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Mouse movement causing drop in FPS.
Name: Brad Carlson Date: February 25, 2009 at 17:25:44 Pacific OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional CPU/Ram: 3.214 GHz / 3326 MB Product: Custom / CUSTOM Subcategory: General
Comment:
Every time I run a game I have steady frame rate until I try to move the pointer. At that point my frame rate will drop to an unplayable level about 10 to 15 FPS until I stop moving the pointer then it goes back. I can use the keyboard to move in game with no problems. I have updated all the drives and I still can't find the cause for this problem.
Name: Greensystemsgo Date: February 25, 2009 at 19:24:29 Pacific
Reply:
well looking at the amount you have im guessing your running x86 xp on a machine with 4gb ram, while your respective video card is using up the rest.
Im still guessing however it is something with your drivers. try out omega drivers. a lot of time their not quite as buggy as the official drivers nvidia/ati for certain applications.
However if that still doesnt help please post some info about your system, what game your trying to play, what games actually work etc etc.
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Response Number 2
Name: Brad Carlson Date: February 25, 2009 at 22:44:32 Pacific
Reply:
I tried the Omega drivers that didn't help and yes I am useing the x86 version of XP. Here are my system specs. Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6400+, Memory: 3326MB RAM NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB
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Response Number 3
Name: Brad Carlson Date: February 26, 2009 at 17:47:21 Pacific
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