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Aero
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Post subject: fps  Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 3:00 pm |
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hello, my fps have just taken a slump today, they usually hover between 80-120, but today for some reason they have dropped to 20-40.
its really frustrating me...ne help and ideas wud be appreciated, thanks guys
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Mike=GCHQ=
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 3:28 pm |
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checked your temperatures?
check the fan on your GPU
try downloading and running a programme called process explorer it will give you a better indication of what your processor is actually doing
then you might be able to find spyware,
make sure all your background apps are closed, Anti virus software especially
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 3:30 pm |
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Have you done anything to your computer recently? Like any new installs of software or anything?
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Aero
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 3:52 pm |
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yeah i installed age of empires 3 yesterday, but i just done a system restore back to yesterday and its sorted the problem...but thanks neway
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Mike=GCHQ=
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 3:55 pm |
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wow system restore normally for drastic measures
IF all you did was install Age of Empires...
could that suggest you are low on HDD space??
i.e. running low on virtual memory
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Dan
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:09 pm |
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Windows Restore, not reformat...
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Mike=GCHQ=
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:14 pm |
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Prospekt wrote: Windows Restore, not reformat...
i know, but sometimes when i've had to do that, i've noticed Dramatic difference in speed and responsiveness of the o/s
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fUNKUS
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 6:29 pm |
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yar sounds like youre eating up your paging file, keep about 2gb free on your c drive for when your ram sticks cant handle the pressure
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:13 pm |
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Linux users don't get that problem so much do they because they have a SWAP file partition right 0.o?
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GeneralPublic=GCHQ=
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:31 pm |
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you don't want to be memory paging, regardless of OS.
It's pretty rare for a paging file to change size in windows at all really.
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Aero
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 7:14 pm |
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well i uninstalled age of empires and well its still the same, done full spyware, my fps went to 80-130 for one map..then came back and they dropped ont he next map to 20-40...like whats going on
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Mike=GCHQ=
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 7:22 pm |
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now probly not this
but something that i noticed to me today
my processor had cool n quiet driver enabled in bios
which means that it can automatically overclock from 2.41ghz to 2.84 ghz
I noticed that my fps seemed to randomly drop during css sometimes, i now believe this is because the cpu was overclocking, it only ever used to last less than a minute, then it'd go back to normal though..
so... double check your clock speeds
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 7:42 pm |
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checked the bios and says processor is 3.6 and its clocking at 3.6
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Mike=GCHQ=
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 8:10 pm |
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try running cs, when it goes to slow speeds, then go to control panel, view system information, and see what ghz it says then
probly not this ... but..worth a try
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Post subject: cpu throttle Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 12:07 am |
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run somert lime prime95 rather than cs
as to linux - most people know what there doing in the first place and instal the page/swap on a diff partition. most windozs user install everything on 1 partion regardless of the size of the hd
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