Gaming Problem

Zootoxin · May 14, 2009, 09:21:31 AM

Guys!! I have a really annoying problem with my PC and I need your help...(please)

Here's the situation :

Load Game - Loads fiine
Start Game - Starts fine
Play game - works fine for about 2 minutes and the FPS drop to like 9 there is hardly any responsiveness from the mouse.
If I ESC out of the game the cursor moves like a snail with a hangover.
Quit Game - Windows, Firefox etc etc works fine.

So basically I cant do any gaming.

This is happening on my Win7 and XP installations.

The games are installed to another partition than the OS

Any Ideas?

no peanuts · May 14, 2009, 09:26:04 AM

Are you running a GPU client?

I had a similar issue when playing Lost Planet, if I disable the GPU client whilst playing it's fine.

Zootoxin · May 14, 2009, 12:08:02 PM

Quote from: no peanuts;275982Are you running a GPU client?

I had a similar issue when playing Lost Planet, if I disable the GPU client whilst playing it's fine.

Whats GPU client?

This problem is so bad I cant play any games

delanvital · May 14, 2009, 12:15:56 PM

Quote from: Zootoxin;276009Whats GPU client?

Nooooooo! you can't say that :bleh: It is a GPU-folding client. And sadly you do not :bleh:

Edit: if you can't get the PC to game, well, then you can get it to fold perhaps - just to make good use of the time? :wink:

DuVeL · May 14, 2009, 12:22:35 PM

Which game are we talking about?
Is it Steam based?

And about Folding

Browne · May 14, 2009, 12:46:45 PM

Quote from: delanvital;276011Nooooooo! you can't say that :bleh: It is a GPU-folding client. And sadly you do not :bleh:

Edit: if you can't get the PC to game, well, then you can get it to fold perhaps - just to make good use of the time? :wink:

Is there any thread that these Folders don't try to hi-jack?

Jamoe · May 14, 2009, 12:56:24 PM

Does this happen in all games?
Are these new installs(XP)?
Have you tried the usual programs for spyware/virus' etc.
What about gfx card drivers, are they up to date?

Running out of time before work blocks this site

Zootoxin · May 14, 2009, 01:19:28 PM

Quote from: Jamoe;276017Does this happen in all games?
Are these new installs(XP)?
Have you tried the usual programs for spyware/virus' etc.
What about gfx card drivers, are they up to date?

Running out of time before work blocks this site

Some are XP installs.
Most are Steam, I have steam on its own partition and just delete the client.blog.
Some are installed on Win7

It happens to all games

Run virus checks.
Defragged
All Drivers are up to date.

I have even run the nVidia Fine tune.

DuVeL · May 14, 2009, 01:23:47 PM

Did you defrag Steam aswell?

Zootoxin · May 14, 2009, 01:43:25 PM

Quote from: DuVeL;276021Did you defrag Steam aswell?

I Defragged every partition, unless there is a defrag option within steam then Yes.

Blunt · May 14, 2009, 01:55:33 PM

Quote from: Zootoxin;276022I Defragged every partition, unless there is a defrag option within steam then Yes.

In steam games, Highlight the game, Right click/Properties/Local files:)

DuVeL · May 14, 2009, 02:06:27 PM

What Blunt said.

Helped me out with CSS the other day and L4D.
Seems Steam was FuBaR because of me not defragging those games.

delanvital · May 14, 2009, 02:34:10 PM

Did you at some point upgrade gfx drivers and installed them on top of the older version? or did you uninstall and then install?

delanvital · May 14, 2009, 02:35:01 PM

Quote from: Browne;276016Is there any thread that these Folders don't try to hi-jack?

No. "Try folding" is a valid response to any possibly query :whistle:

Jabbs · May 14, 2009, 06:18:14 PM

The partition that the games are installed on:

Is it a seperate physical hard disk?

If so, is it an older disk?

Have you scanned the disk for errors?

Is the drives free space ok?

I'm not sure if it's likely to be a GPU problem but you could let us know what DirextX version is installed by running dxdiag from the RUN box or a command prompt.

I also wonder if there is a memory leak somehow. In other words is there a program that slowly over time takes more and more RAM memory? Check this by looking at Task Manager and sort by Memory Usage, go into game, wait for crash and check Task Manager again.