Problems with rig, gaming.

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duncandun

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Hello Hardocp! It's been a while.

I come to you in a kind of frustrated-what now state.

I have a problem with my computer, I think.

Problem:While playing games(or any semi-stressful task IE HD movies, etc), My computer constantly Stutters when things get intense, Like lots of action going on in a game, etc. It also does it when nothing is going on, but to a lesser extent.


Anyway, I've done... everything I can possibly think of that would influence it.
Tried:
3 Different driver versions
updating Bios
Reseating video card/ram
Ran Memtest/prime95(14 hours no errors)
Took the side case of, put an external fan blowing into it to help with cooling
Defragged/extensive diagnostic and repairing tools used for the HDD(Speedfan says its 100% awesome)
Running in Safemode to get rid of any possible 3rd party softwear influencing performance

Thats about it, I guess. Everything tells me there shouldn't be a problem, but there is.

Specs (this is an older pc):
AMD 1500+
Nvidia 6600GT
Msi 6712 mobo
2 gigs OCZ Ddr 3200 Platinum(From my new-er pc, harvested:p it's mobo and psu died)
Creative Soundblaster Audigy
Various PCI Ethernet / wireless cards
WD 250GB hd


Anyway, If any more info is needed, let me know...

If you can think of anything else I should try, please go ahead and tell me:( this is killing me slowly.
 
I can remember the time when HD was still just on the horizon reading an article titled something like "your computer can't play HD". My computer then was an AMD Athlon XP 2500+ with an AIW 9800 Pro.

I think it's time for some upgrades. Perhaps updating your video card to something that will handle HD acceleration and 3D acceleration better would be enough.
 
I would, but right now isn't a great time for me financially.

Also, the kicker is that I've played all these games before with no problems, but now there is one.



Keep the suggestions coming;p
 
A backup, format, and reinstall might help get rid of clutter and stuff running in the background slowing things down.
 
Have you tried overclocking your computer? Increase the cpu speed and the front side bus? Or swap out the cpu for a better one? You can find socket A cpus for cheap nowadays
 
Just disable it via Device manager. Let your Pc use onboard.

It is worth a shot, however dark the room is.
 
After messing around for a while, trying it with all audio drivers disabled, just onboard, etc...

It plays better with nothing on, but it still stutters occasionally. It also is actually WORSE with onboard sound, oddly enough.

Any suggestions? I'm guessing it's somehow related to sound but I have no friggin' clue how. Is it possible to get Creative drivers that arent bloated pieces of crap?
 
You can always install creative drivers only and not the software. use windows sound manager to tweak all your sound settings. It's not possible that it's memory related given the fact you have 2 gigs worth of ram. Bottom line, could be your cpu bottlenecking or fsb. Do you overclock?
 
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