Hi. [First of all, mods please move this to the appropriate forum if ever I'm wrong in putting it here thanks] I have been having windows vista for a while now, probably more than 6 months, and I didnt have this problem before. I play a certain mmorpg, which is not really graphically demanding, and it used to play smoothly up until this past few days. Now whenever I play the game, it looks like the a stop-go motion, like something else is running or the computer is having such a hard time running the game and ruins the gameplay experience. Other people call it choppy graphics, where it used to be (for example) 60fps now seems like its 20fps. I have not installed anything out of the ordinary, have loads of hard drive memory. I also checked the task manager, and it shows no other application running. Sad thing is, even if i set the mmorpg game to 800x600 resolution, first it will run smooth, then it will go choppy chop once again.. I never had this sort of problem up til now. Please help.
Help on how to run games smoothly.
- Thread starter fedalanda
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Hello fedalanda,
Do you play on the same servers all the time ?, and does it do this when you play an offline game ?.
Do you play on the same servers all the time ?, and does it do this when you play an offline game ?.
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Self Build
- CPU
- QX9650 (black box) [email protected]
- Motherboard
- Asus P5Q Premium
- Memory
- 8GB-4x2GB Corsair Dominator DDR 2-1066
- Graphics Card(s)
- 2 x ASUS EAH 4870 X 2 (Quad)
- Sound Card
- Supreme FX 2
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Fujitsu Siemens 22inch flat screen
- Screen Resolution
- 1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- 150 Gig WD Raptor
300 Gig Maxtor
300 Gig Maxtor, (External)
- PSU
- CoolerMaster 1000
- Case
- CoolerMaster N-Vidia stacker 830
- Cooling
- Noctua NH-U12P x 1x120mm fan, 6x120mm case fans
- Keyboard
- Logitech G15
- Mouse
- Logitech G5
- Internet Speed
- 20Mbps
- Other Info
- Audio FX Pro 5+1 gaming head set
yes. i tried to play offline games too and it does this (the choppy thing). it's really frustrating because it never did before.
My Computer
If this has just started, i would do a system restore to a point before this problem started, if this fixes it, take a look at what is different on your system.
If it does not fix it, we will have to dig deeper.
Good luck and post your results.
If it does not fix it, we will have to dig deeper.
Good luck and post your results.
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Self Build
- CPU
- QX9650 (black box) [email protected]
- Motherboard
- Asus P5Q Premium
- Memory
- 8GB-4x2GB Corsair Dominator DDR 2-1066
- Graphics Card(s)
- 2 x ASUS EAH 4870 X 2 (Quad)
- Sound Card
- Supreme FX 2
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Fujitsu Siemens 22inch flat screen
- Screen Resolution
- 1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- 150 Gig WD Raptor
300 Gig Maxtor
300 Gig Maxtor, (External)
- PSU
- CoolerMaster 1000
- Case
- CoolerMaster N-Vidia stacker 830
- Cooling
- Noctua NH-U12P x 1x120mm fan, 6x120mm case fans
- Keyboard
- Logitech G15
- Mouse
- Logitech G5
- Internet Speed
- 20Mbps
- Other Info
- Audio FX Pro 5+1 gaming head set
the last restore point would be ages ago and i believe i'd lose most of the data i have as of now. is there another way of dealing with this issue?
My Computer
There is a lot you can do track down reason for this.
Start by checking your file system. Link below.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66978-system-files-sfc-command.html
Download these two free apps, and run them.
Malwarebytes.org
CCleaner - Home Backup Registry When Prompted
Type in search "msconfig" (no quotes) press enter, accept the UAC prompt, open Startup" tab and see what is being loaded at startup, disable all but essential programs, anything disabled here can be started manually when needed.
Go to your Manufacturers site and check for sound, video, and chipset driver updates.
Also, look at your system temps, SpeedFan is a good app for this.
SpeedFan - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Download.com
Give these things a try and post your results, good luck.
Start by checking your file system. Link below.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66978-system-files-sfc-command.html
Download these two free apps, and run them.
