Whenever i play a game my computer stutters and lags. I have an Nvidia Gforce 8600GT 3 gigs of ram and an AMD Athlon X2 5000+. I downloaded speedfan and it shows my temperature up to around <85 degree's Celsius. Too hot?
8600gt isn't that good a card tbh.
What games are stuttering?
Are you sure that your ram is 1 or 2 sticks? Not a mix of 1gig + a stick of 2gigs?
What games are stuttering?
Are you sure that your ram is 1 or 2 sticks? Not a mix of 1gig + a stick of 2gigs?
It stutters on all games. It's never done it before. My room gets REALLY hot. Its 3 gigs with a mix of 1 gig and another 2 gig stick. But thats never affected it before.
85 isn't going to damage a GPU but it shouldn't be running that hot normally. Check the GPU fan; those proprietary coolers get clogged up really easily. If enough dust gets trapped in there, cooling stops altogether.
ffs don't mix your ram like that. It will run at the lower speed of the two. lolNeXuS wrote:
Its 3 gigs with a mix of 1 gig and another 2 gig stick. But thats never affected it before.
Remove the 1 gig stick and replace it with another 2 gig stick of the same type and brand.
It depends on if he has a dual channel board or not... If he has an AMD board with only 3 slots then he is fine(friend had a 3 slot amd board)AussieReaper wrote:
ffs don't mix your ram like that. It will run at the lower speed of the two. lolNeXuS wrote:
Its 3 gigs with a mix of 1 gig and another 2 gig stick. But thats never affected it before.
Remove the 1 gig stick and replace it with another 2 gig stick of the same type and brand.
if he has dual channel then the sticks need to match... for slot 1 and 3 and 2 and 4... or else it wont be running in dual channel...
and to the op... what games in particular stutter?
have you updated graphics driver recently?
installed any new software... firewall/spyware remover etc?
The heat seems a little high on your gpu... get a can of compressed air and blow any dust or fur out of the graphics card...
does it stutter online or singleplayer offline or both?
do you have cable internet or fios or ?
Last edited by [TUF]Catbox (2009-10-11 22:40:19)
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It depends on if he has a dual channel board or not... If he has an AMD board with only 3 slots then he is fine(friend had a 3 slot amd board)AussieReaper wrote:
ffs don't mix your ram like that. It will run at the lower speed of the two. lolNeXuS wrote:
Its 3 gigs with a mix of 1 gig and another 2 gig stick. But thats never affected it before.
Remove the 1 gig stick and replace it with another 2 gig stick of the same type and brand.
if he has dual channel then the sticks need to match... for slot 1 and 3 and 2 and 4... or else it wont be running in dual channel...
and to the op... what games in particular stutter?
have you updated graphics driver recently?
installed any new software... firewall/spyware remover etc?
The heat seems a little high on your gpu... get a can of compressed air and blow any dust or fur out of the graphics card...
does it stutter online or singleplayer offline or both?
do you have cable internet or fios or ?
No
No
I did
Both
Cable
Does it happen randomly or at certain times?
Is your computer itself acting normal?
Have you defragmented recently?
It could be your power supply is dying also...?
any random reboots?
and you have checked for spyware and viruses right?
Is your computer itself acting normal?
Have you defragmented recently?
It could be your power supply is dying also...?
any random reboots?
and you have checked for spyware and viruses right?
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I just upgraded to win 7. It did it on xp also. Computers fine. It happens every 40 sec or so in game.
Defrag your hard drive, it should help the stuttering.
No.[TUF]Catbox wrote:
if he has dual channel then the sticks need to match.
My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.
so he can have a 512 stick and a 1 gig stick in dual channel...? lolCheez wrote:
No.[TUF]Catbox wrote:
if he has dual channel then the sticks need to match.
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You're saying he MUST use dual channel in his board. That is false.[TUF]Catbox wrote:
so he can have a 512 stick and a 1 gig stick in dual channel...? lolCheez wrote:
No.[TUF]Catbox wrote:
if he has dual channel then the sticks need to match.
My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.
if his board is dual channel and he wants to take advantage of that? then he needs to use matching sticks in the 1st and 3rd slot... and the second and 4th slot... if he doesn't care... he can use whatever he wants... but dual channel wont work.
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That wont help.TopHat01 wrote:
Defrag your hard drive, it should help the stuttering.
It may help the load times but not actual in-game performance.jamiet757 wrote:
Why not? Maybe you should try it.NeXuS wrote:
That wont help.TopHat01 wrote:
Defrag your hard drive, it should help the stuttering.
He does have a dual channel board, because this isn't 7-8 years ago. All boards are dual channel.[TUF]Catbox wrote:
It depends on if he has a dual channel board or not... If he has an AMD board with only 3 slots then he is fine(friend had a 3 slot amd board)AussieReaper wrote:
ffs don't mix your ram like that. It will run at the lower speed of the two. lolNeXuS wrote:
Its 3 gigs with a mix of 1 gig and another 2 gig stick. But thats never affected it before.
Remove the 1 gig stick and replace it with another 2 gig stick of the same type and brand.
if he has dual channel then the sticks need to match... for slot 1 and 3 and 2 and 4... or else it wont be running in dual channel...
He has a 5000+, therefore he has a dual channel board.
Says who?aimless wrote:
It may help the load times but not actual in-game performance.jamiet757 wrote:
Why not? Maybe you should try it.NeXuS wrote:
That wont help.
It certainly could help in game performance. Hard drive performance is one of the most common causes of stuttering in games - especially things that need to load lots on the fly, Fallout 3 suffered quite badly from hard drive related stuttering for a lot of people.
Check if your HDD light is blinking when it stutters. I dont think you need to worry about the temp... from what Ive seen and experienced, most 8600 GT(S) cards run about 85.
Try someone elses GPU if you can, too
Try someone elses GPU if you can, too
Last edited by Wallpaper (2009-10-12 19:24:39)
Updated my drivers and its not doing now.
which drivers?NeXuS wrote:
Updated my drivers and its not doing now.
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ja it does. games still have to draw from the harddrive, like any other program. steam even has its own defrag in to clean up its games.aimless wrote:
It may help the load times but not actual in-game performance.jamiet757 wrote:
Why not? Maybe you should try it.NeXuS wrote:
That wont help.
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