Issues Sound/Display Driver

sq10

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For a while now I've been having a particular issue with my pc.

Whenever I try to watch a video online in fullscreen, the video becomes laggy and the sound stutters. Also when I try to play a resource heavy game (the secret world in this case) I have the same issue. Everything else seems to work just fine.

I've tried everything, checked my hdd, ram, updated drivers etc etc. I even did a clean install of windows and the problem persists. I *think* I've narrowed it down to the display driver, because when I uninstalled it at some point, the problem was gone and my whole pc ran smoother than before. However without a driver I'm stuck with a max reslolution of 1600x900 (monitor is 1900x1080), no aero theme and windows automatically updates it on the next reboot.

Any theories/advice?


Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600)
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550
4096MB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
 
Solution
Uhm yeah your trying to do WHAT on that video card???? http://www.hwcompare.com/12584/geforce-gtx-260-vs-geforce-gtx-670/

Plainly put, for resource heavy games and fullscreen HD video and so on, yeah most people have 6xx series or 7xx series cards in the system. Further as it is a Core 2 (how old is this system?) and most people are on the iCore series (i3, i5, i7) I would just suggest that it is time to either try and upgrade the PSU and GPU or the whole system, depending on 'how heavy' your gaming is. Personally as a i5 Core computer can be had around $300 off the shelf, you could then save / upgrade the PSU / GPU later for any serious gaming, but in the meantime have a basic system to play videos correctly and some games at medium...
Uhm yeah your trying to do WHAT on that video card???? http://www.hwcompare.com/12584/geforce-gtx-260-vs-geforce-gtx-670/

Plainly put, for resource heavy games and fullscreen HD video and so on, yeah most people have 6xx series or 7xx series cards in the system. Further as it is a Core 2 (how old is this system?) and most people are on the iCore series (i3, i5, i7) I would just suggest that it is time to either try and upgrade the PSU and GPU or the whole system, depending on 'how heavy' your gaming is. Personally as a i5 Core computer can be had around $300 off the shelf, you could then save / upgrade the PSU / GPU later for any serious gaming, but in the meantime have a basic system to play videos correctly and some games at medium settings.
 
Solution

sq10

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Thanks for you reply,

I don't get the surprise? Yes, it's a dated system (and I'm looking for a new one) but it's been working fine for months. Even playing games like bioshock infinite (albeit not on the highest settings obviously, but mid/high at least) without problems.
 


Actually I don't try for the highest settings, personally I like the best FPS I can get around 50-60, and accept some 'quality' downgrade to play the whole game out, then to experiance 10-30FPS game stutters, graphics shears, etc. because of insisting on seeing the game in 'all it's beauty and glory'. I was saying the issues you expressed concerned with are the results of the 'normal' tech (HD and now 3D Video standards) beyond the capabilities of your system (which happens after 3 years from the system date of manufacturing, though the system could have been sitting on the store/warehouse shelf for a year before you bought it).

I had to laugh for a moment actually, because so many people have smart phones and turn to me to ask if I could take a video and upload it to Facebook before pulling up the latest weather doppler, or they will Skype me over their phone. I then have to show them I just have a 'phone' with QWERTY keyboard for TXT messaging (no IMs/MSN/Yahoo etc.). So like your situation, if I have need to Skype/Video to Facebook, etc. like everyone else because it is now the 'norm', I would need to spend the money for a real phone.