Vista SP1 Game issues...

Ever sinced i installed vista sp1 rc (or whatever its called) ive been getting this lag issue in Counter Strike Source.

like, every 30 seconds or so the whole thing will freeze for a millisecond and then unfreeze. its very annoying in firefights as you usually die.......

using 169.13 drivers, and had no probs with them before sp1. anyone else getting this issue?

 

Uninstall SP1? It is still Beta.

 

It's probably not because of this, BUT do a defrag, SP1 RC1 moves, copies, deletes, modifies and creates lots of files, and because of that the disk will get heavily fragmented.
Try running a defrag. And DO NOT use Vista's built-in defragger
Report back if it helps!

 

I've actually experienced this in TF2 since the SP1 update, except for me it's much more severe than a "millisecond" every "30 seconds". A computer restart tends to do the trick. Standby seems to cause the problem.

Why not? What do you recommend otherwise?

 

@RaiseR RoofeR:
If your question is about another defragmenter, you can try the JKDefrag, which is for free.

 

use auslogics.

 

Try one of these:
Diskeeper
Perfect Disk
O&O Defrag

Or my favourite:
Ultimate Defrag It's not as shiny and noob friendly as the others, but highly customizable

 

My vote's for O&O, it is simply awesome!

 

Maybe it's just TF2. I'm getting better fps with UT3 and no problems with multiplayer lag using SP1.

 

err. im gunna look stupid now, but my lag wasnt from sp1?
it was from "I8kfangui", a program that lets u manually control your fans.... well anyway i did uninstall SP1 and changed drivers about 1000 times.... now i just feel stupid.

gunna invest in a cooler instead of playing with the system fans

 

I second (and third) all the O&O defragger recommendations.

 

Grabbed O&O pro and did a defrag under "Complete - Name" according to "Gaming" preferences, however after it was done I did it again JUST to see that the drive was done through-and-through but the program went all over again and said it would take 3 hours!