8800GTS 512 massive stutter problem

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nathsods

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I just put together a new system installed all the latest drivers and proceeded to test 3DMark06, scored about 9300. Then i tested Crysis, all was running smoothly as should then i noticed an occasional stutter, the fps would drop below 10fps and the game would basically freeze for a second or two. Making it unplayable as this could happen every 30 seconds or even more frequently. Specs are as follows:

Coolermaster Extreme 430W 19A +12v
ASUS M2N-MX SE
8800GTS 512
AM2 X2 6000+
2GB Kingston DDR2-800
WD 500GB SATA

I know the PSU is way under spec for the +12V and i just tested with a Corsair VX550 which has the same results, massive stutters while gaming. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
 
My TF2 used to stutter, until I found out that the stock 1.8v on my crucial ballistix wasn't enough. I raised them to 2.2v and had no problems ever since. Have you tested your ram stability?
 
Nearly 4 Passes of memtest with no errors, the stuttering happens in all games. I have tested Crysis, CoD4, and Bioshock.
 
It's been a while since I used AMD, but when the X2's came out, weren't there certain patches that needed to be installed to get smooth gameplay? I seem to remember something like that... :confused:
 
wtburnette said:
It's been a while since I used AMD, but when the X2's came out, weren't there certain patches that needed to be installed to get smooth gameplay? I seem to remember something like that... :confused:
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dual-core optimizer.have it on mine can not tell any difference.
 
nathsods said:
I just put together a new system installed all the latest drivers and proceeded to test 3DMark06, scored about 9300. Then i tested Crysis, all was running smoothly as should then i noticed an occasional stutter, the fps would drop below 10fps and the game would basically freeze for a second or two. Making it unplayable as this could happen every 30 seconds or even more frequently. Specs are as follows:

Coolermaster Extreme 430W 19A +12v
ASUS M2N-MX SE
8800GTS 512
AM2 X2 6000+
2GB Kingston DDR2-800
WD 500GB SATA

I know the PSU is way under spec for the +12V and i just tested with a Corsair VX550 which has the same results, massive stutters while gaming. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
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What res you playing at?

Probably video memory usage going over 700MB. That's what I noticed in the editor.
 
Yea, sounds like the games are caching to hard drive. What resolution/settings are you running in these games?

Do you have the latest videocard drivers?
 
check to make sure your drives aren't going into power saver mode. I could see this causing a small delay like this if windows had to spin up your drives to read/write something to the cache.
 
You can check your video memory usage by going into RivaTuner, getting the graphs/monitoring charts then

Setup (bottom right)
Plugins (bottom left)
check vidmem.dll

Find out when it starts stuttering.
 
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