video lagging

[lazybum550]

I'm trying to play EA Sports' MVP Baseball 2003. When I restart my computer then immediately start playing it it works perfectly, not choppy at all. However when my computer has been on for a few hours or more then the video gets very very choppy, what is the cause of this problem? I run a xp 2100+ thoroughbred b on a gigabyte ga-7vrxp mobo with 512 mb pc2700 crucial ram and a geforce2 ti 64mb ddr video card.

 

[lazybum550]

anyone?? I tried unloading all the running software and it still lags after a few hours. I dont know why it doesn't lag rigth when i restart but it lags after a few hours. I tried running the same game on my laptop p4 mobile 1.4 ghz with 256 mb ddr and 32mb ddr video memory and it doesn't lag at all no matter how long the laptop has been running.

 

[Chobits]

Do you have indexing service enabled? That might be it since it isn't 100% smart at guessing when you aren't using the pc. Also my other guess is that there is some kind of spyware running or something that runs in the background.

 

[Mingon]

what os? sounds like possible memory leak

 

[Insidious]

My experience has been that when something works for a while, then mysteriously begins to falter it is usually because it got hot.

A good experiment might be to remove the case cover and see if that makes any sort of difference. Also might want to take a look at the
heat sinks and fans on the CPU and video card.... are they clogged with dust and debris?

Beyond that, the next most likely is a component on it's way out of operation. Again it comes back to heat, but a failing component will be much
more sensitive and exhibit erratic behavior even at normal operating temperatures. unfortunately, this failure mode tends to become more and more
frequent until the component fails completely. Keep looking and try to identify the source of the problem and get that component replaced.

-Sid

 

[lazybum550]

hmm, I have a pretty good air cooling system on my computer. alpha 8045 heatsink with 80mm fan that keeps the the cpu at around 30 degrees C. Could a problem with cooling on the video card cause this problem? Even if it is a problem with the heat why does it work fine after restarting? Shouldn't the temperature be close to what it was before restarting?

I'm pretty sure my computer is fairly clean of spyware, i run ad aware regularly.

 

[Insidious]

Those are good cooling components, but are you getting all that heat out of the case.....

it was hot video card I was thinking about. If your CPU was overheating it would shut you down (or crash)

it was just a thought. Beside heat, the only thing that pops into mind with 'delayed' instability problems is RAM errors (RAM sticks or Mobo).

I really don't know what else to suggest. Srry

-Sid

 

[lazybum550]

i'd like to think my case temp is pretty low also, I have a 120mm vantec stealth fan in the front, 2 80mm panaflows in the rear, a panaflow on the top ventilation of the case, a generic fan on the side window, and a dual fan enermax ps with a 80mm and a 90mm temperature sensitive control

 

[Insidious]

well, it doesn't get much better than that.

I guess part swaps until you find the offender or an OS re-install are about the only options left.

-Sid

 

[Viper96720]

What processes are running? ctrl-alt-delete

 

[lazybum550]

uhm if you really want to know:

taskmgr.exe
davcdata.exe
dllhost.exe
CCAPP.EXE
CTHELPER.EXE
EM_EXEC.EXE
LXSUPMON.EXE
iTouch.exe
svchost.exe
NOPDB.EXE
kokctpli.exe
nvsvc32.exe
NPROTECT.EXE
NAVAPSVC.EXE
inetinfo.exe
GMTService.exe
alg.exe
acardsvr.exe
LEXPPS.EXE
CCEVTMGR.EXE
spoolsv.exe
LEXBCES.EXE
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
explorer.exe
lsass.exe
services.exe
winlogon.exe
csrss.exe
smss.exe
System
System Idle Process

 

[Viper96720]

Disable cthelper.exe you can use msconfig and disable cthelper at startup.

 

[Viper96720]

Also NOPDB.EXE should be disabled,
Uninstall LEXpps.EXE this is info from Answers That Work
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LEXBCES may also cause problems.
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