iain_colin
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Alright, this is kinda a long and complicated problem that i'm not sure about. Just to point out, this isnt network lag, but actual computer lag. First of all, here are my computer specs.
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+
Memory: 2GB RAM
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Sound Card: Realtek High Definition Audio
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2
Motherboard: Asus M2N-MX SE Plus
A few days ago, i started getting a weird bug when playing *most* of my games. It would play fine for about 5-10 minutes, then start lagging down. Like for example CoD4, it would go from 50 to 5 FPS for about 30 seconds, then skip back to 50 afterwards. Now usually, i would credit this to the graphics card not being able to handle intense drawing, but it kept happening, and even when i was staring at the the floor this issue would happen. It would also happen no matter what resolution, or graphics settings i had the game on. I checked temperatures of the computer and they were within normal limits, and i couldnt see any unnatural processes running either.
Naturally i assumed it was my graphics card. So i switched back to my onboard graphics card, to see if the problem persisted, which they did. I tried updating the graphics drivers, DirectX, as well as reinstalling XP to no avail. Right now i'm pulling my hair out as there seems no obvious solution to this. I'm sure that my computer can handle these games, but it just lags.
Now the only things i can think of that this could be down to, is either the Mobo/Processor/Ram is faulty, or there could be some form of malware.
Anyone have any ideas, i'm actually stumped by all of this.
EDIT: I have actually noticed services.exe pop up once, but i'm not sure if that is related or not. It could have just been routine.
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+
Memory: 2GB RAM
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Sound Card: Realtek High Definition Audio
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2
Motherboard: Asus M2N-MX SE Plus
A few days ago, i started getting a weird bug when playing *most* of my games. It would play fine for about 5-10 minutes, then start lagging down. Like for example CoD4, it would go from 50 to 5 FPS for about 30 seconds, then skip back to 50 afterwards. Now usually, i would credit this to the graphics card not being able to handle intense drawing, but it kept happening, and even when i was staring at the the floor this issue would happen. It would also happen no matter what resolution, or graphics settings i had the game on. I checked temperatures of the computer and they were within normal limits, and i couldnt see any unnatural processes running either.
Naturally i assumed it was my graphics card. So i switched back to my onboard graphics card, to see if the problem persisted, which they did. I tried updating the graphics drivers, DirectX, as well as reinstalling XP to no avail. Right now i'm pulling my hair out as there seems no obvious solution to this. I'm sure that my computer can handle these games, but it just lags.
Now the only things i can think of that this could be down to, is either the Mobo/Processor/Ram is faulty, or there could be some form of malware.
Anyone have any ideas, i'm actually stumped by all of this.
EDIT: I have actually noticed services.exe pop up once, but i'm not sure if that is related or not. It could have just been routine.