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The_wall · 12-13-2005, 12:58 PM

ugh ok thread update time, I'm going to try and answer questions in this thread to the best of my ability. Reinstalling the drivers didn't work. Today I was playing WoW and it was running fine, then bam the choppiness kicked in out of nowhere.

Jinnkai yes I've tried restarting and then playing WoW as the first thing I do and the problem still occurs. As for memory usage I don't really understand this stuff in ctrl alt delete but it says the following:

Physical memory:
Total 2096616
available 1093000
system cache 13131000

Kernel Memory:
Total 106512
paged 87864
nonpaged 18608

Those numbers are just a guessed average as some of them are constantly changing. Under the process tab nothing seems to be using an excessive amount of memory, WoW uses the most right now and somthing called mcsheld.exe uses the next most amount.

Montana I suppose it could be spyware. I run microsoft antispyware every night, and adaware once or twice a week. If I do the memory thing how do I know if the stick is bad or not? Right now I have 4 sticks which equal 2 gigs of memory, these 4 sticks take up all the slots for memory on my mobo. As for swapping video cards the only good cards in this house are my 2 6600gt cards. I suppose I could switch to non sli and try them both out one at a time, this would be a pain in the ass however.

Crynel later I'll try and disconnect from the network and run half life to see if the problem persists, but I don't feel like doing that right now. And we have a computer directly connected to the cable modem. The modem however is connected to a b router first, then from that router to the downstairs computer. The b router is also connected to a g router. This G router is what I use for a wireless network that we have. We have a lap top that runs wirelessly off the b router. A friend of mine though it was the internet connection causing this but I just don't think thats the case. It doesn't feel laggy it just feels choppy. Whether or not files are being shared I don't know, I don't think so though.

As for Montanas next question, the cards I have are made by eVGA.

As for when the problem started I can't pinpoint exactly. This computer is pretty new, its been connected to the internet for about 3 weeks I'd say. The first week of playing was fine, no problems at all. After that first week I started to have lag issues, and somwhere in that time the choppiness started. The lag was from me being connected to a b router because switching to the g router resolved my massive latency issues.

One last note that I noticed today. Alt tabbing out of the game makes the choppiness far more severe somtimes.

12-13-2005, 12:58 PM	#11 (permalink)
The_wall Psycho Location: Rhode Island biatches!	ugh ok thread update time, I'm going to try and answer questions in this thread to the best of my ability. Reinstalling the drivers didn't work. Today I was playing WoW and it was running fine, then bam the choppiness kicked in out of nowhere. Jinnkai yes I've tried restarting and then playing WoW as the first thing I do and the problem still occurs. As for memory usage I don't really understand this stuff in ctrl alt delete but it says the following: Physical memory: Total 2096616 available 1093000 system cache 13131000 Kernel Memory: Total 106512 paged 87864 nonpaged 18608 Those numbers are just a guessed average as some of them are constantly changing. Under the process tab nothing seems to be using an excessive amount of memory, WoW uses the most right now and somthing called mcsheld.exe uses the next most amount. Montana I suppose it could be spyware. I run microsoft antispyware every night, and adaware once or twice a week. If I do the memory thing how do I know if the stick is bad or not? Right now I have 4 sticks which equal 2 gigs of memory, these 4 sticks take up all the slots for memory on my mobo. As for swapping video cards the only good cards in this house are my 2 6600gt cards. I suppose I could switch to non sli and try them both out one at a time, this would be a pain in the ass however. Crynel later I'll try and disconnect from the network and run half life to see if the problem persists, but I don't feel like doing that right now. And we have a computer directly connected to the cable modem. The modem however is connected to a b router first, then from that router to the downstairs computer. The b router is also connected to a g router. This G router is what I use for a wireless network that we have. We have a lap top that runs wirelessly off the b router. A friend of mine though it was the internet connection causing this but I just don't think thats the case. It doesn't feel laggy it just feels choppy. Whether or not files are being shared I don't know, I don't think so though. As for Montanas next question, the cards I have are made by eVGA. As for when the problem started I can't pinpoint exactly. This computer is pretty new, its been connected to the internet for about 3 weeks I'd say. The first week of playing was fine, no problems at all. After that first week I started to have lag issues, and somwhere in that time the choppiness started. The lag was from me being connected to a b router because switching to the g router resolved my massive latency issues. One last note that I noticed today. Alt tabbing out of the game makes the choppiness far more severe somtimes. __________________ "We do what we like and we like what we do!"~andrew Wk Procrastinate now, don't put off to the last minute.