Problem..

[Skii]

Hi chaps

I recently re-installed my puter with XP pro SP2, and now have a problem which is baffling me.

Basically if I try to play any game, approx 3-4 minutes into the game, the frame rate plummets and the whole thing becomes choppy.

This happens If I turn my AVG Anti-Virus off, so its not AVG, and I leave my SPZ firewall on. No other programs are running apart from my BT Voyager 205 modem (which I hate with a passion and will replace with a wireless router when we move)

If I start up FS2004, approximately 4 minutes into the flight it becomes a slideshow, I've tried various Nvidia drivers, still the same problem. If I alt-tab back to desktop and back again it becomes smooth for a little while, but then starts to slideshow again.

Task manager doesn't seem to show anything other than system idle using most of the CPU % when I call it up

Any ideas peeps ? I'm stumped

Win XP PRo SP2
P4D 2.8
Intel D995Xbk motherboard
1Gb DDR2 (2 x 512)
GF 6800GS
80G Maxtor

AVG Anti-Virus
BT Voyager 205

[pmanington]

You checked if the fan on the graphic card is working properly? It sounds like it's overheating and then throttling down.

[Skii]

You checked if the fan on the graphic card is working properly? It sounds like it's overheating and then throttling down.

Good point - I felt underneath it last night and could definately feel the fan unit spinning , I'll yank it out tonight and have a closer look

thanks

john

[abeacock]

When you say that you have turned off AVG, how have you done it?
Right-clicking and quit/exit/shutdown does not kill all AVG services, there are still 3 avgXXXXX services running...