Games lagging on new build?

2009-08-27 19:46:00

#1

OmniDeath: ~; +726|6904

A friend of mine recently built a new computer. So far every game he has tried "stutters" or lags when he tries to run them. (this includes Fallout 3, Oblivion, Crysis, Warhead)

So far we've tried updating drivers for the video card (and even trying older ones) as well as any other component we could think of, adding codecs, patching the games, and checking heat levels (nothing is overheating), and updating the OS.

System Specs:

RAM: OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Motherboard: EVGA 141-BL-E757-TR LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX X58 SLI LE Intel Motherboard
Video Card: EVGA 017-P3-1175-AR GeForce GTX 275 1792MB 448-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
Processor: Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
PSU: OCZ GameXStream OCZ850GXSSLI ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 850Watts Power Supply 100 - 240 V CB, CE, CSA, UL
OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit
Monitor (in case it is relevant): LG W2353V-PF Black 23" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Full HD 1080P Widescreen LCD

Any ideas?

Last edited by OmniDeath (2009-08-27 19:47:45)

2009-08-27 19:47:04

#2

alexb: <3; +590|6200|Kentucky, USA

There's SP2 for Vista;
Maybe the OS is corrupt? If you can, try a reformat, and install SP2.

2009-08-27 20:12:50

#3

Catbox: forgiveness; +505|6976

Has he done any stresstests on the comp...

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also was it a fresh install of vista 64?
Did he defrag?
what monitor resolution?
What does he have his pagefile set at?
system managed or did he make it custom?

You could also try turning off system restore and and any antivirus and see if that helps...

Last edited by [TUF]Catbox (2009-08-27 20:16:44)

Love is the answer

2009-08-27 20:27:24

#4

OmniDeath: ~; +726|6904

[TUF]Catbox wrote:
Has he done any stresstests on the comp...
also was it a fresh install of vista 64?
Did he defrag?
what monitor resolution?
What does he have his pagefile set at?
system managed or did he make it custom?

You could also try turning off system restore and and any antivirus and see if that helps...

No.
Yes.
No.
1920x1080
6434MB
Custom Built.

2009-08-27 20:31:27

#5

Catbox: forgiveness; +505|6976

I meant is the pagefile system managed or did he set it to a custom amount...?
More than likely he didn't... System managed should be fine for as much ram as he has.

Love is the answer

2009-08-27 20:40:59

#6

OmniDeath: ~; +726|6904

[TUF]Catbox wrote:
I meant is the pagefile system managed or did he set it to a custom amount...?
More than likely he didn't... System managed should be fine for as much ram as he has.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy94hjVRSfc

I know the difference, but I'm not standing over his shoulder to check. I just got the number he told me. I'm guessing he has it on managed but I don't think that's the issue.

2009-08-27 20:42:37

#7

Flaming_Maniac: prince of insufficient light; +2,490|6967|67.222.138.85

Have you tried just one stick of RAM, switching the stick/slot around, etc.?

2009-08-27 20:44:21

#8

OmniDeath: ~; +726|6904

Flaming_Maniac wrote:
Have you tried just one stick of RAM, switching the stick/slot around, etc.?

I have not. Now that I think about it, wasn't there some issue with Vista when you boot it for the first time if you're trying to run more that 2GB of RAM?

2009-08-27 20:47:28

#9

SonderKommando: Eat, Lift, Grow, Repeat....; +564|6920|The darkside of Denver

I would also try, if at all possible, to try another video card. Something tells me there might be something going on with that GPU.

2009-08-27 20:51:45

#10

Flaming_Maniac: prince of insufficient light; +2,490|6967|67.222.138.85

Reaaally feelin the RAM right now.

2009-08-28 09:09:30

#11

OmniDeath: ~; +726|6904

alexb wrote:
There's SP2 for Vista;
Maybe the OS is corrupt? If you can, try a reformat, and install SP2.

This didn't work.

Flaming_Maniac wrote:
Have you tried just one stick of RAM, switching the stick/slot around, etc.?

SonderKommando wrote:
I would also try, if at all possible, to try another video card. Something tells me there might be something going on with that GPU.

We'll be trying these next.

2009-08-28 09:41:16

#12

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6049|Catherine Black

Newer cards are good for Microstuttering. Although that might just be dual cards, not sure.

2009-08-28 15:04:37

#13

OmniDeath: ~; +726|6904

Flaming_Maniac wrote:
Have you tried just one stick of RAM, switching the stick/slot around, etc.?

No effect.

2009-08-29 02:29:49

#14

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6714|The Twilight Zone

load temps?

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2009-08-29 02:39:21

#15

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6724|cuntshitlake

Try what this says: http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml

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2009-08-29 20:12:11

#16

SonderKommando: Eat, Lift, Grow, Repeat....; +564|6920|The darkside of Denver

Did you try another video card?

2009-08-29 20:45:51

#17

OmniDeath: ~; +726|6904

.Sup wrote:
load temps?

GPU 57-59C
CPUs 27-30C

SonderKommando wrote:
Did you try another video card?

Tried putting my 8800 GTS G92 in his build to no avail. The issue continued to persist. I also put his 275 in my build and everything ran fine so it's not the card.

2009-08-30 02:48:03

#18

OmniDeath: ~; +726|6904

Well, I finally got to work with his rig first hand (I've been relaying your input via messaging this whole time). Turns out Bios under-clocked the ram and didn't enable triple channel by default. A few simple changes to the Bios and it runs great.

Thanks for the input guys. Karma for all.

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.Sup wrote:

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