screen stutters

[UnclBone]

I am having issues on a new computer just built motherboard is a evga 680i 250 gigs ram 4 gig memory 1 gig nvidia 9400 graphics card its a bit older my question is is this whats causeing my screen stutters/freezes when i shoot it seems its more of when i go to shoot .
All advanced grapics are turned down anyway i can fix it for now so i can fly a normal sortie.

[Ack-Ack]

Are you using a custom sound pack?

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[TwinBoom]

I am having issues on a new computer just built motherboard is a evga 680i 250 gigs ram 4 gig memory 1 gig nvidia 9400 graphics card its a bit older my question is is this whats causeing my screen stutters/freezes when i shoot it seems its more of when i go to shoot .
All advanced grapics are turned down anyway i can fix it for now so i can fly a normal sortie.

try defraggin hard drive and cleaning up processes

[TwinBoom]

Are you using a custom sound pack?

ack-ack

why does everyone always jump on the sound packs do you guys think we dont test them?

see above post his system is older i defrag after every patch

[Ack-Ack]

why does everyone always jump on the sound packs do you guys think we dont test them?

see above post his system is older i defrag after every patch

My, aren't we a little defensive? 

The reason I asked if he was using a custom sound pack is because he says the skips happen when he fires his gun.  As a step in helping him trouble shoot the issue, it is smart to eliminate any potential causes, such as asking if he's using a custom sound pack to at least eliminate that from the cause of his problems.

Sheesh, some people.

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[TwinBoom]

My, aren't we a little defensive? 

The reason I asked if he was using a custom sound pack is because he says the skips happen when he fires his gun.  As a step in helping him trouble shoot the issue, it is smart to eliminate any potential causes, such as asking if he's using a custom sound pack to at least eliminate that from the cause of his problems.

Sheesh, some people.

ack-ack

Guess you didnt see the chalenge attacks, sorry but i am abit touchy on this subject

[UnclBone]

the computer was just built 1 yr ago all parts bought from new egg  and i think i am running a custom sound pack anyway to remove that ?
Im running windows 7 64 bit aswell if that matters. Thanks Gents!

[TwinBoom]

Bone

pulled from another Frame Rate Stutter thread

wil3ur: We are not sure what the issue is yet, right now we are trying to gather information on what systems have the issue.
We are also looking for someone with the issue to test with.

HiTech

[Bino]

The following is from the Hints and tips thread in the Technical Support forum, under "SCREEN STUTTERS/PAUSES", and I have added the bold emphasis...

There is probably nothing more exasperating than to have a bogey lined up in your sites, about to pull the trigger, then the screen freezes/pauses!

Pauses like that are normally attributable to resource starvation in the computer. That can be CPU, memory, video card, and/or sound card related.

The freeze or stutter itself is caused by the computer having to make room for a new resource, or load something from the hard drive.  A short pause/stutter is normally just a texture or sound being loaded. Once loaded, the texture/sound data will stay resident in memory, unless the computer runs out of resources.

In most systems, it is probably system memory related. Cutting down the "Maximum Texture Size" in the game's "Video Settings" is the quickest way to determine if it is resource related.

On NVidia video cards, the 9x.xx drivers can also cause massive stuttering as well, particularly if you have a multi-core CPU.  These were the first drivers where NVidia tried forcing multi-threading and they were a mess.

On-board sound chips use more CPU cycles than a good PCI card would. So if your CPU is at the edge of having too much to do, these chips will push it right on over the edge. Adjusting the hardware sound acceleration down a notch from 'Full' will help reduce the CPU load.  Note, in Vista/Windows 7 it is no longer possible to adjust the hardware acceleration as Microsoft as gotten rid of DirectSound and plays all sounds through the normal Windows sound API.  Best guideline is to never use custom sounds with Vista/Windows 7 in conjunction with onboard sound devices.

If you have loaded custom sounds, you could experience all manner of resource issues, regardless of the operating system, as most of the custom sound packs use very large sound files at high sample rates.  Onboard sound chips just cannot process that many of those types of sound files without running into resource issues.  And those files take up enormous amounts of memory in your computer as well, which could exacerbate any resource related issue.

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[TwinBoom]

The following is from the Hints and tips thread in the Technical Support forum, under "SCREEN STUTTERS/PAUSES", and I have added the bold emphasis...

 left out the Processes part of this reply hmmm yes sounds could cause this with "on-board" sound as you have in bold

but a dirty over processed pc and messy hard drive will cause more stutter
My system

System Model   Dimension XPSGEN5
System Type   X86-based Pc
Processor   x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~2999 Mhz
Processor   x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~2999 Mhz
Adapter Description   NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Adapter RAM   1.00 GB (1,073,741,824 bytes)
Resolution   1280 x 1024 x 75 hertz
Name   Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM) ZS2
3.00 gb Ram

about 8yrs old I run 75fps

[Bino]

left out the Processes part of this reply hmmm yes sounds could cause this with "on-board" sound as you have in bold
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I did include a link to the entire post.  But OK, no problem.  You want the rest, here it is:

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Lastly, the number of and type of background processes is a contributing factor to poor performance. Open the Windows Task Manager (Ctrl-Alt-Del), select the "Processes" tab. In the lower left corner is the total number. It should be around 19 to 21 for a reasonably clean Windows XP/2000 system.  A fairly clean Vista/Windows 7 system will have around 35 processes.

Right next to the total count is the CPU usage percentage. For Windows XP/2000/Vista/Windows 7, it should be bouncing like a heartbeat between 0 and 1 (maybe 2 on occasion) percent.  If there is any deviation to this, then something is amiss. You can also start the game, minimize it (ALT-TAB), then check the game's CPU usage. It should be at 99 to 100%. In a dual-core computer system, due to the way Microsoft displays CPU usage, the game should be at 50% CPU utilization without any deviation.

If the processes look good and the CPU usage is fine, then you are probably pushing the video card too hard. Simply uncheck the "Detailed Terrain" option in the Options->Graphic Details->Advanced panel. Reduce the "Maximum Texture Size" in the game, disable any anti-aliasing you have forced on, as well as any anisotropic filtering you have forced. Then go from there.

The "Detailed Terrain" option requires a video card to be able to process a high number of calculations per frame.  If the video card's GPU (graphic processing unit) is too slow, it will cause massive stutters in the game.  A general guideline is, if the video chip is an onboard video chip, such as an Intel, or NVidia 61xx series, then do not bother trying to run the game with this option enabled.  Onboard video chips are not designed to be powerful units.  They are designed to be cheap.

[UnclBone]

Would Llike to give a big Thanks to those of you who helped did a fresh install seemed to have fixed the problem fresh install meaning no skins no custom sounds everything reset like it had never been downloaded.      

[guncrasher]

too many movies saved in your ah folder will cause stutters also.


Semp

[Getback]

Get rid of any tool bars like Google. Those things use an amazing amount of resources. I got rid of mine and problem solved. Further look at your AV. Avast is a hog as well.

[Ack-Ack]

too many movies saved in your ah folder will cause stutters also.


Semp

Usually if you have too many films or screenshots, it would only stutter when starting a film or when taking a screenshot and not when you fire guns.

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