Very laggy playing games.

Dan-NZ · 30-January-06, 05:17 PM

Hey fellow computer friends.
My computer dosen't seem to be very happy at the moment, while playing BF,CS etc it seems to lag even while plaing against bots or computer it seems to have big lag periods where it just slows down for no reason and then goes back to normal again.I don't know but I have had a new graphics card put in it and it sits around 48-50 degrees normally.

Specs:

Mainboard : SiS-741
Chipset : SiS 741GX
Processor : AMD Sempron @ 1400 MHz
Physical Memory : 512 MB (1 x 512 DDR-SDRAM )
Video Card : ATI Technologies Inc Radeon 9600 Series (V350)
Hard Disk : ST380011A (80 GB)
DVD-Rom Drive : HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4163B
Network Card : Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) SiS900 10/100 Ethernet Adapter
Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.01.2600 Service Pack 2
DirectX : Version 9.0c

Any help or advice to solve this problemo with my rig would be great.
cheers,
Dan-NZ

Dan-NZ · 30-January-06, 05:18 PM

Also here is the temps etc.... I forgot to add them in:

Monitoring Chip : ITE SIS950 / IT8705F
CPU Core : 1.58 V
Aux. : 3.26 V
+3.3V Voltage : 2.93 V
+5V Voltage : 4.99 V
+12V Voltage : 6.65 V
Chassis Fan : 2057 rpm
Processor Fan : 4963 rpm
Processor Temperature : 49 Ã‚Â°C
Hard Disk Temperature ST380011A : 33 Ã‚Â°C

Reza · 30-January-06, 06:11 PM

To see if its your new card try running some benchmarks, if it chokes up again it is likely to be the card otherwise check your rig for nastys (spyware, viruses etc)
Are you running the latest drivers for your new card?

Dex · 30-January-06, 06:49 PM

90% sure it'll be due to some background program you have running that'll be interupting gameplay. I had this same problem a while back, turns out it was some anti-virus real time scanner that kicked into action every 20 secs or so and made whatever game i was playing stutter for a while, then return to normal.

Whilst your machine is sitting idle, press Ctrl + Alt + Del to bring up task manager, then go to Performance and just watch the top CPU graph for periodical spikes. End suspect processes one at a time, watching the graph for a length of time afterwards, until the spikes dissapear. Theres your problem app.

If this does turn out to be the case, you can disable things from starting at boot by running 'msconfig' from the Run command on the start menu

30-January-06, 05:17 PM		#1 (permalink)
Dan-NZ Techie From New Zealand	Very laggy playing games. Hey fellow computer friends. My computer dosen't seem to be very happy at the moment, while playing BF,CS etc it seems to lag even while plaing against bots or computer it seems to have big lag periods where it just slows down for no reason and then goes back to normal again.I don't know but I have had a new graphics card put in it and it sits around 48-50 degrees normally. Specs: Mainboard : SiS-741 Chipset : SiS 741GX Processor : AMD Sempron @ 1400 MHz Physical Memory : 512 MB (1 x 512 DDR-SDRAM ) Video Card : ATI Technologies Inc Radeon 9600 Series (V350) Hard Disk : ST380011A (80 GB) DVD-Rom Drive : HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4163B Network Card : Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) SiS900 10/100 Ethernet Adapter Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.01.2600 Service Pack 2 DirectX : Version 9.0c Any help or advice to solve this problemo with my rig would be great. cheers, Dan-NZ

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30-January-06, 05:18 PM		#2 (permalink)
Dan-NZ Techie From New Zealand	Also here is the temps etc.... I forgot to add them in: Monitoring Chip : ITE SIS950 / IT8705F CPU Core : 1.58 V Aux. : 3.26 V +3.3V Voltage : 2.93 V +5V Voltage : 4.99 V +12V Voltage : 6.65 V Chassis Fan : 2057 rpm Processor Fan : 4963 rpm Processor Temperature : 49 Ã‚Â°C Hard Disk Temperature ST380011A : 33 Ã‚Â°C

30-January-06, 06:11 PM		#3 (permalink)
Reza Apex Elite Expert Tech	To see if its your new card try running some benchmarks, if it chokes up again it is likely to be the card otherwise check your rig for nastys (spyware, viruses etc) Are you running the latest drivers for your new card?

30-January-06, 06:49 PM		#4 (permalink)
Dex Retr-hoe Reviewer	90% sure it'll be due to some background program you have running that'll be interupting gameplay. I had this same problem a while back, turns out it was some anti-virus real time scanner that kicked into action every 20 secs or so and made whatever game i was playing stutter for a while, then return to normal. Whilst your machine is sitting idle, press Ctrl + Alt + Del to bring up task manager, then go to Performance and just watch the top CPU graph for periodical spikes. End suspect processes one at a time, watching the graph for a length of time afterwards, until the spikes dissapear. Theres your problem app. If this does turn out to be the case, you can disable things from starting at boot by running 'msconfig' from the Run command on the start menu