Lag in Vista 64-bit while gaming

[octopus41092]

So, recently I've upgraded to Vista 64-bit in order to make full use of my 4GB of RAM.

The problem now is that whenever I'm running a game in Vista I get low FPS. I'm also running Skype, Hamachi, AIM, and XFire at the same time but that shouldn't be any problem for it.

I used to be able to run Left 4 Dead in XP with no problem at all, I would get roughly 100FPS maxed out. However, now whenever I run it it fluctuates between 25-50FPS and is very inconsistent even when there are only maybe one or two enemies on the screen. Also, I've tried CS:S and Quake 3 it's all the same issue. I have the latest BIOS for my motherboard, the latest video drivers and everything. What could be causing this. Is this just Vista sucking up my system or is there some actual reason for this?

 

[TemjinGold]

Vista's difference in performance shouldn't be THAT large. You most likely have another issue. Have you tried gaming without running all that other stuff just to see?

 

[octopus41092]

Originally posted by: TemjinGold
Vista's difference in performance shouldn't be THAT large. You most likely have another issue. Have you tried gaming without running all that other stuff just to see?

Ive run it without that stuff and it does seem to run a little better. However, it's still got stuttering and is still only 40-70FPS on average and is still VERY inconsistent even when there's nothing on screen. I've also run 3DMark06 and previously I got 10458 and now I only get 9645. Is this just because of Vista or is there something more?

Still 10FPS worse performance wouldn't bother me at all, my main problem is getting rid of this stuttering and making this run more consistently. My friend running the same thing, and also in Vista 64-bit is getting 100FPS consistently but he has a Q6600 and a 9800GT instead so I don't really know why I'm getting such bad performance...