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    Losing FPS every 2 minutes.

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by schrollbach, Jul 28, 2008.

  1. schrollbach

    schrollbach Newbie

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    I have an odd problem. When I am playing WoW, I will get a nice 30 fps and it will be all good and dandy. Then about 2 minutes later my fps drops down to around 7 for a good long minute. After that minute, my fps shoots back up to 30 instantly and its all good again for another 2 minutes when the process decides to start over.

    Now I have no idea what would cause my WoW to do this, but could it be something running in the background. If so, is there any way I could figure out what program/process is causing this performance loss?
     
    schrollbach, Jul 28, 2008
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    This looks like one for the gaming forum. I'm moving it.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Jul 28, 2008
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  3. KGann

    KGann NBR Themesong Writer

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    What kind of GPU do you have? Have you tried updating your drivers?
     
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    brainer Notebook Virtuoso

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    Its either driver or some software running in Background.
     
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    protomenace Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah, kinda sounds like you have some software in the background that is doing something once every couple of minutes that eats up processor time. A possible culprit I imagine is some kind of active virus protection software?
     
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  6. Duct Tape Dude

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    Check your temperatures perhaps? It's odd that it is timed so evenly, though...

    What sort of antivirus/firewall do you have?
     
    Duct Tape Dude, Jul 28, 2008
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  7. schrollbach

    schrollbach Newbie

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    I have the 7150M and I figured the drivers would auto update with the vista updates (seemed to do that with my desktop). I guess I'll go over and get the drivers from the site. I have Norton Internet Security and all that fancy stuff for my anti-virus/firewall.

    I'll check back once I got the driver installed.
     
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  8. Duct Tape Dude

    Duct Tape Dude Duct Tape Dude

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    Well you are most likely not overheating :)

    Perhaps it's a Norton thing. Try keeping the task manager running and when it slows down, alt+tab to the task manager to find what's sapping the CPU.
     
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    What settings are you using? The 7150 isn't a powerful card... you may just have the In-Game settings too high.
     
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    disable all non-necessary stuff from the background..
    - namely Norton/MacAffee suite crap (one of the worst things to put in your computer)
    - bloatware (found in all major brand notebooks)

    then monitor your CPU temps and clocks as you are gaming....
    - can be done with RivaTuner (with Everest plugin)
     
    Gophn, Jul 28, 2008
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  11. schrollbach

    schrollbach Newbie

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    well, i've been getting rid of the garbage programs but i still have 70 processes going. I am playing the game at the lowest possible settings.

    As for the driver, could someone help me find it because I went to the nVidia site and when I went to the driver page I chose the Gefore M/Go and then I had to choose one of the cards and I didn't see mine in the list. If you could give me a link to the driver that would be very helpful :D.

    Sorry for the double post, didn't notice that it went to a 2nd page.
     
    schrollbach, Jul 29, 2008
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