My son just bought an ATI 9800 128MB video card (non pro version).

His PC specs:

(Homebuilt)
WinXP Pro (no service pack) [FAT32]
P4 1.9
512 RDRAM (800Mhz)
30GB Maxtor IDE 5400
ASUS P4T-E Mobo
(Cable-modem)

When he's playing Star Wars Galaxies, he hears the hard drive working and at
the same time sees lag in his game; framerate drops down to 1 during this.
(The average for this game is 21Fps).

His hard drive has 4 partitions: C: has only 2GB; D:, E: and F: have bout
9GB each.
I have set his swap file to 900MB for Max and Min. on drive E: (there is
only 1.5GB of free space on E: , the other partitions don't even have that
much.).

He is wondering if he needs a new 7200 HDD - would this make a difference?
(And if so, should we make that the boot drive (And put games on it) or just
make it the slave and use it to put games on only?)

I am wondering if it would make a difference if I re-partitoned the drive he
has into 1
drive with no partitions (FAT32 or NTFS?)?

We also have Win98SE - is that a better gaming OS? (He did notice that the
online lag disappeared when we installed WinXP Pro, tho).

Also, his computer-wiz cousin says it could be that the Rambus RAM is
incompatible or is causing the lag - is this possible??

One more thing - would he see an improvement if we ugraded the CPU? I think
this mobo goes up to a 2.8 (400fsb).

Thanks for any and al help or advice, even just thoughts....
Fred

sounds like some program is running in the background like an anti-virus or
something.
"(E-Mail Removed)" <FredIsDead> wrote in message
news:PJB1b.232787$uu5.44530@sccrnsc04...
> My son just bought an ATI 9800 128MB video card (non pro version).
>
> His PC specs:
>
> (Homebuilt)
> WinXP Pro (no service pack) [FAT32]
> P4 1.9
> 512 RDRAM (800Mhz)
> 30GB Maxtor IDE 5400
> ASUS P4T-E Mobo
> (Cable-modem)
>
> When he's playing Star Wars Galaxies, he hears the hard drive working and
at
> the same time sees lag in his game; framerate drops down to 1 during this.
> (The average for this game is 21Fps).
>
> His hard drive has 4 partitions: C: has only 2GB; D:, E: and F: have bout
> 9GB each.
> I have set his swap file to 900MB for Max and Min. on drive E: (there is
> only 1.5GB of free space on E: , the other partitions don't even have
that
> much.).
>
> He is wondering if he needs a new 7200 HDD - would this make a difference?
> (And if so, should we make that the boot drive (And put games on it) or
just
> make it the slave and use it to put games on only?)
>
> I am wondering if it would make a difference if I re-partitoned the drive
he
> has into 1
> drive with no partitions (FAT32 or NTFS?)?
>
> We also have Win98SE - is that a better gaming OS? (He did notice that the
> online lag disappeared when we installed WinXP Pro, tho).
>
> Also, his computer-wiz cousin says it could be that the Rambus RAM is
> incompatible or is causing the lag - is this possible??
>
> One more thing - would he see an improvement if we ugraded the CPU? I
think
> this mobo goes up to a 2.8 (400fsb).
>
> Thanks for any and al help or advice, even just thoughts....
> Fred
>
>
>

He has no apps running in the background.
Has ONLY WinXP and Star Wars Galaxy installed. (Just did a format re-install
of WinXP yesterday).
I did install the latest MS03-026 Security Update to prevent the Blaster
Worm.

