Graham
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First of all, here are my PC specs:
Athlon 64 3200+ @ 2.2GHz Socket 754
Asus K8V Deluxe First Edition
Onboard Sound (by Soundmax)
ATI X850 XT PE AGP
1024 MB DDR Corsair XMS serries PC 3200
All hardware and software are running the latest drivers. All spyware and virus scans show a clean system.
Second, here are the actions I have taken to try and solve the problem:
1) Upgraded to a gig of ram. I did this regardless of worrying about money because I wanted to have a gig anyways.
2) I tried my friend's 7800 GS AGP card.
3) Toyed around with the PCI latency tool to try and fix timing issues. This had no effect on performance in a bad or good way.
4) Closed any and all programs to see if the background operations were hurting performance.
5) Fresh format with only the game and drivers installed.
Third, here is the problem:
I am experiencing a phenomenon which I am dubbing a flash freeze audio studder. What happens is that a game will be playing fine and, usually within the first half hour of play, the game will randomly lock up for just a couple seconds (enough for me to get fragged), the current audio will loop, and then the game resumes. No game has ever crashed during this flash freeze. It completely stabilizes until it happens again.
The interesting thing is that it will happen more frequently in the beginning and then sort of happen only once every hour afterwards. Not sure why this happens but I have been lead to believe it is the lack of sound hardware. It always seems to happen when a new sound is played such as a different weapon firing, explosions, footstep on a new terrain, etc.
I have most of the graphical options on max, AA at 2x, AF at 4X, 1280x1024 res, and sound quality is on high.
Thinking of more ideas on how to fix this problem has pretty much led to me spending money on sound hardware or just plain getting a better computer. I hope if it comes down to needing new hardware the lack of a sound card is the issue. I really don't want to buy a system right now. I'm waiting to see new tech coming out at the end of the year such as conroe and 65nm AM2 with higher DDR2 memory speeds.
I wish I had some way of making a video of what happens in the game because that would be the best way to do it. I mostly play Counter-Strike Source and the demo recording feature doesn't catch it. It just shows me stopped for a second or two and then I start moving again. It is really weird...
Any and all help is appreciated...
Athlon 64 3200+ @ 2.2GHz Socket 754
Asus K8V Deluxe First Edition
Onboard Sound (by Soundmax)
ATI X850 XT PE AGP
1024 MB DDR Corsair XMS serries PC 3200
All hardware and software are running the latest drivers. All spyware and virus scans show a clean system.
Second, here are the actions I have taken to try and solve the problem:
1) Upgraded to a gig of ram. I did this regardless of worrying about money because I wanted to have a gig anyways.
2) I tried my friend's 7800 GS AGP card.
3) Toyed around with the PCI latency tool to try and fix timing issues. This had no effect on performance in a bad or good way.
4) Closed any and all programs to see if the background operations were hurting performance.
5) Fresh format with only the game and drivers installed.
Third, here is the problem:
I am experiencing a phenomenon which I am dubbing a flash freeze audio studder. What happens is that a game will be playing fine and, usually within the first half hour of play, the game will randomly lock up for just a couple seconds (enough for me to get fragged), the current audio will loop, and then the game resumes. No game has ever crashed during this flash freeze. It completely stabilizes until it happens again.
The interesting thing is that it will happen more frequently in the beginning and then sort of happen only once every hour afterwards. Not sure why this happens but I have been lead to believe it is the lack of sound hardware. It always seems to happen when a new sound is played such as a different weapon firing, explosions, footstep on a new terrain, etc.
I have most of the graphical options on max, AA at 2x, AF at 4X, 1280x1024 res, and sound quality is on high.
Thinking of more ideas on how to fix this problem has pretty much led to me spending money on sound hardware or just plain getting a better computer. I hope if it comes down to needing new hardware the lack of a sound card is the issue. I really don't want to buy a system right now. I'm waiting to see new tech coming out at the end of the year such as conroe and 65nm AM2 with higher DDR2 memory speeds.
I wish I had some way of making a video of what happens in the game because that would be the best way to do it. I mostly play Counter-Strike Source and the demo recording feature doesn't catch it. It just shows me stopped for a second or two and then I start moving again. It is really weird...
Any and all help is appreciated...