Random Lag?

[Vicky]

2.2Ghz is the core frequency, the 4200+ is the 'pentium rating'. So it's equal or better than an intel @ 4.2Ghz.

[Draclan12]

have anything forced on in your Graphics Cards Control Panel? Like AA or AF? And when's the last time you've defragged? And you should try those fixes and any other that you could find. Plus maybe the Dual Core Optimizer if you don't have it already.
And what are your ingame setting? I see that you've got a quite crazy resolution on your desktop and I'm hoping that you're not trying to play the game with the same resolution with that graphics card...
And try running a Selective Startup.

Nope, I don't have anything forced on the Control Panel.

Um, I defraged last week using AusLogics Disk Defrag.

Uh, No, I don't have the Dual Core Optimizer as far as I know; I'll get that now or maybe someone could point it out to me..

My ingame settings are usually a windowed mode at 800x600 with Anti-Aliasing at 2-sample and level of detail at Low or High (Depends on my mood )

Ehh, what do you mean by selective startup?

2.2Ghz is the core frequency, the 4200+ is the 'pentium rating'. So it's equal or better than an intel @ 4.2Ghz.

Holy crap, are you serious? That's just crazy. =]

[Vicky]

Yes i'm serious and that's why i use AMD

[Draclan12]

Yes i'm serious and that's why i use AMD

Yikes, I just installed the Dual-Core Optimizer for AMD and I'm gonna see if it makes it better...

[Edit] Well, I just played and it seemed to go well, but then this happened; I hit escape for the pause menu real quick and the text there disapeared, so I was like 'wtf'. So then I keep playing and I get a checkpoint (I was on campaign) and right when I get a checkpoint it freezes and so does task manager. Then I just wait and Vista gives me the BSOD. So I restarted and that brings me to where I am now.

[johnnyblaz20]

So to a core2 processor how does that processor compare? I have a 3.0ghz core2duo and i think its awsome. I'm an intel fan btw.

I know i'm probably not a genius but i think just stating your computer's rating and the component on the lowest sub-score would help. I seriously think your computer should play the game well.

It sounds exactly like the problem i had on my old computer. I think i stated this before but i updated from XP to Vista and when i would play halo i had SERIOUS random lag, and it seemed like it was timed. Every so many seconds or maybe a minute it would lag terribly. I just wiped my HD and installed vista on a clean partition and after that it worked great. I'm sure it could have been fixed but i get frusterated and go overboard at times.

[Draclan12]

So to a core2 processor how does that processor compare? I have a 3.0ghz core2duo and i think its awsome. I'm an intel fan btw.

I know i'm probably not a genius but i think just stating your computer's rating and the component on the lowest sub-score would help. I seriously think your computer should play the game well.

It sounds exactly like the problem i had on my old computer. I think i stated this before but i updated from XP to Vista and when i would play halo i had SERIOUS random lag, and it seemed like it was timed. Every so many seconds or maybe a minute it would lag terribly. I just wiped my HD and installed vista on a clean partition and after that it worked great. I'm sure it could have been fixed but i get frusterated and go overboard at times.

My rating that I got was 4.1.

Processor.............4.9
Memory................4.6
Graphics...............4.5
Gaming Graphics.....4.1
Primary Hard Disk...5.4

And, um, take a look at this guys.



I never upgraded to Vista, My computer came with it. I just made a new partition and put XP on that so I'm dual booting right now.

[Vicky]

Processor.............4.9

Well johnny what's yours? Then we can compare it. Rough comparison though, maybe use something like 3dMark.

From what i've read the C2D is 1.5-2 times faster than the old P4.

That's a lot of mem for a videocard btw...

[Draclan12]

Well johnny what's yours? Then we can compare it. Rough comparison though, maybe use something like 3dMark.

From what i've read the C2D is 1.5-2 times faster than the old P4.

That's a lot of mem for a videocard btw...

Yea, I swear that yesterday it was like 600 something megabytes.

[Draclan12]

Okay this is really wired, my DxDiag got really messed up. Sorry for double post.

Look.

Before:

Time of this report: 11/3/2007, 09:12:04
       Machine name: LASHAN-PC
   Operating System: Windows Vista™ Ultimate (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_rtm.061101-2205)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: HP-Pavilion
       System Model: RK573AA-ABA a1710n
               BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
          Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ (2 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
             Memory: 2046MB RAM
          Page File: 505MB used, 3808MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
     DxDiag Version: 6.00.6000.16386 32bit Unicode

After:

Time of this report: 11/4/2007, 14:11:01
       Machine name: LASHAN-PC
   Operating System: Windows Vista™ Ultimate (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_rtm.061101-2205)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: n/a
       System Model: n/a
               BIOS: n/a
          Processor: n/a (2 CPUs)
             Memory: 2046MB RAM
          Page File: 494MB used, 3817MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
     DxDiag Version: 6.00.6000.16386 32bit Unicode

And this.

Before:

       Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 
     Manufacturer: NVIDIA
        Chip type: GeForce 7300 GT
         DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
       Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0393&SUBSYS_04FB19F1&REV_A1
   Display Memory: 1272 MB
 Dedicated Memory: 504 MB
    Shared Memory: 767 MB
     Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
          Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
      Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll
   Driver Version: 7.15.0011.6369 (English)
      DDI Version: 9Ex
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
 Driver Date/Size: 9/11/2007 22:28:00, 4988928 bytes
      WHQL Logo'd: Yes
  WHQL Date Stamp: 
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-40D3-11CF-A062-F02401C2CA35}
        Vendor ID: 0x10DE
        Device ID: 0x0393
        SubSys ID: 0x04FB19F1
      Revision ID: 0x00A1
      Revision ID: 0x00A1

After:

        Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 
     Manufacturer: 
        Chip type: 
         DAC type: 
       Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0393&SUBSYS_04FB19F1&REV_A1
   Display Memory: 1272 MB
 Dedicated Memory: 504 MB
    Shared Memory: 767 MB
     Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
          Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
      Driver Name: 
   Driver Version:  ()
      DDI Version: 9Ex
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
 Driver Date/Size: , 0 bytes
      WHQL Logo'd: n/a
  WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-40D3-11CF-A062-F02401C2CA35}
        Vendor ID: 0x10DE
        Device ID: 0x0393
        SubSys ID: 0x04FB19F1
      Revision ID: 0x00A1
      Revision ID: 0x00A1

[johnnyblaz20]

Processor - Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6850 @ 3.00GHz 5.7
Memory (RAM) - 2.00 GB 5.9
Graphics - Radeon X1950 Pro 5.9
Gaming graphics - 1023 MB Total available graphics memory 5.8
Primary hard disk - 64GB Free (140GB Total) 5.9

5.7 Determined by lowest subscore

For some reason my 3d mark isnt working, i'll try reinstalling.

I know those scores are not awsome but I'm happy with my performance. I still need to finish this comp though, its work in process. Some of these parts are from my old comp and need to be replaced like the video card.

It looks to me like draclan's graphics card is his computer's crutch. But reguardless there is a problem. It should still play well.