chaarlieee
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I bought this card last week and it came in on Monday. I put it in the first day and I had random lag/frame rate drops with this card.
I upgraded from a 7900gt.
With the 7900gt, I would get no lag and my frame rate would be anywhere from 60 to 120 fps in CS:S.
With the 9600gt, I get random lag spikes every minute in CS:S. In CoD4 I also get random lag spikes and my ping is sometimes high or other players' ping is high. I have good fps for both of these games though. With the 9600gt, CS:S is smooth, getting over 100fps on max settings, and CoD4 gets decent frame rates from 30 to 75 fps. It's just that the random frame rate drops/lag spikes are too frequent and happen about every minute.
Antec 900 with the side panel fan blowing on the video card
Corsair 550vx PSU
Abit IP35-e motherboard
Intel e2180 OC'ed to 3.2ghz
2gb Corsair DDR2 at 4-4-4-12 800mhz
PNY 9600gt
Seagate 7200.10 500gb hdd
Auzentech X-Plosion 5.1 sound card
Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 150 TV tuner
Windows XP Pro SP 2 32-bit
Roadrunner cable internet
I've googled and it seems to be a common problem, but no one knows how to fix it. I'm guessing it's a driver issue.
Anyone have an idea what's wrong? I'm thinking that the power supply could be the problem because it is powering too many components, but I haven't done anything to check if the PSU is the problem. Or could it be the 9600gt itself?
I just uninstalled the drivers for a second time. I also cleared the registry of nvidia drivers and right now I'm defragging the hdd to see if any of these will solve the problem. I will also take out the tv tuner to see if that will ease the load of the PSU and fix the problem.
I'll update this thread tomorrow to see if I can fix the problem with
I upgraded from a 7900gt.
With the 7900gt, I would get no lag and my frame rate would be anywhere from 60 to 120 fps in CS:S.
With the 9600gt, I get random lag spikes every minute in CS:S. In CoD4 I also get random lag spikes and my ping is sometimes high or other players' ping is high. I have good fps for both of these games though. With the 9600gt, CS:S is smooth, getting over 100fps on max settings, and CoD4 gets decent frame rates from 30 to 75 fps. It's just that the random frame rate drops/lag spikes are too frequent and happen about every minute.
Antec 900 with the side panel fan blowing on the video card
Corsair 550vx PSU
Abit IP35-e motherboard
Intel e2180 OC'ed to 3.2ghz
2gb Corsair DDR2 at 4-4-4-12 800mhz
PNY 9600gt
Seagate 7200.10 500gb hdd
Auzentech X-Plosion 5.1 sound card
Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 150 TV tuner
Windows XP Pro SP 2 32-bit
Roadrunner cable internet
I've googled and it seems to be a common problem, but no one knows how to fix it. I'm guessing it's a driver issue.
Anyone have an idea what's wrong? I'm thinking that the power supply could be the problem because it is powering too many components, but I haven't done anything to check if the PSU is the problem. Or could it be the 9600gt itself?
I just uninstalled the drivers for a second time. I also cleared the registry of nvidia drivers and right now I'm defragging the hdd to see if any of these will solve the problem. I will also take out the tv tuner to see if that will ease the load of the PSU and fix the problem.
I'll update this thread tomorrow to see if I can fix the problem with