private message me if upgradin your RAM helps, as I have plenty of RAM, just low grade. Perhaps this will be good enough proof that we need better RAM.
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  • CutterJoeCutterJoe Join Date: 2002-12-30 Member: 11594Members, Constellation
    edited September 2003
    Will do if it helps gordon <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Does anyone else have any advice on these unexplained lag spikes or lag in general sometimes??
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  • Amped1Amped1 Join Date: 2003-02-08 Member: 13287Members
    Rate doesn't seem to do the job. I lowered it as far as 1500 and still no go. It seems to happen during battle like 80% of the time. This leads me to beleive it is a computer issue, but what? Did Flayra change something about NS that would change the specs?
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  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    ok, you say 'lag'

    lag = letancy = PING!

    your system specs (out side of modem and ISP) should NOT effec it in ANY WAY


    ok, run with net_graph 3 turned on, tell us choke, loss, and ping at these times (and FPS I guess)


    and as I remember you want to RAISE rate....


    I am willing to bet that your choke sky rockets at the same time.


    oh, and if it is FPS jumps then we rethink
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  • BurstBurst Join Date: 2003-04-29 Member: 15931Members
    Turn off NumLock and CapsLock; I believe (someone correct me if this is totally out there) that Steam has an issue sometimes with these being on. I had a problem just like what you are describing (with similar computer stats , except my graphics card is old), and that (I think) fixed it.

    Burst
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  • JaspJasp Join Date: 2003-02-04 Member: 13076Members
    Ok.. u tryed an Ad-ware scan? Virus scan? Spyware scan?

    <a href='http://www.lavasoft.de' target='_blank'>www.lavasoft.de</a>

    <a href='http://security.kolla.de/' target='_blank'>http://security.kolla.de/</a>

    These are very good Ad-ware/Spyware scanners.

    Make sure to update em first tho.
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  • Amped1Amped1 Join Date: 2003-02-08 Member: 13287Members
    It is definately my ping. It skyrockets to 1500 during these spikes. I do not run on steam so no go. I'm guessing that Jasp has hit the nail on the head, because my sister has Kazaa on our computer, and everyone knows what that means. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • Amped1Amped1 Join Date: 2003-02-08 Member: 13287Members
    The good news - it works. I had roughly 350 ad programs on my computer. I deleted them all and got no spikes.
    The bad news - it deletes several files vital to programs running. Does anyone know where I can get a list of files to not delete or to delete? Oh, I am using the ad-aware program.
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