Please help my christmas present :(

[yzrider088]

I have just built a new system (check sig) and I'm suffering horrible gaming problems. I am running XP Pro 32-bit, and i was running xp pro 64-bit. I installed the processor drivers and set my infinity to cpu 0 on both games i tested, yet i still suffer horrible gaming. The graphics are great, no artifacting on card, but i get serious studdering and speeding up and slowing down during gameplay. On CS:S, i run 220-260FPS+ but it randomly studders. On BF2 I get 100FPS+ and it lags horribly. Now you might say, settings too high? Well, I run the highest @ 1280x1024 and the FPS is fine so i think it should be able to hande it. So I set it to 640x840, lowest quality, and it does not run ANY better. It is very weird, i have changed DRAM response time to all the settings in bios, and also followed Angry's Corsair ram guide, and windows install guide. I have read almost every post relating to the X2 on this forum and I am very upset that I get horribly gameplay. Can anyone offer what might be the problem? At this point I really doubt it is the mobo and I am leaning towards cpu or vcard. Thanks very much for any help on this issue. I have also read AMD forums and done what they said, and it does not help. Affinity makes no difference in my case. Also, my temps are running great. CPU temp @ 81F idle, and 92F max under a heavy load. Also GPU on vcard is running normal. I have nvidia drivers installed for my vcard (latest) and also nforce mobo drivers (latest). By the way, I am running REV 6 of the 4400+ X2 as I saw issues with REV4 on another post. Please help in any way you can, or atleast tell me how I can receive further support.

[hannibal2381]

hey buddy, bf2 only played smootly for me when i got the corsair 3500ll pro 2gb kit of ram, you use about 1.2 gb when playing bf2 so i can't recommend 2 gb enough.

[suspekt]

Yes 2GB is highly recommended for BF2. I don't know how they managed to make this game with so high demand for memory, but then again the developers have something to look forward too; software optimization.

 

Maybe the developers are co-owners with some memory-chip company

[yzrider088]

Yeah i have heard that, but with settings on low it definitly should not studder, all my games do, not just BF2. Farcry does, bf2, call of duty 2, cs:s, etc, any game i go to play studders (oh yeah need for speed most wanted too). I can't figure it out, it isnt that my hardware is not good enough i just think i need to configure something properly but i have spent lots of time in bios and cant figure it out. THanks

[yzrider088]

ok i just got done running memtest. 22 passes, 8hours long, 0 errors. Does anyone have any suggestions to change settings in bios to VERY minimal just to see if my games will run properly. I am going crazy trying to figure this out. THanks very much

[hannibal2381]

have you tried unreal 2004 ? i didnt have any probs with 1 gb and that all maxed out ? let us know ?

[macelius]

do you see your hdd light flash when it stutters? prolly have texture settings set high enough that it takes up the whole gig and goes to cache, medium is highest u can go with 1g

[JiveTurkey]

Have you checked Task Manager for any processes grabbing CPU cycles during the stutters? Make sure you don't have any unnecessary processes that are spiking usage. It took me a while to figure out some stuttering of my own in BF2; turned out to be an issue with a USB headset and Teamspeak - it spiked CPU usage and BF2 froze momentarily. Task Manager performance looked like a mountain range - up, down, up, down, etc.

 

You can also use msconfig to set a diagnostic startup, adding/removing processes, etc.

 

And how much of the nforce driver package did you install? I've read a lot about problems with the firewall software, IDE drivers, etc.

 

Good luck, I know that's gotta be frustrating.

[billy1ear]

There can be some issues with x2 chips and games there are posts here about it, search for them.

 

 

here is a link

 

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=983781

 

and another

 

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread...dual+core+games

[LDog69]

ok i just got done running memtest. 22 passes, 8hours long, 0 errors. Does anyone have any suggestions to change settings in bios to VERY minimal just to see if my games will run properly. I am going crazy trying to figure this out. THanks very much

 

 

Do you have the very newest NVIDIA video drivers? They specifically mention dual-core improvements in the release notes. GL

[yzrider088]

Thanks everyone for your posts.

 

hannibal2381: I will install UT2004 tonight and let you know how it works, thanks for the tip

 

JiveTurkey: yes, my system is absolutely cleaned. I even stopped 10+ services in services.msc... i have NOTHING running except drivers i even booted with diagnostic startup in msconfig

 

billy1ear: thanks for the tip on that page, i am now on x64 though, and i did install my processor driver. i am gonna try games on here and see how it goes

 

LDog69: yes, i had the newest drivers

 

thanks all for your help, im back on x64 and hoping it will fix some of my problems as it seems much faster already ill let ya know thanks again

[yzrider088]

OK get this... I install UT2004 w/ 64-bit patch (3369) and i put everything on highest/high @ 1280x1024 and it runs PERFECTLY. No lag whatsoever.. but cod2/bf2/cs:s all lag...whats the dilio?