Weird Slowdown in Games

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2 total messages Started by Kern Mon, 12 May 2003 02:25

#81677

Author: Kern
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

Re: Weird Slowdown in Games

#81678

Author: Michael Andrews
Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 16:41

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Sounds like you might have bad RAM.  Try swapping out the RAM and see if
this fixes the issue.  It could also be a bad video-card RAM module.  I'm
having some strange problems also that I think might be related to
DirectX9.0, so you may want to check that out too.

"Kern" <available_...@nothing.net> wrote in message
news:uf1ubv86ql0lcr1jjtifemqend59krmv7p@4ax.com...
> 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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