Any other ideas?
We'll try just about anything...
Thanks,
Fred

"JAD" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0BC1b.1974$(E-Mail Removed)...
> indexing programs from:
> MS Office / find fast
> Adobe Photo shop / image manager / type manager
> MP3 audio organaizers WAV MP3 WMF WMP
> all things running in the backround
> Virus
> Worm
>
> Virtual Memory setting set incorrectly
>
> Why no service paks? you'll only hurt yourself. The worm comes to mind
> (BLASTER)
>
> "(E-Mail Removed)" <FredIsDead> wrote in message
> news:PJB1b.232787$uu5.44530@sccrnsc04...
> > My son just bought an ATI 9800 128MB video card (non pro version).
> >
> > His PC specs:
> >
> > (Homebuilt)
> > WinXP Pro (no service pack) [FAT32]
> > P4 1.9
> > 512 RDRAM (800Mhz)
> > 30GB Maxtor IDE 5400
> > ASUS P4T-E Mobo
> > (Cable-modem)
> >
> > When he's playing Star Wars Galaxies, he hears the hard drive working
and
> at
> > the same time sees lag in his game; framerate drops down to 1 during
this.
> > (The average for this game is 21Fps).
> >
> > His hard drive has 4 partitions: C: has only 2GB; D:, E: and F: have
bout
> > 9GB each.
> > I have set his swap file to 900MB for Max and Min. on drive E: (there
is
> > only 1.5GB of free space on E: , the other partitions don't even have
> that
> > much.).
> >
> > He is wondering if he needs a new 7200 HDD - would this make a
difference?
> > (And if so, should we make that the boot drive (And put games on it) or
> just
> > make it the slave and use it to put games on only?)
> >
> > I am wondering if it would make a difference if I re-partitoned the
drive
> he
> > has into 1
> > drive with no partitions (FAT32 or NTFS?)?
> >
> > We also have Win98SE - is that a better gaming OS? (He did notice that
the
> > online lag disappeared when we installed WinXP Pro, tho).
> >
> > Also, his computer-wiz cousin says it could be that the Rambus RAM is
> > incompatible or is causing the lag - is this possible??
> >
> > One more thing - would he see an improvement if we ugraded the CPU? I
> think
> > this mobo goes up to a 2.8 (400fsb).
> >
> > Thanks for any and al help or advice, even just thoughts....
> > Fred
> >
> >
> >
>
>

A good while back adding a faster hard drive was the solution to keeping
'Thief' from stuttering as the scenes changed :-)


"(E-Mail Removed)" <FredIsDead> wrote in message
news:NYC1b.232288$Ho3.29454@sccrnsc03...
> He has no apps running in the background.
> Has ONLY WinXP and Star Wars Galaxy installed. (Just did a format
re-install
> of WinXP yesterday).
> I did install the latest MS03-026 Security Update to prevent the Blaster
> Worm.
>
> Any other ideas?
> We'll try just about anything...
> Thanks,
> Fred
>
> "JAD" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:0BC1b.1974$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > indexing programs from:
> > MS Office / find fast
> > Adobe Photo shop / image manager / type manager
> > MP3 audio organaizers WAV MP3 WMF WMP
> > all things running in the backround
> > Virus
> > Worm
> >
> > Virtual Memory setting set incorrectly
> >
> > Why no service paks? you'll only hurt yourself. The worm comes to mind
> > (BLASTER)
> >
> > "(E-Mail Removed)" <FredIsDead> wrote in message
> > news:PJB1b.232787$uu5.44530@sccrnsc04...
> > > My son just bought an ATI 9800 128MB video card (non pro version).
> > >
> > > His PC specs:
> > >
> > > (Homebuilt)
> > > WinXP Pro (no service pack) [FAT32]
> > > P4 1.9
> > > 512 RDRAM (800Mhz)
> > > 30GB Maxtor IDE 5400
> > > ASUS P4T-E Mobo
> > > (Cable-modem)
> > >
> > > When he's playing Star Wars Galaxies, he hears the hard drive working
> and
> > at
> > > the same time sees lag in his game; framerate drops down to 1 during
> this.
> > > (The average for this game is 21Fps).
> > >
> > > His hard drive has 4 partitions: C: has only 2GB; D:, E: and F: have
> bout
> > > 9GB each.
> > > I have set his swap file to 900MB for Max and Min. on drive E: (there
> is
> > > only 1.5GB of free space on E: , the other partitions don't even have
> > that
> > > much.).
> > >
> > > He is wondering if he needs a new 7200 HDD - would this make a
> difference?
> > > (And if so, should we make that the boot drive (And put games on it)
or
> > just
> > > make it the slave and use it to put games on only?)
> > >
> > > I am wondering if it would make a difference if I re-partitoned the
> drive
> > he
> > > has into 1
> > > drive with no partitions (FAT32 or NTFS?)?
> > >
> > > We also have Win98SE - is that a better gaming OS? (He did notice that
> the
> > > online lag disappeared when we installed WinXP Pro, tho).
> > >
> > > Also, his computer-wiz cousin says it could be that the Rambus RAM is
> > > incompatible or is causing the lag - is this possible??
> > >
> > > One more thing - would he see an improvement if we ugraded the CPU? I
> > think
> > > this mobo goes up to a 2.8 (400fsb).
> > >
> > > Thanks for any and al help or advice, even just thoughts....
> > > Fred
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

