Hope someone here can help me.
I have a problem that has been reoccurring since I installed a 3dfx V5 in my system. I have a 'stutter' in all applications. It is most visible in 3d games or anything where speed is required. It even shows up in the screensaver. The computer will run fine for about 30seconds then it will stutter and drop to about 1/2 framerates for almost exactly 30 seconds. Then it will return to normal. This occurs in all games and applications. I originally thought that it was a problem with the V5 card, but I have swapped cards to a generic AGP card and the problem is still there. I have run games in software mode with no change.
When the stuttering occurs nothing is hitting the hardrive or the CD-ROM. Windows swap space is set to a static size of 256MB. This was one of the first things I checked.
I have tried EVERYTHING!! I have cleaned the registry of all thing related to voodoo, 3dfx, and glide. I have hunted around in the BIOS for clues. I have swapped cards around (NOTHING sharing IRQ11 with V5 except holder), moved SB Live acceleration down to basic, disabled SB16 emulation, reinstalled drivers more times than I care to remember, even moved the mouse to the other USB port. DAMMIT this is not supposed to be this way!! I have had this card for almost 6 months now, and have been fighting this issue the whole time. I am not a computer novice here. There are times when it works so I decide to hang on because I love the V5 when it is doing its thing correctly.
Any suggestions?
System specs:
PIII 800MHz FCPGA
ABIT Slocket
Asus P3V4X (Via Apollo Pro)
128MB 133 Cas2 RAM (the good stuff)
V5-5500
SB Live Xgamer
56K Hardware Modem
27GB IBM HD 7200RPM
C.L. 52X CD-ROM
Viewsonic A75f 17" monitor
Windows 98SE
I have a problem that has been reoccurring since I installed a 3dfx V5 in my system. I have a 'stutter' in all applications. It is most visible in 3d games or anything where speed is required. It even shows up in the screensaver. The computer will run fine for about 30seconds then it will stutter and drop to about 1/2 framerates for almost exactly 30 seconds. Then it will return to normal. This occurs in all games and applications. I originally thought that it was a problem with the V5 card, but I have swapped cards to a generic AGP card and the problem is still there. I have run games in software mode with no change.
When the stuttering occurs nothing is hitting the hardrive or the CD-ROM. Windows swap space is set to a static size of 256MB. This was one of the first things I checked.
I have tried EVERYTHING!! I have cleaned the registry of all thing related to voodoo, 3dfx, and glide. I have hunted around in the BIOS for clues. I have swapped cards around (NOTHING sharing IRQ11 with V5 except holder), moved SB Live acceleration down to basic, disabled SB16 emulation, reinstalled drivers more times than I care to remember, even moved the mouse to the other USB port. DAMMIT this is not supposed to be this way!! I have had this card for almost 6 months now, and have been fighting this issue the whole time. I am not a computer novice here. There are times when it works so I decide to hang on because I love the V5 when it is doing its thing correctly.
Any suggestions?
System specs:
PIII 800MHz FCPGA
ABIT Slocket
Asus P3V4X (Via Apollo Pro)
128MB 133 Cas2 RAM (the good stuff)
V5-5500
SB Live Xgamer
56K Hardware Modem
27GB IBM HD 7200RPM
C.L. 52X CD-ROM
Viewsonic A75f 17" monitor
Windows 98SE
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