Malwarebytes.org
CCleaner - Home Backup Registry When Prompted
Type in search "msconfig" (no quotes) press enter, accept the UAC prompt, open Startup" tab and see what is being loaded at startup, disable all but essential programs, anything disabled here can be started manually when needed.
Go to your Manufacturers site and check for sound, video, and chipset driver updates.
Also, look at your system temps, SpeedFan is a good app for this.
SpeedFan - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Download.com
Give these things a try and post your results, good luck.
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Self Build
- CPU
- QX9650 (black box) [email protected]
- Motherboard
- Asus P5Q Premium
- Memory
- 8GB-4x2GB Corsair Dominator DDR 2-1066
- Graphics Card(s)
- 2 x ASUS EAH 4870 X 2 (Quad)
- Sound Card
- Supreme FX 2
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Fujitsu Siemens 22inch flat screen
- Screen Resolution
- 1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- 150 Gig WD Raptor
300 Gig Maxtor
300 Gig Maxtor, (External)
- PSU
- CoolerMaster 1000
- Case
- CoolerMaster N-Vidia stacker 830
- Cooling
- Noctua NH-U12P x 1x120mm fan, 6x120mm case fans
- Keyboard
- Logitech G15
- Mouse
- Logitech G5
- Internet Speed
- 20Mbps
- Other Info
- Audio FX Pro 5+1 gaming head set
Skizzer
New Member
Hey I see that you guys have it all sort of figured out, but this happened to me a couple of months ago, my fps was 40, then dramatically dropped down to 12. Over time it went back up, I can't explain it. Hope this helps!
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Windows
- Memory
- 1GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- ATI RADEON XPRESS 1100 Series
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x1024
actually no. i see no problems. tried the registry cleaner and the malwarebytes. still slows down. i'm fearing that this might be a hardware/overheat issue?
My Computer
Download and install SpeedFan, monitor your Temp's, if the PC is not overheating, then you need to look somewhere else for the problem.
SpeedFan - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Download.com
Check the temps for a few hours gaming and post the results, good luck.
SpeedFan - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Download.com
Check the temps for a few hours gaming and post the results, good luck.
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Self Build
- CPU
- QX9650 (black box) [email protected]
- Motherboard
- Asus P5Q Premium
- Memory
- 8GB-4x2GB Corsair Dominator DDR 2-1066
- Graphics Card(s)
- 2 x ASUS EAH 4870 X 2 (Quad)
- Sound Card
- Supreme FX 2
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Fujitsu Siemens 22inch flat screen
- Screen Resolution
- 1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- 150 Gig WD Raptor
300 Gig Maxtor
300 Gig Maxtor, (External)
- PSU
- CoolerMaster 1000
- Case
- CoolerMaster N-Vidia stacker 830
- Cooling
- Noctua NH-U12P x 1x120mm fan, 6x120mm case fans
- Keyboard
- Logitech G15
- Mouse
- Logitech G5
- Internet Speed
- 20Mbps
- Other Info
- Audio FX Pro 5+1 gaming head set
GatorBoy13
New Member
Try making sure you dont have any AVG Virus scans running or something, they slowed my frames down as well as loading times. Also lower some effects in game, like for example on WoW if you lower Shadows and View Distance it gives better frames. If none of these work try right clicking your desktop, going to themes, and changing it to "windows classic" theme. It got me an extra 30 frames.
If none of these help you I am sorry, I dont know any other ways.
If none of these help you I am sorry, I dont know any other ways.
My Computer
System One
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- CPU
- AMD Phenom
- Motherboard
- Asus M2N-SLI
- Memory
- Gskill 4GB DDR2
- Graphics Card(s)
- ATI Radeon HD 4670 x2
- Sound Card
- Sound Blaster Audigy
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2x ACER 22'
- Screen Resolution
- 1680 x 1050
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 320 GB
- PSU
- ULTRA 1000 WATT PSU
- Case
- Sunbeamtech Automation
- Cooling
- Thermaltake Max Orb
- Keyboard
- Saitek Cyborg
- Mouse
- Razer Lachesis