OC, then videos start skipping

[Nitestick]

toy around with the core affinity, i notice you have an X2. swap the most demanding processes to opposite cores and see if it makes a difference. the only time i ever get stuttering in videos is from hdd lag, check your hdd usage.

 

[ohGrFreak]

I think it was the voltage making it overheat, if indeed it actually did overheat, I have since taken to voltage back to stock level. I have it now up to 1.96ghz, ran it through a few benchmarks, and had it running for 24+ hours straight of hard use and all is well.

 

[pullyalater]

affinity it was it doesnt matter which one i chose i just cant have both on @ the same time for anything media (except for Quicktime files they run great)

so, my next question is how do i get the affinity to default to one core automatically bc i have to do it every time i restart....

and should i upgrade my os? im running xp pro 32bit just because i thought it would be more stable. but i was leaning towards x64 pro if it would help. most of my stuff except soundcard would have drivers for x64.

 

[Nitestick]

don't bother with x64. as for getting the processor affinity to set as default i think it can be done by adding a particular comment to a program's shortcut but i use "THG Task Assignment Manager". it's pretty straight forward to use so download and give it a try.

things i learned from experience:
once you have added a program to the list close the manager and re-open it or the entry will not be saved.
add a shortcut to the program to the startup group in programs so it starts automatically with windows.

i think i might make a thread about this and ask a mod to sticky it somewhere as it is asked quite often.

 

[pullyalater]

okay so i went out and got a x-fi soundcard and replaced the extigy.
voila ~!!!!!!!!!~ no more issues with having to set affinity. and my fps went from 55 in cs source to 157!!!!!! no idea how it made that big of a difference but no more skipping and everything is running way smoother!