Recent content by Shecky

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    Battlefield 2 Memory Usage *Results Updated*

    Thanks for the memory tests. I was wondering if memory was the casue of a BF2 slowdown that is ocurring on my system. The problem: On certain maps when I look in a certain direction the framerate drops to almost nothing (completely unplayable). At all other times the game is running VERY...
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    Vid problem? or maybe not. Advice???

    Update! Ive done some additional testing including... updating the bios, changing agp aperture size, changing refresh rates, more testing of the system with geforce 3 So far no change. Artifacts remain only when 6800gt is connected I plan to try another PSU. See if that helps. I have...
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    Vid problem? or maybe not. Advice???

    I have tried disconnecting one of the hard drives But i guess I can try to unload the cd rom, floppy and anything else I can think of. But the old system that the 6800 run ok with has a cheapo case and 300 watt power supply. Ill have to check it out for sure. By the "additional power...
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    Vid problem? or maybe not. Advice???

    Ok here are the details The system: amd 64 3000 xfx 6800 gt 1 gig ram anadtech sonata msi neo platinum 2 x ide drives nothing over clocked fresh XP pro install The problem: Artifacts after about 2-4 minutes of using the comp. Testing done so far: Ive put the 6800gt into another...
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    Mystery problem!! Please help

    I have been suspecting something is affecting my gaming performance for a while so I went about getting some testing done yesterday. There is a lag when I round corners in CS source and sometimes in Doom3. The benchmarks seem to come out ok... but the game doesnt feel "smooth". Feels like sudden...