BombaTwist Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 (edited) yesterday i played counter-strike 1.6 and was very stable at 100 fps. then i stayed overnight at a friends house in L.A. then i came back home today and played cs, then my fps went jumpy, it kept going from 30 to 70 back and forth. this concerns me because it is a new computer i got like 1 month and 2 weeks ago. does anyone know how to fix this because i am clueless.thanks.edit: ive tried to restart, and shutdown too. didnt work. =/, also my video card is a ATi Radeon x300 HEedit2: i also noticed a huge slowdown when browsing and multitasking, this never happened before, scanned for syware and viruses but none. =/.edit3: aww realized i posted in the wrong section, sorry. Edited November 26, 2005 by BombaTwist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 Video card overheating? Defragment your harddrive lately? Use PerfectDisk!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BombaTwist Posted November 26, 2005 Author Share Posted November 26, 2005 thanks, i used perfectdisk last night, shut it off and went to bed, now woke up and i get my regular stable 100 fps in cs. thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BombaTwist Posted November 26, 2005 Author Share Posted November 26, 2005 damnit, on first screen it says 100 fps, but when i get into the game, i get 50 fps... but when i multitask, it doesnt lag much. =/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 Dunno, but anything over 30 FPS is more than enough for gameplay. I know how people can be picky, though. I'm getting a GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB for XMas.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BombaTwist Posted November 26, 2005 Author Share Posted November 26, 2005 i think my video card is overheating, i felt the card and it wasnt really hot, it was only warm. but then again im not sure because my cards only cooling is a heatsink and no fan on it. also, it goes as low as 1 fps when it jumps all over the place, cause my fps wont stay stable at a certain fps anymore =/. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EchoNoise Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Dunno, but anything over 30 FPS is more than enough for gameplay. I know how people can be picky, though. I'm getting a GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB for XMas..**** YOU... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BombaTwist Posted November 27, 2005 Author Share Posted November 27, 2005 umm, while looking over my fps in cs, i saw that my choke was over 15, that must be the problem, before it was 0. how do i fix this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 i think my video card is overheating, i felt the card and it wasnt really hot, it was only warm. but then again im not sureIf it isn't really warm to the touch, then it isn't overheating. If it is so hot that you instantly have to take your finger off it as fast as you put it on, then it is overheating. A common sign of overheating on a video card is strange artifacts occurring (even outside of gaming, but mostly in). Sort of like when you play an old Nintendo game and you bump the cartridge and lots of blocky crap fills the screen... like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BombaTwist Posted November 27, 2005 Author Share Posted November 27, 2005 i think my video card is overheating, i felt the card and it wasnt really hot, it was only warm. but then again im not sureIf it isn't really warm to the touch, then it isn't overheating. If it is so hot that you instantly have to take your finger off it as fast as you put it on, then it is overheating. A common sign of overheating on a video card is strange artifacts occurring (even outside of gaming, but mostly in). Sort of like when you play an old Nintendo game and you bump the cartridge and lots of blocky crap fills the screen... like that. oh ok i dont get that. so my video card is not overheating. i think its the "choke" thing i said because in starcraft, gunz, maple story, etc. my fps stays stable, its just those hl games like cs, and day-of-defeat i have problems with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 I don't know what this "choke" thing you're referring to is... (and I have Steam installed)... I guess I'm just tired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BombaTwist Posted November 27, 2005 Author Share Posted November 27, 2005 when you play cs or any hl/hl2 game, type net_graph 5 in console and it will show choke, it should stay at 0, but mine always goes to 15 and higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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