Some minor warping and slow down in large action areas

[Getback]

I still have some minor warping and when if I'm in a large populated area the problem intensifies.
Below is my Dxdiag. Hope this helps and appreciate any advice.
 Time of this report: 11/1/2015, 21:58:59
             Machine name: RON-PC
         Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 10240) (10240.th1.150930-1750)
                 Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
      System Manufacturer: MSI
             System Model: MS-7681
                     BIOS: BIOS Date: 01/12/12 11:15:26 Ver: 04.06.04
                Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.3GHz
                   Memory: 8192MB RAM
      Available OS Memory: 8160MB RAM
                Page File: 1622MB used, 14730MB available
              Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
          DirectX Version: 12
      DX Setup Parameters: Not found
         User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
       System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
          DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
                 Miracast: Not Available
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
           DxDiag Version: 10.00.10240.16384 64bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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      Display Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
          Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D:    0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw:  0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay:  0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow:  0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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          Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
       Manufacturer: NVIDIA
          Chip type: GeForce GTX 660 Ti
           DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
        Device Type: Full Device
         Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1183&SUBSYS_28431462&REV_A1
     Display Memory: 6069 MB
   Dedicated Memory: 1988 MB
      Shared Memory: 4080 MB
       Current Mode: 1920 x 1200 (32 bit) (59Hz)
       Monitor Name: Acer P243W (HDMI)
      Monitor Model: Acer P243W
         Monitor Id: ACRADAF
        Native Mode: 1920 x 1200(p) (59.950Hz)
        Output Type: DVI
        Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver File Version: 10.18.0013.5850 (English)
     Driver Version: 10.18.13.5850
        DDI Version: 12
     Feature Levels: 11.0,10.1,10.0,9.3,9.2,9.1
       Driver Model: WDDM 2.0
Graphics Preemption: DMA
 Compute Preemption: DMA
           Miracast: Not Supported
Hybrid Graphics GPU: Not Supported
     Power P-states: Not Supported
  Driver Attributes: Final Retail
   Driver Date/Size: 10/2/2015 23:58:10, 15837152 bytes
        WHQL Logo'd: Yes
    WHQL Date Stamp:
  Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-52C3-11CF-0861-4E081CC2C735}
          Vendor ID: 0x10DE
          Device ID: 0x1183
          SubSys ID: 0x28431462
        Revision ID: 0x00A1
 Driver Strong Name: oem34.inf:0f066de34a948e92:Section009:10.18.13.5850:pci\ven_10de&dev_1183
     Rank Of Driver: 00D12001
        Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeVC1_C ModeWMV9_C
        DXVA2 Modes: DXVA2_ModeMPEG2_IDCT  DXVA2_ModeMPEG2_VLD  DXVA2_ModeVC1_D2010  DXVA2_ModeVC1_VLD  DXVA2_ModeVC1_IDCT  DXVA2_ModeWMV9_IDCT  DXVA2_ModeH264_VLD_Stereo_Pro gressive_NoFGT  DXVA2_ModeH264_VLD_Stereo_NoF GT  DXVA2_ModeH264_VLD_NoFGT  DXVA2_ModeHEVC_VLD_Main  DXVA2_ModeMPEG4pt2_VLD_Simple  DXVA2_ModeMPEG4pt2_VLD_AdvSim ple_NoGMC 
   Deinterlace Caps: {6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
                     {F9F19DA5-3B09-4B2F-9D89-C64753E3EAAB}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
                     {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalSt retch
                     {6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
                     {F9F19DA5-3B09-4B2F-9D89-C64753E3EAAB}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB V
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Sound Devices
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            Description: Speakers (Sound Blaster Z)
 Default Sound Playback: Yes
 Default Voice Playback: Yes
            Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_1102&DEV_0011&SUBSYS_11020023&REV_1009
        Manufacturer ID: 1
             Product ID: 100
                   Type: WDM
            Driver Name: cthda.sys
         Driver Version: 6.00.0102.0037 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
            WHQL Logo'd: Yes
          Date and Size: 6/22/2015 09:49:42, 1074472 bytes
            Other Files:
        Driver Provider: CREATIVE
         HW Accel Level: Basic
              Cap Flags: 0xF1F
    Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
              HW Memory: 0
       Voice Management: No
 EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
   I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

            Description: SPDIF-Out (Sound Blaster Z)
 Default Sound Playback: No
 Default Voice Playback: No
            Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_1102&DEV_0011&SUBSYS_11020023&REV_1009
        Manufacturer ID: 1
             Product ID: 100
                   Type: WDM
            Driver Name: cthda.sys
         Driver Version: 6.00.0102.0037 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
            WHQL Logo'd: Yes
          Date and Size: 6/22/2015 09:49:42, 1074472 bytes
            Other Files:
        Driver Provider: CREATIVE
         HW Accel Level: Basic
              Cap Flags: 0xF1F
    Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
              HW Memory: 0
       Voice Management: No
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Sound Capture Devices
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            Description: Microphone (Sound Blaster Z)
  Default Sound Capture: Yes
  Default Voice Capture: Yes
            Driver Name: cthda.sys
         
       

[Bizman]

One thing that comes into mind is that Windows 10 records what you're doing and sends that information to Microsoft, as well as downloads and installs updates in the background, neither of which you can turn off. Not to mention other background activity you might have, like automatic update checking for Adobe Reader and FlashPlayer, Java etc. And further, not to mention the automatic daily (!!!) update check for your peripherals like printers. Yes, daily may be the default setting in those. 

Pudgie may also have a point regarding the SoundBlaster Z: http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,375532.msg5004665.html#msg5004665

[Drano]

I don't give a hoot what performance gains might be had but because of all that crap Win10 won't be happening on my machines. Eventually it may come to our having no choice but I'll be holding out til the last.

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[Getback]

I had the same issue prior to Windows 10. I'm leaning towards a hardware problem. I have switched video cards several times.  I have done numerous other things as well.

In Windows 10 you can turn off some monitoring and then there is always task manager. Now it may be that there are too many processes running in the back ground.

If so that is what I'm to find out.

[Bizman]

I don't know what the minimum for process count should be in Win 10, or even 8. On my Win7 I have about 32 running, a couple of which I manually shut down before starting AH.

A lot of background clutter can be eliminated by carefully going through the settings of each and every program you've installed and opting out their automatic update checks. I already mentioned Adobe and Java, but there's lots more, some of which seem very strange. For example, I really can't understand what a customer survey program for a multifunctional printer actually does. "Programs and Features" is another place to look at when trying to lean and clean your machine.

And of course the optimal way would be to do a custom install for everything and opt out everything unwanted right from the start.

[Getback]

I may have fixed it. The settings had the power going off at 10 minutes. I think Skuzzy said a long time ago that the computer will think it's time to shut down while playing the game. Guess what, my stick stayed calibrated. I didn't see any warping whatsoever. Hope that's the cure.

[Bizman]

I may have fixed it. The settings had the power going off at 10 minutes. I think Skuzzy said a long time ago that the computer will think it's time to shut down while playing the game. Guess what, my stick stayed calibrated. I didn't see any warping whatsoever. Hope that's the cure.

Windows Power Options? Of course! It's in a battery saving reduced performance ("Balanced") mode by default even on desktops without batteries! I can understand it's not a bug, the installation media being the same for all types of PC's. Yet it very seldom pops up in the tweaking instructions.

Thus, for those who don't know it: Control Panel->(Hardware and Sound)->Power Options->Show Additional Plans: Choose High Performance, set the options according to your wishes. Pictorial e.g. here: https://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=power_mgt.pr_power_mgt_manual_act_win7