"(E-Mail Removed)" <FredIsDead> wrote in message
news:PJB1b.232787$uu5.44530@sccrnsc04...
> My son just bought an ATI 9800 128MB video card (non pro version).
>
> His PC specs:
>
> (Homebuilt)
> WinXP Pro (no service pack) [FAT32]
> P4 1.9
> 512 RDRAM (800Mhz)
> 30GB Maxtor IDE 5400
> ASUS P4T-E Mobo
> (Cable-modem)
>
> When he's playing Star Wars Galaxies, he hears the hard drive working and
at
> the same time sees lag in his game; framerate drops down to 1 during this.
> (The average for this game is 21Fps).
>
> His hard drive has 4 partitions: C: has only 2GB; D:, E: and F: have bout
> 9GB each.
> I have set his swap file to 900MB for Max and Min. on drive E: (there is
> only 1.5GB of free space on E: , the other partitions don't even have
that
> much.).
>
> He is wondering if he needs a new 7200 HDD - would this make a difference?
> (And if so, should we make that the boot drive (And put games on it) or
just
> make it the slave and use it to put games on only?)
>
> I am wondering if it would make a difference if I re-partitoned the drive
he
> has into 1
> drive with no partitions (FAT32 or NTFS?)?
>
> We also have Win98SE - is that a better gaming OS? (He did notice that the
> online lag disappeared when we installed WinXP Pro, tho).
>
> Also, his computer-wiz cousin says it could be that the Rambus RAM is
> incompatible or is causing the lag - is this possible??
>
> One more thing - would he see an improvement if we ugraded the CPU? I
think
> this mobo goes up to a 2.8 (400fsb).
>
> Thanks for any and al help or advice, even just thoughts....
> Fred
>
>
>


if u can u should try to install the game on the c: partition. If not enough
space partition magic will do it.

DMA enabled on the HD?

"(E-Mail Removed)" <FredIsDead> wrote in message
news:NYC1b.232288$Ho3.29454@sccrnsc03...
> He has no apps running in the background.
> Has ONLY WinXP and Star Wars Galaxy installed. (Just did a format
re-install
> of WinXP yesterday).
> I did install the latest MS03-026 Security Update to prevent the Blaster
> Worm.
>
> Any other ideas?
> We'll try just about anything...
> Thanks,
> Fred
>
> "JAD" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:0BC1b.1974$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > indexing programs from:
> > MS Office / find fast
> > Adobe Photo shop / image manager / type manager
> > MP3 audio organaizers WAV MP3 WMF WMP
> > all things running in the backround
> > Virus
> > Worm
> >
> > Virtual Memory setting set incorrectly
> >
> > Why no service paks? you'll only hurt yourself. The worm comes to mind
> > (BLASTER)
> >
> > "(E-Mail Removed)" <FredIsDead> wrote in message
> > news:PJB1b.232787$uu5.44530@sccrnsc04...
> > > My son just bought an ATI 9800 128MB video card (non pro version).
> > >
> > > His PC specs:
> > >
> > > (Homebuilt)
> > > WinXP Pro (no service pack) [FAT32]
> > > P4 1.9
> > > 512 RDRAM (800Mhz)
> > > 30GB Maxtor IDE 5400
> > > ASUS P4T-E Mobo
> > > (Cable-modem)
> > >
> > > When he's playing Star Wars Galaxies, he hears the hard drive working
> and
> > at
> > > the same time sees lag in his game; framerate drops down to 1 during
> this.
> > > (The average for this game is 21Fps).
> > >
> > > His hard drive has 4 partitions: C: has only 2GB; D:, E: and F: have
> bout
> > > 9GB each.
> > > I have set his swap file to 900MB for Max and Min. on drive E: (there
> is
> > > only 1.5GB of free space on E: , the other partitions don't even have
> > that
> > > much.).
> > >
> > > He is wondering if he needs a new 7200 HDD - would this make a
> difference?
> > > (And if so, should we make that the boot drive (And put games on it)
or
> > just
> > > make it the slave and use it to put games on only?)
> > >
> > > I am wondering if it would make a difference if I re-partitoned the
> drive
> > he
> > > has into 1
> > > drive with no partitions (FAT32 or NTFS?)?
> > >
> > > We also have Win98SE - is that a better gaming OS? (He did notice that
> the
> > > online lag disappeared when we installed WinXP Pro, tho).
> > >
> > > Also, his computer-wiz cousin says it could be that the Rambus RAM is
> > > incompatible or is causing the lag - is this possible??
> > >
> > > One more thing - would he see an improvement if we ugraded the CPU? I
> > think
> > > this mobo goes up to a 2.8 (400fsb).
> > >
> > > Thanks for any and al help or advice, even just thoughts....
> > > Fred
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

>When he's playing Star Wars Galaxies, he hears the hard drive working and at
>the same time sees lag in his game; framerate drops down to 1 during this.
>(The average for this game is 21Fps).
>

My kids play this game, the lag is probably from the servers being
crowded There are a lot of people playing this game and more join
daily.