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Why does my FPS go down all of a sudden to ~25? and up again
Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 2:46 am
by riahc3
Hey
Im on a
E6400
2GB
X1600 Pro
Vista 32bit
Quake 3 Arena shouldnt drop to ~25 FPS for a few seconds then back up and then again drop to ~25. I remember times where on this system with this same exact config, I would get high FPS nonstop so this is a issue that has happened all of a sudden.
It even happens on test_bigbox. How do I fix it?
Re: Why does my FPS go down all of a sudden to ~25? and up again
Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 5:30 am
by DTS
Don't have any other programs running in the background (except your antivirus and firewall).
Re: Why does my FPS go down all of a sudden to ~25? and up again
Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 5:48 am
by axbaby
Is this a quake3 specific issue?
any problems with other games or applications?
Re: Why does my FPS go down all of a sudden to ~25? and up again
Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 8:14 am
by ^misantropia^
DTS wrote:Don't have any other programs running in the background (except your antivirus and firewall).
A virus scanner can cause this behaviour as well.
Re: Why does my FPS go down all of a sudden to ~25? and up again
Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 6:24 pm
by DTS
^misantropia^ wrote:A virus scanner can cause this behaviour as well.
Well get one that doesn't
Re: Why does my FPS go down all of a sudden to ~25? and up again
Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 11:12 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
or just disable it, but leave up your firewall to test.
Re: Why does my FPS go down all of a sudden to ~25? and up again
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 2:18 am
by [xeno]Julios
might be power supply issue.
also, does it happen at precise regular intervals?
Re: Why does my FPS go down all of a sudden to ~25? and up again
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 7:57 pm
by riahc3
I dont run any other programs in the background
This only happens in Quake 3 Arena. In no other game does this happen.
I dont run a firewall but I run NOD32's antivirus but this has NEVER happened. It appeared one day.
At precise intervals no. It can be great 1 minute, 30 secs of skipping, again great for 10 mins, then 3 mins skipping, etc. I doubt it is a PSU issue as my PSU is rock solid.
Re: Why does my FPS go down all of a sudden to ~25? and up again
Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 6:21 am
by axbaby
possible causes
heat .. cpu is slowing own
drivers
update chipset and video card drivers
Background app or unwanted programs running. download this program and scan your computer, remove un-wanted startup items and more
Link
http://www.iobit.com/
We assume your using quake3 version 1.32 latest
The only time i ever had this issue was with a version of my motherboard drivers
that were utter shite. Went back to my old drivers and all was at peace in my world.
Re: Why does my FPS go down all of a sudden to ~25? and up again
Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 10:00 am
by riahc3
Head and CPU is slowing down? Like I said, this doesnt happen in other games which require alot more power and are also FPS.
My drivers are updated
Again no background applications are running
Yup, Im on Quake 3 1.32
I havent changed anything; Like I said just started to happen one day.
Re: Why does my FPS go down all of a sudden to ~25? and up again
Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 4:02 pm
by axbaby
run quake3 with a bare bones quake3 installation.
no mods , or custom maps ..nothing except
the quake3 original files and PR 1.32.
Re: Why does my FPS go down all of a sudden to ~25? and up again
Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 7:29 pm
by riahc3
axbaby wrote:run quake3 with a bare bones quake3 installation.
no mods , or custom maps ..nothing except
the quake3 original files and PR 1.32.
This happens in a regular nonmodded DM server with about 4 players. Nothing custom everything original.