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Posted:7/15/2011 4:28:00 AM |
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I first noticed the stuttering problem with Half-life 2. Every time I
started from a save point my FPS would nose dive and the game became
choppy with the sound looping. After a few seconds the problem would
disappear and I could play the game without any further problems. I
recently downloaded Batman: AA GOTY and the same problem occurred but
with greater frequency; it will slow down to the point of being
unplayable. I attempted to adjust the settings to lower details but
nothing changed. My FPS using the Batman benchmark was as low as 0. I
installed the latest ATI/AMD drivers for my card (catalyst 11.6) and the
game worked fine...until I shut off my computer and restarted it the
following day. The low FPS problem re-emerged. I used drive sweeper
and reinstalled 11.6 and the exact scenario occurred - smooth FPS until I
shut down and restarted my computer.
I am currently using ASUS Smart Doctor to automatically adjust the fan
speed. When I install the newer ATI drivers, Smart Doctor will report
problems with another driver. I noticed an ASUS driver with the ATI/AMD
drivers for the video card. Not sure if that has anything to do with
my problem. I have deleted Smart Doctor but that did not fix the
problem.
This problem only occurs with Steam games (non-steam Bioshock worked great).
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
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Posted:7/15/2011 7:22:00 PM |
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| Turn off the Steam Overlay?? Sometimes it interferes with hardware monitoring programs and needs to be accounted for. MSI's Afterburner which you might consider using instead of Smartdoctor is one such program. But like I said the right settings and there's no problem.
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Posted:7/18/2011 12:44:00 PM |
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| Thanks for the ideas. I tried running Steam in offline mode and I
disabled the overlay but it did not help. I am checking older drivers. I started
with 10.6, 11.6, and 11.5 but nothing changed. I will try reinstalling
steam, the game, as well as older drivers to find the solution.
Currently, If I want to play the game, I have to reload the video
drivers every time I boot my computer. I deleted the ASUS Smart Doctor
and started using MSI's Afterburner (thanks for suggesting it), but it didn't solve the problem
either. Something must be reloading/reinstalling on startup. When I
have more time, I will continue to work on this problem.
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AMD Athlon II X3 435 Rana 2.9GHz
ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO AM3 AMD 785G
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Posted:7/18/2011 7:00:00 PM |
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| Could it be your cpu is overheating and throttling? Are you monitoring the temps?
You could also try using msconfig to disable as many startup apps as possible. Or if it's been awhile a fresh OS install can do wonders.
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Posted:7/20/2011 4:15:00 AM |
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Hardwood, I noticed you posted on my AMD thread but I wanted to post this here for anyone else trying to find a solution to a similar problem. Thanks again for the help.
I believe I found my problem. I installed the program GamerOSD from
ASUS when I built my rig about a year ago. Never used it and forgot
that I even had it. After deleting ASUS's Smart Doctor, I started
looking for and deleting other ASUS programs that came with my video
card. I rebooted my computer a few times and tested Batman: AA;
everything worked without reinstalling catalyst every time I wanted to
play. I didn't realize that ASUS's video card programs were so poor.
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ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO AM3 AMD 785G
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Posted:7/20/2011 6:24:00 PM |
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| Glad you found the problem. Yup, ASUS programs are not all that good. :(
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