Bad Stuttering

Gunnzie · August 04, 2011, 11:08:26 PM

I've been on the PS3 version for a week but was getting fed up of playing it in low res. I finally decided to make PC my lead platform and just get racing games and exclusives for PS3.

I load up and dmw have a full server. Fantastic. Only the game is stuttering like crazy. I thought it was bad lag so disconnected. However, it turns out the single player is the same. Other games seem fine. I googled bad company 2 stuttering and its a common problem. But mine never used to do it and I've definitely not touched anything.

I tried all the solutions Google had to offer. Messing with settings.ini. delete and reinstall. Reinstall video drivers. Etc. No change.

Does anyone here have any ideas.

Before this I was even considering upgrading my pc but I'm reluctant to spend the money now.

Gunnzie · August 05, 2011, 04:33:27 PM

I'd really like to upgrade my PC but this issue is putting me off. I'd hate to upgrade but have all the problems still. If I could iron this out and get back to playing thus smoothly it would give me the confidence to spend.

Any ideas welcome. I can't understand why something that worked fine a week ago is now completely unplayable.

Naldo · August 05, 2011, 04:57:56 PM

System specs?

Gunnzie · August 05, 2011, 05:55:58 PM

Phenom 7750
4gb ram
Radeon 6790
Windows 7 64bit

It's not my hardware spec as it used to run fine only a week ago.

Tutonic · August 05, 2011, 05:58:40 PM

I had a similar problem.

Turning off HBAO in teh graphics settings, and disabling 'Bloom' in the settings.ini file fixed it for me.

Gunnzie · August 05, 2011, 07:36:55 PM

HBAO was already off and turning Bloom off has made no difference. This is so strange as BC2 ran smoothly a week ago. Really, nothing has been changed on my machine ssince.

Really appreciate trying to help though. Thanks for that.

I'm almost desperate enough to reinstall Win7. That really would be the last resort though. If the problems persist after that it really would be the end of my PC gaming adventure. Reluctantly though I should add. I really want to get on with PC gaming but I just keep hitting obstacles.

Naldo · August 05, 2011, 07:53:10 PM

Is it the same with every setting at low including resolution?

Gunnzie · August 05, 2011, 08:13:33 PM

Quote from: Naldo;330398Is it the same with every setting at low including resolution?

Yes it is even on the lowest res with everything set to low detail.

Naldo · August 05, 2011, 09:52:47 PM

Make sure dx setting is set to auto in the settings file.

Also disconnect from the internet and disable you AV then run it up, I had it before were real time file scanning would screw my games up to a stutter.

Also try disabling your sound card to see if that is the issue. Seen that do weird things.

Have you updated a driver recently?

Gunnzie · August 06, 2011, 04:21:49 PM

No drivers have been updated. Well not since this started happening anyway.

I've disconnected the internet, turned of AV, set DX back to auto and still no different.

Gunnzie · August 06, 2011, 04:45:23 PM

I think I am narrowing this down.

I've just noticed that with no apps running the performance tab in task manager is showing CPU at 90-99 percent.

On the processes tab nothing is using CPU though.

What could this be?

kregoron · August 06, 2011, 11:07:46 PM

That could be malware or virus then..
id do a reinstall...

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RizZy · August 07, 2011, 07:36:15 AM

Quote from: Gunnzie;330445I think I am narrowing this down.

I've just noticed that with no apps running the performance tab in task manager is showing CPU at 90-99 percent.

On the processes tab nothing is using CPU though.

What could this be?

You could try running hijack this it lists everything thats going on on your pc at the time & bosh the results into here to get some sort of idea if any of its bad. Or maybe try autoruns - link it'll tell you everything that runs on your pc at startup.

Gunnzie · August 07, 2011, 10:38:10 AM

I just realised you can click show processes from all users on the processes tab in Task Manager. This shows that it is 2 svchost.exe processes that are hogging 90% of the CPU. This is straight after a reboot.

svchost.exe seems to be a MS process. Why is it doing this? I can now hear the hard drive thrashing constantly as well.

Update1: Using Google suggests that Windows Update is the culprit but I already have Windows Update disabled.

Update2: I have now right clicked the svchost.exe and selected Go to services. This highlights "Power", "PlugPlay" and "DcomLaunch".

Update3: CPU usage still at 90-100% but hard drive not thrashing any more.

lionheart · August 07, 2011, 10:55:16 AM

It may very well be quicker to re-install the operating system then try to diagnose an issue with a previous windows update that is corrupt, at least that way you'll know its sorted.