Author Topic: Really Irritated (Read 1208 times)

rednex21 · « **on:** July 30, 2007, 12:10:58 PM »

I am beginning to get really irritated. I have already mentioned this subject under "Computer Problems". My computer will not quit freezing up while i play this game. And it alays does it when i have kills or in another bad situation. Several people have told me i need a new video card. But i talked to Rolex and he said thats probably not what i need. I posted my DXDIAG under "Computer Problems" just in case anybody wants to take a look. I would love to continue playing this game and a new computer is completely out of the question. So if anybody can tell me what i need to do it will be much obliged.

Thanks again

~~Banshee7~~

Krusty · « **Reply #1 on:** July 30, 2007, 12:22:03 PM »

Well I scrolled through 4 pages of forum threads and not one seemed to have the name "Computer problems" -- please repost the DXdiag report here or give us a link to the thread in question.

Thanks.

Avaro · « **Reply #2 on:** July 30, 2007, 12:35:27 PM »

Outdated drivers..? Also it can be overheating currupt files try dumping your cache files, If that doesnt work toss skuzzy a pm.

SIK1 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 30, 2007, 12:38:20 PM »

rednex as was stated in your "computer problems" thread you probably want to try a better video card. Krusty had a couple of good recomendations in that thread.

You might also try fsautostart (google it as I don't have the web addy handy) to reduce the number of processess runing while you play AH.

You might also want to up your RAM to at least 1GB, as The Fugitive stated in your "computer problems" thread windows xp uses most of your 512MB of RAM.

The Fugitive · « **Reply #4 on:** July 30, 2007, 07:17:45 PM »

This is the thread http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=210001 he was referring to. Like it was stated there, your ram is a bit short, and I think Skuzzy said something about the X300 series of Radeon video card is a low end card and not made for gaming.

Get yourself a gig or ram, and an old ATI 9800 pro 256 meg video card. You should be good for awhile so you can save up your money for a new computer next year.

T99LMG · « **Reply #5 on:** July 30, 2007, 07:37:21 PM »

I have a 254mb RAM and run a 6 year old NOT EVER UPDATED FROM STOCK computer. Windows XP, 14.5 gig hardrive, slow an old. Works fine.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #6 on:** July 31, 2007, 07:00:51 AM »

99.9% of game pauses are due to resource issues with the computer. Whenever a computer runs out of resources, the game will be paused as the CPU and operating system try to figure out a way to keep everything running.

The game will give you a clue about this. Open the "Net Status" panel (right-click on the clipboard map in the tower while Online) and note the "Variance" graph. It should be flat lined in the middle. I bet it is spiking on you, which is an indication the CPU is off doing other things.

DXDIAG only marginally helps get to the resource issue. The real work starts in the Windows Task Manager. A normal Windows XP system has around 19 to 21 processes running in the background. Open the Teask Manger, select the "Processes" tab, then look in the lower left hand corner for the total count.

Then look to the immediate right of that number to see the CPU usage. With nothing running on the desktop, it sould bouncing like a heartbeat from 0 to 1 (occasionally 2) percent. No higher. Watch it for a minute or two.

Resource issues also happen with sound cards as well. Dumb sound devices like AC97 sound devices require an enormous amout of CPU cycles compared to almost any PCI sound card. Turn down the hardware acceleration on those dumb devices as all that slider is doing is adjusting the priority of the sounds played by the CPU.

Lastly, pay attention to the sticky posts in this forum. They contain virtually everything I have stated here, in greater detail.

It is your computer to control. The game cannot fix resource issues.

McFarland · « **Reply #7 on:** July 31, 2007, 08:33:10 AM »

Wow, how do you get it down to 21 processes and 2%? The best I can get is 35 processes and 6-20%

Irwink! · « **Reply #8 on:** July 31, 2007, 10:40:07 AM »

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Originally posted by McFarland
Wow, how do you get it down to 21 processes and 2%? The best I can get is 35 processes and 6-20%

It's fairly easy once you learn what essential services/processes you need. The vast majority of off the shelf pc's have alot of crap running that you just don't need. Some system services that are not essential start automatically by default - like "secondary logon" for example. That enables the "runas" command. If you don't know what that command is or what it does then you really don't need it. "File and printer sharing" is another possibility if your computer is not part of a home network. BTW, many of those 35 processes you're seeing could be antivirus stuff if you're using Norton a/v. Maybe not. The point being that some a/v software has a bigger footprint on your system than others.

rednex21 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 31, 2007, 10:45:49 AM »

Thank you skuzzy. I will see what i can do.

rednex21 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 31, 2007, 11:01:02 AM »

I found what you were talking about Skuzzy. I have WAAAAAAAAAAAAY too many things running. now i just got to sort them out and shut some things down. My CPU usage stayed around 0%-2% maybe 3% on occasions.

Auger · « **Reply #11 on:** July 31, 2007, 11:39:40 AM »

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Originally posted by Skuzzy
A normal Windows XP system has around 19 to 21 processes running in the background.

That is not a normal XP system. That is a trim and clean XP system. A normal XP system has 25-35 processes running, with many higher than that depending on how many widgets are installed. Every thing installed, be it webcam, sound card, video driver, CDROM burning software, etc. wants to have its little autorun doodad running in the background "to enhance the user's experience." You have to kill the unnecessary ones to get max CPU cycles available for AH2.

AKDogg · « **Reply #12 on:** July 31, 2007, 03:57:37 PM »

After all my tweaks on my system, I down to 17 services.

McFarland · « **Reply #13 on:** July 31, 2007, 09:06:15 PM »

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Originally posted by Irwink!
It's fairly easy once you learn what essential services/processes you need. The vast majority of off the shelf pc's have alot of crap running that you just don't need. Some system services that are not essential start automatically by default - like "secondary logon" for example. That enables the "runas" command. If you don't know what that command is or what it does then you really don't need it. "File and printer sharing" is another possibility if your computer is not part of a home network. BTW, many of those 35 processes you're seeing could be antivirus stuff if you're using Norton a/v. Maybe not. The point being that some a/v software has a bigger footprint on your system than others.

With all antivirus components and firewall and printer spooler AND printer turned off, it's at 35 processes. I have 6 different ones named "svchost", and many others that I have no idea what they are. But usual CPU usage is 6-20%, with spikes to 75, 80, and 100%. Quite often.

BennyBeaver · « **Reply #14 on:** July 31, 2007, 09:57:25 PM »

on my laptop aces high freezes all the time...ya know what i did....i GOT OVER IT

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