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Article #81677Weird Slowdown in Games
From: Kern
Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 02:25
Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 02:25
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Hello all,
First off here is my system config:
Alienware Area-51 laptop running XP Pro SP1
2.2 Gig Pentium 4
512 Mb Ram
40 Gig HD
Mobility Radeon 7500
Creative SB Extigy
Significant software:
Norton Systemworks 2002
Norton Internet Security 2002
DirectX 9.0
I am having a problem with any game I play. It runs normally for about 10-15
minutes and then I get extreme slowdowns.
To try to fix this I've:
stopped all unnecessary processes
defraged my HD and ran Scandisk
ran Norton WinDoctor
re-installed the games effected (Alien vs Predator 2, IGI-2,
Independence War 2 to name some games)
re-installed DirectX (both 8.1 and 9)
disabled services not being used
Does anyone have any idea on how to fix this (hopefully without re-installing
XP)?
Thanks
Kern
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