Getting high FPS but choppy performance in Windows 7.

[themorningbells]

I just upgrade from XP 32bit (where I had no problems). I installed Windows 7 64bit (to another hard drive that I was getting faster HD Tach speeds with) and since, a few games have been running really poorly.

I upgraded the day I got Black Ops and thought it was problems with Black Ops, but I've since tried playing World of Warcraft and I get the same exact symptom. My frames will be around 60-80 in Warcraft but it appears like a lot of them are being skipped. There's no smoothness to movement whatsoever. It makes it really unplayable. Same problem is happening in Black Ops. I have no problems while running Modern Warfare 2 or BF:BC2 in Windows 7. Also, I have no smoothness issues with Black Ops or WoW on the XP install.

I've tried VSync on/off. Aero on/off. All my drivers are up to date. I really have no idea what to do except go back to XP and have a wasted Windows 7 install. Someone was having a similiar sounding issue in this thread http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=117078 but no one could figure out a way to help him.

My setup is currently an E5200 @ 3.0ghz on a Gigabyte EP45-DS3L (latest bios), 4gb of G. Skill Pi Black, Corsair HX620 PSU, and a HD 4870 (512mb) video card. Again, with this same exact configuration, my games are smooth in XP but become incredily choppy in Windows 7 even with steady, high fps.

 

[evilsofa]

Someone had a similar problem here:

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1560771

Make sure your motherboard's BIOS really is the most recent, even though it's a beta version. I see version F11b here, and I would try that if you haven't:

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2844#bios

While you're there, make sure you have the latest Win7 64-bit motherboard drivers too.

 

[PrincessFrosty]

Isn't choppy performance in Black Ops normal?

Do you get choppy performance in anything else, other than these 2 games?

 

[themorningbells]

I have been running the F11b bios and 64bit mobo drivers. Really have no idea what the deal is. Here is another thread from someone with the same problem http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=14870145074&sid=1&pageNo=1.

Edit: And another http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=24702231159&sid=1.

 

[munkle]

Could be just those games, the new wow update did some weird stuff. Do you have a 3rd game you could try? Also you aren't running something with flash in the background are you? when ever I would go to a website with flash I would get choppy game play even though fps were high.

 

[themorningbells]

Bioshock, Dead Rising 2, Borderlands and Left for Dead 2 all run fine as well.

 

[Kangg]

Sounds like it's those games specific to me. I've been running a 64 bit OS for years with virtually no issues. Even less issues in Windows 7. Another little "trick" to try is to make sure the game executable is run as administrator.

 

[evilsofa]

Since you have no problems in Modern Warfare 2 or BF:BC2, I would chalk this up to game issues and not being a problem on your end.

 

[theNoid]

You need to test more games. I can say that I'm not having any issues on Windows 7 x64.

 

[Domingo]

I have issues like this and it's honestly game to game and setting to setting for me.
One fix I've found is to change the type of AA in the Control panel from "Box" to one of the other options like "Edge Detect."
Another one is to try and limit your FPS to 60 when possible. Even beyond vsync, some games allow you to set a max fps via a command line. With Half-Life and Far Cry 2 those essentially worked as a fix for me.

 

[rickss69]

See post #40 here... http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1560736&page=2