Hey guys,
Been a while since ive visited toms. Last time I built a projector. Anyway, on to my issue.
Basically I have deduced the core issue to be intermittent hiccups on the output of the graphics card. Most notably, this is seen in Empire total war, where on the campaign map only (think lots of textures and objects, but relatively low detail), the entire screen hitches when i scroll every few seconds. This happens regardless of LOD. The framerate is very high. I thought that perhaps it was gpu memory load. However, the card was only utilizing 384 mb of 896 (according to gpuz). The game, drivers etc are all patched up nicely.
Were it just empire total war that had the issue, i would toss it off as bad code. However, I also notice the issue cropping up in XBMC (Xbox media center). There is a little text bar at the bottem that scrolls across, and it just isnt entirely smooth. Its smooth for a good 1.5-2 seconds but it will 'jump' every so often, or almost hiccup. The more I think the more i realize Ive seen this issue in several areas, but these are the two most prominent. The xbmc hiccup is almost unnoticeable, but the ETW hiccups make it nearly unplayable. However, oddly enough everything else plays just as expected (battlefield 2, crysis, command and conquer). 3d mark vantage score is about 7000-9000. Also, i had this issue in both win7 and vista. However, the win7 install was just an over the top install.
Voltages came back stable in msi afterburner. Temps below 65, usually 40-55.
Finally, my system:
550W Rocketfish Power Supply
Intel Core 2 Qaud q8200 (2.33ghz)
nvidia geforce gtx 260 (192 core version, 65nm, made by bfg)
4 gb ram ddr2 (pc2-800 mhz)
some crappy foxconn motherboard that came with the pc (sad i know, but too poor to fix that just yet)
320 gb main drive, 500gb secodary drive, both 7200 rpm
I think that should suffice for details.
Any Ideas? I would LOVE to hear them because I am out. Also, you can assume ive tried the obvious stuff, but feel free to offer anything i havent mentioned.
Been a while since ive visited toms. Last time I built a projector. Anyway, on to my issue.
Basically I have deduced the core issue to be intermittent hiccups on the output of the graphics card. Most notably, this is seen in Empire total war, where on the campaign map only (think lots of textures and objects, but relatively low detail), the entire screen hitches when i scroll every few seconds. This happens regardless of LOD. The framerate is very high. I thought that perhaps it was gpu memory load. However, the card was only utilizing 384 mb of 896 (according to gpuz). The game, drivers etc are all patched up nicely.
Were it just empire total war that had the issue, i would toss it off as bad code. However, I also notice the issue cropping up in XBMC (Xbox media center). There is a little text bar at the bottem that scrolls across, and it just isnt entirely smooth. Its smooth for a good 1.5-2 seconds but it will 'jump' every so often, or almost hiccup. The more I think the more i realize Ive seen this issue in several areas, but these are the two most prominent. The xbmc hiccup is almost unnoticeable, but the ETW hiccups make it nearly unplayable. However, oddly enough everything else plays just as expected (battlefield 2, crysis, command and conquer). 3d mark vantage score is about 7000-9000. Also, i had this issue in both win7 and vista. However, the win7 install was just an over the top install.
Voltages came back stable in msi afterburner. Temps below 65, usually 40-55.
Finally, my system:
550W Rocketfish Power Supply
Intel Core 2 Qaud q8200 (2.33ghz)
nvidia geforce gtx 260 (192 core version, 65nm, made by bfg)
4 gb ram ddr2 (pc2-800 mhz)
some crappy foxconn motherboard that came with the pc (sad i know, but too poor to fix that just yet)
320 gb main drive, 500gb secodary drive, both 7200 rpm
I think that should suffice for details.
Any Ideas? I would LOVE to hear them because I am out. Also, you can assume ive tried the obvious stuff, but feel free to offer anything i havent mentioned.
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