what would make a video card......

[Spagman]

what would make a video card do this.

a mate will be playing a game, everything is fine, then about 15-20 minutes
in the frame rate will totally die. the games are perfect until then, nice
and silky smooth.

his system is a xp3200+, 1gig ram, ati9600xt (latest drivers), no irq
conflicts or freaked out settings.

it does this with ALL his games.

any advice appreciated!

spagman

 

[Navid]

what would make a video card do this.

a mate will be playing a game, everything is fine, then about 15-20
minutes
in the frame rate will totally die. the games are perfect until then, nice
and silky smooth.

his system is a xp3200+, 1gig ram, ati9600xt (latest drivers), no irq
conflicts or freaked out settings.

it does this with ALL his games.

any advice appreciated!

spagman

It is not clear if you mean the "game freezes" or the "frame rate
decreases".

If you are saying that it freezes, you may want to check the temperatures.
If the case temperature is too high right after a crash, improve case
cooling and see if that makes a difference.

If you are saying that the frame rate drops, it MAY be that the CPU is
heating up and engages throttling. Although, I am not sure if that CPU has
throttling capability.

 

[McGrandpa]

It is not clear if you mean the "game freezes" or the "frame rate
decreases".

If you are saying that it freezes, you may want to check the
temperatures. If the case temperature is too high right after a
crash, improve case cooling and see if that makes a difference.

If you are saying that the frame rate drops, it MAY be that the CPU is
heating up and engages throttling. Although, I am not sure if that
CPU has throttling capability.

From what I've been reading, it isn't so much the XP3200+ on it's own,
it's the motherboards capability to throttle the cpu and fan on the fly
as needed. Some P4's will throttle down on overtemp, not all. And even
those can be throttled if the motherboard has the functions. So, why
not the same for the AMD's?
McG.

 

[Blaedmon]

sounds like a simple videocard or cpu overheat issue, as suggested. But my
money's on the videocard. Check its fan is actually working, if so - get
some in/out air circulation going.

 

[Cannonfodder]

what would make a video card do this.

a mate will be playing a game, everything is fine, then about 15-20 minutes
in the frame rate will totally die. the games are perfect until then, nice
and silky smooth.

his system is a xp3200+, 1gig ram, ati9600xt (latest drivers), no irq
conflicts or freaked out settings.

it does this with ALL his games.

any advice appreciated!

spagman

Do you have the overdrive function enabled?
If you card starts to overheat then I think that overdrive may slow the gpu
down to protect it's self.
Check to cooling fan is not obstructed and if possible leave a slot free
between the video card and any other pci card installed.

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[Randy]

I don't think the AMD's have throttling only P4's. It is most likely the
card.

Randy

 

[borolad]

what would make a video card do this.

a mate will be playing a game, everything is fine, then about 15-20 minutes
in the frame rate will totally die. the games are perfect until then, nice
and silky smooth.

his system is a xp3200+, 1gig ram, ati9600xt (latest drivers), no irq
conflicts or freaked out settings.

it does this with ALL his games.

any advice appreciated!

spagman

Wot MOBO, Memory, O/S ?
BoroLad

 

[Sir Edward Jones-Dome]

How about a more common problem- some other program is in a "loop" that is
dragging the system down? The next time it happens, close the game, open
task manager (I'm assuming the box has XP) and check CPU usage. If it's
100%, look for a process using the 98% or 99%, kill it, and you should have
your culprit. I've had similar problems with Weatherbug and Weatherpulse.
--
Sir Edward Jones-Dome

"Now the game is clear, there is no longer any possibility of an alliance
with the Anglo-Saxons. We can see the next war panning out- Europe against
America. We'll be reconciled with the Fritzes. We will be a very strong
alliance...When I am in power, I shall ask Russia for time to reorganize
after the war without her intervention.. .I shall then have accomplished
what Hitler failed to do- become the master of Europe."
Charles DeGaulle, 1943.

 

[Spagman]

Hi ive checked that. it still does it even when i kill all the non
essential processes before playing a game.

during a session of UT2004 it just reset his PC for no reason. if there were
too many devices plugged into the PC, and the PSU wasnt suitable, could this
cause issues during gaming if the card got hot/drew too much current?

Spagman

How about a more common problem- some other program is in a "loop" that is
dragging the system down? The next time it happens, close the game, open
task manager (I'm assuming the box has XP) and check CPU usage. If it's
100%, look for a process using the 98% or 99%, kill it, and you should have
your culprit. I've had similar problems with Weatherbug and Weatherpulse.
--
Sir Edward Jones-Dome

"Now the game is clear, there is no longer any possibility of an alliance
with the Anglo-Saxons. We can see the next war panning out- Europe against
America. We'll be reconciled with the Fritzes. We will be a very strong
alliance...When I am in power, I shall ask Russia for time to reorganize
after the war without her intervention.. .I shall then have accomplished
what Hitler failed to do- become the master of Europe."
Charles DeGaulle, 1943.