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lone_sniper

join:2003-03-26
San Juan Capistrano, CA

I have just reformatted my computer in hopes of it running fast and smooth.
It is running fast but it is not running all my video games correctly.
I am getting spikes in my games which makes it so every couple seconds in a game, around a minute or so, it goes to a slow halt for about 10-15 seconds.
I get these spikes in every game I have and they are in multiplayer and singleplayer games.
This problem has never happened to me before.
I have no programs running in the background except the system processes.
I have no anti-virus software so it cant be that.
I am using Windows XP, 1.5 GHz, 512 megabytes ram, 128 MB Radeon 8500 graphics card and I have a 33 gig hard drive.
Can someone help me?

permalink · 2003-03-26 21:01:18 · Print ·

z28kindaguy
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Re: lag spikes in games...

First off... Welcome to dslr!

Couple of questions...
Are you able to tell if its network lag, or if your FPS (frames per second) is dropping?
Low FPS can make it look like your net connection to the game server is poor, and vice versa.
Some games will allow you to display what FPS you're getting, making it easier to tell which is lagging.
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permalink · 2003-03-26 21:22:17 · Print ·

lone_sniper join:2003-03-26 San Juan Capistrano, CA	Re: lag spikes in games... my FPS is dropping. I can tell that in Battlefield 1942. but it doesnt only drop in multiplayer but in singleplayer as well. This happens in all my games too and not just Battlefield.
	permalink · 2003-03-27 00:51:26 ·

z28kindaguy
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Re: lag spikes in games...

said by lone_sniper :
my FPS is dropping. I can tell that in Battlefield 1942. but it doesnt only drop in multiplayer but in singleplayer as well. This happens in all my games too and not just Battlefield.

Ok... I wanted to clarify... lag is often to referred to a poor net connection...
Go to control panel, go to system, click the hardware tab, click device manager, under view, select "resources by connection" and expand the the IRQ list. See if you have any conflicts.
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permalink · 2003-03-27 01:00:00 · Print ·

lone_sniper join:2003-03-26 San Juan Capistrano, CA	Re: lag spikes in games... do you mean just expand it by clicking the + next to the IRQ list?? And make it so it shows the sub-items?
	permalink · 2003-03-27 22:15:30 ·

lone_sniper join:2003-03-26 San Juan Capistrano, CA	Re: lag spikes in games... ok i looked at the properties of every item and went to resources to chekc conflicting devices and there were no conflicts for all of the devices.
	permalink · 2003-03-27 22:19:58 ·

mfmruizv

join:2001-09-01
USA

Re: lag spikes in games...

I had the same problem with another game what i did is if you havent already update all your drivers for your video card . Go to the directx panel click on each side panel and make sure there is no conflicts there that is the main problem for that to happen. If everything is good there try reinstalling the game and deleting the folder it was in after u uninstall it. That fixed it for me hope it works for you gl.

permalink · 2003-03-28 12:46:59 ·

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