why does my new AMD Athlon 64 3000+ stutter in games?

[eshtog]

anyone know why it would do that? here are the specs

Antec 3700 BQE
MSI K8T
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
Hercules Radeon 9800 Pro
WD 74gb Raptor
WD 160gb 7200rpm
NEC 2500a DVDRW
Liteon DVD Drive
2 x 512 ddr400 corsair XMS black heatsink

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

Drivers? Connection speed?

 

[AIWGuru]

"Hercules Radeon 9800 Pro"

Cats 3.7 will probably fix this.

 

[eshtog]

3.7? i am using 4.3 right now

should I get 3.7?

 

[mechBgon]

Also, what kind of mouse are you using?

 

[eshtog]

logitech mx duo (mx700 mouse)

 

[AIWGuru]

Originally posted by: eshtog
3.7? i am using 4.3 right now

should I get 3.7?

Post 3.7 drivers (3.8 marked a major design shift) have been known to do this.
Switching to 3.7 will probably alieviate your problem...and cause about 50 more. But...that's ATI.
Sorry.

 

[wicktron]

Eh, I have NO problems with CAT 4.3.

 

[Hanzou]

I am still running the Cat 4.1's and they are perfect.

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: eshtog
logitech mx duo (mx700 mouse)

For the sake of testing, try an ordinary non-fancy PS/2 mouse instead, if you have one. I'm interested to hear what happens.

 

[AIWGuru]

Originally posted by: wicktron
Eh, I have NO problems with CAT 4.3.

Well, that must mean that no one will.

really, why do people post such useless information?

It's a well documented issue with SOME system configurations and cats 3.8 and above. See the catalyst known issues thread in rage3d's catalyst support forum for more details.