Issue with M17 again

Ok, I posted about something similar before. My last post talked about ARMA2 about 5 minutes into a mission dropping about 10fps. I thought maybe it was heat but everyone says that 85c is fine...

Now I am playing Operation Flashpoint and guess what... Same thing. Playing the campaign and about 10 minutes into it my fps goes from 45 to about 25. Huge drop. I highly doubt this is driver related since I have tried other drivers and they all produce the same issue.

Now, what can I do to help me detect the problem on my own? What and how can I configure hardware monitor or something to detect when crossfire is de-activated. It works fine at first, but something is causing it to magically stop. Even though the icon is up at the top, it still stops.. Wonder if it is CPU related... ?

Any input is super appreciated. If I exit the game and start right over immediately my frames are once again above 45.

Thanks,

Stevenx

 

hi bud

what spec do you have first

have a look on the hdd light abouve f9 and see if its busy constantly flashing away to istelf.



i just played flashpoint rising also and same thing but mine was the antivirus kicked in lol, it looks like a good game its hard ( which i like will get few hours out of this. and then multiplayer i think will be good.

 

sorry, M17 3870 xfire, p8600, 160gb 7200 hdd, 1900x1200
I noticed in arma2 the fps slowed when it auto saves. should i reinstall a certain driver for sata or hdd? Please let me know
what you think. Thanks stevenx

oh i dont have antiv enabled. defender is disabled as well.
game booster running to shut down unneeded services.
happens with or without it.