CPU trouble, i think. Anyone able to help? (8 posts)

paul.hurt Posted 2 years, 11 months ago Joined: 2 years, 11 months ago

I bought this new computer and the problem im having is that when i play games especially it will run fine for about a minute the lag for about 45 seconds and it's consistent the whole time, the cpu performance is going up to 100% then back down which im sure is causing the lag but i just don't kno why it's going up in the first place, anyone have any idea about what's going on?

paul.hurt Posted 2 years, 11 months ago Joined: 2 years, 11 months ago

oh yea i forgot to say it's an AMd Athlon 64 Dual core processor 6000+, 3 GB ram and a Geforce 8600 gt 512 mb graphics card and it will lag with old games which i kno that my computer can meet the rewuirements for and sometimes even internet flash games!

Anonymous Posted 2 years, 11 months ago Joined: N/A

AMD arn't made for gaming so you won't get any speed out of them in games. AMD are unstable evan when on normal setings (not overclocked). It may be overheating or cool and quiet may be on check in the bios. (i will never buy amd again ive had 3 amd 1 intel the intel is 100000times better ;-) )

JD Posted 2 years, 11 months ago Joined: 4 years, 6 months ago

AMDS are unstable for gaming. check these things 1 Check if cool and quiet is on in the bios if so turn it off. If it is off already check if your cpu is overheating. Hope this helps, JD (AMDS ARE UNSTABLE GET A INTEL THEY ARE 1000000 TIMES BETTER)

Luke Posted 2 years, 11 months ago Joined: 12 years, 5 months ago

AMD are STABLE for GAMING

Hi Paul,

I would ignore the above uninformed posts.

AMD are fine for gaming and do a excellent game platform now. However Intel at the moment do tend have the better processors at a price $.

Anyway; What software do you have running? Operating system? Windows XP (which service pack, version 3 I guess?) or Windows Vista?

Also have you updated your video drivers? visit www.nvidia.com and get the latest drivers and get them installed. Also ensure you are up to date with your Windows updates.

What game does the system struggle with?

Luke

paul.hurt Posted 2 years, 11 months ago Joined: 2 years, 11 months ago

Hey im running service pack 3 and i've got the latest drivers and updates i thought it might of been the drivers but still the same, it will struggle with every single game i play, like i said before even some flash cartoon games which is quite stupid, i've had the problem since i put windows on so i don't think it could be a virus or anything like that, i've been considering just taking it to my computer shop to see if they can do something with it i suppose

Micky Bounader Posted 2 years, 11 months ago Joined: 12 years, 5 months ago

Firstly to those who seem to be 'uninformed above' - AMD is fine for gaming. Best way to think of it is just like Ford and GM/Holden. One if the poor cousin to the other. Both make card that look about the same, like for like spec's, and do the same thing - drive you around... One might look a little better in ones eyes to that of the other, but really much of a much ness...

As for the issues you are having - I would check that your HDD is not full. You have enough ram to run the game. Your GPU (video card) is able to cope with the typical intense images that come with most modern games.

Also make sure that all your drivers are correct. GPU, MB, etc.

And look thought you processes/task list to see if there is anything else which may be causing the system to lag/stress. (ie- anti virus resident programs etc can cause this).

ALso make sure your system is not infected by any viruses.

It might be worth closing any programs (if you have any running) in the background such as web browsers, outlook, word, excel, etc. as these are also system resource hungry.

See how you go and each time you change one thing test it again, this will assist in finding the cause.

Hope this helps.

Cheers, Micky Bounader MB Information Technology Solutions. www.mbinfotech.com.au www.parts4pcs.com.au

Lawrence Glynn Posted 2 years, 11 months ago Joined: 12 years, 5 months ago

Check what is using the CPU time

Use Ctrl-Alt-Del to bring up the Task Manager, click on the Processes tab, click to show proceses from all users, click on the CPU column heading to sort by CPU usage, click again so that the highest use is at the top. Now monitor what is using the CPU time when the computer "lags". If nothing is taking up much CPU time then your problem relates to either physical RAM or hard disk access. You can use the View menu to add extra columns to Task Manger for Disk I/O and watch what is using the hard disk and you can also watch for RAM I/O too. During the lag something will be taking up a large % of one of these 3 resources. Once you know what it is you can start to fix it (ie disable that background task). If, by some remote chance, nothing is using a large % of any of these 3, I suggest you either restore Windows to any earlier (and hopefully happier) time or re-install from scratch. I have experience Windows installs which seemed to go just fine, but ran really slowly. Re-installed with all the same drivers etc and AOK. Certainly, the problem will be software in origin, not a hardware glitch.

CPU trouble, i think. Anyone able to help? (8 posts)

CPU trouble, i think. Anyone able to help? (8 posts)

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