geforce 7900 GS problems

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stuaz

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Hi All,

I seem to have a problem with my geforce 7900 GS. I get a nice FPS the majority of the time, but (and this is going to sound strange) on certain days i get (every 10 mins ) bad FPS. It will drop from 100 FPS (on WoW for example) to 15FPS, and i can just be stood still facing a wall or looking into a crowd of players.

The same for the likes of TrackMania nations (Solo + Multi player), which in my opinion is a very graphic intense game.

But like i say, some days its fine. Its very strange. I have the latest drivers. Its like there is something which is sapping usage. Done the usual, processes check and Virus and Spyware checks.

I have a AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+
With 2GB Dual Channel Ram
Two Hard-drives of 250GB both with over 50GB free
Windows XP Pro (i'm not stupid ;) )
 
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could be your connection. router issues or modem problems can make a shifty connection and you could feel it in gaming.
 
Yeah it might be, will find out on the 14th. As i switch ISP providors. Dont ever go with SKY Broadband. Biggest pile of **** ever
 
If can be as innocent as a scheduled backup, defrag or virus scan. If it only happens at a certain time of the day or on a certain day, then I suggest you check your virus scanner's settings. In vista, Defender is automatically enabled, and its set to scan the system at like 1am or something, so check to see if there are any scheduled tasks.
 
Been going through my Processs running while i'm playing a game. I notice i have looooads of SVCHOST.EXE running.

Also an annoying SQLBROWSER.EXE which, even though i kill it, comes back after five mins.

I have attached a screenshot with what processes i have running while playing. World of Warcraft. (as an example)

Anyone notice things that shouldnt be there?
 
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As far as I know some games may have problems working on a dual core processor such as yours and you may get increased performance in WoW if you press CTR+ALT+DEL and go to processes and then right click on the process for WoW and then go to affinity and then make the game run on only a single core.
 
th3ha1og0d said:
As far as I know some games may have problems working on a dual core processor such as yours and you may get increased performance in WoW if you press CTR+ALT+DEL and go to processes and then right click on the process for WoW and then go to affinity and then make the game run on only a single core.
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Oh, ok.. will give it a try.
 
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