I'm not sure which forum to put this in, so ill put it here and in the v-card forum, then i guess a mod can help me sort it out. so, basically due to all my excitement for the boxing day sale, i went to futureshop at 5:30 this morning and snagged a " GeForce 6600GT OC" for about.. $160 canadian.. installation was a little bit of a hassle (getting the drivers right and all that crap) but i got it done here's where my problem comes in. ever since, i've been getting stutters in almost every game (some games are alot worse then others, for example, f.e.a.r. the game will pause for 5-6 secconds at a time, sometimes) It's quite different then normal framerate lag, as the framerate usually stays 25-30 even in pretty intense enviroments. Basically, the game (video and audio) just "pauses" for a few secconds, sometimes looping the audio until it corrects itself. Alot of people are having this trouble with half-life 2. but my problem expands on alot of games... If you would like a better description, please go http://www.blep.net/hl2stutter/#systemspecs there. there is even a video of what im experiencing near the bottem, but sometimes mine can be alot worse. ALOT. here's what i've tried. *Increasing the paging file on c: to over 3 gigs! *adding another 3 gig page file on h drive *deleting unwanted programs (clearing space) * updating motherboard drivers. * updating videocard drivers (after no luck, i tried using the Omega drivers, still no luck) *Tried lowering the settings in the game far below what i know my specs can take. *increased the agp voltage to 1.6V * set fsb spread spectrum to 1% * in dxdiag, lowered sound acceleration by 1 notch I tried all that and im still getting stuttering! like.... really really bad. unplayable heres my latest report from the program "everest", to show a bit of my specs. CPU Type : AMD Athlon XP, 2000 MHz (12 x 167) 2400+ Motherboard Chipset : nVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 System Memory : 512 MB (DDR SDRAM) (hmmm, that was 768 before i installed my gcard) Video Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT (Omega 1.6693) (previous adapter was a geforce 5700 le) hmm , I dont know what to do? could the gcard have broken my ram or something? lol is i hope not. please help!
Better yet, it turns out my ram chip was loose. lol. BUT i found another ram stick at my dads office, and stuck it in my pc. lol. the question is.. is it compatible?? im a little bit of a noob, so help me out, if ya can. heres my mobo's compatibility stats http://global.shuttle.com/Product/MotherBoard/mbd_Spec.asp?M_id=49 and here's the "Everest" report for my ram chips currently in the pc : ************************* DIMM1: Samsung M3 68L1713BT1-CB0 ] Memory Module Properties: Module Name Samsung M3 68L1713BT1-CB0 Serial Number None Module Size 128 MB (1 rank, 4 banks) Module Type Unbuffered Memory Type DDR SDRAM Memory Speed PC2100 (133 MHz) Module Width 64 bit Module Voltage SSTL 2.5 Error Detection Method None Refresh Rate Normal (15.625 us), Self-Refresh Memory Timings: @ 133 MHz 2.5-3-3-6 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) @ 100 MHz 2.0-2-2-5 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) Memory Module Features: Early RAS# Precharge Not Supported Auto-Precharge Not Supported Precharge All Not Supported Write1/Read Burst Not Supported Buffered Address/Control Inputs Not Supported Registered Address/Control Inputs Not Supported On-Card PLL (Clock) Not Supported Buffered DQMB Inputs Not Supported Registered DQMB Inputs Not Supported Differential Clock Input Supported Redundant Row Address Not Supported Memory Module Manufacturer: Company Name Samsung Product Information http://www.samsung.com/Products/Semiconductor/DRAM/index.htm [ DIMM2: 512 MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM ] Memory Module Properties: Serial Number None Module Size 512 MB (2 ranks, 4 banks) Module Type Unbuffered Memory Type DDR SDRAM Memory Speed PC3200 (200 MHz) Module Width 64 bit Module Voltage SSTL 2.5 Error Detection Method None Refresh Rate Reduced (7.8 us), Self-Refresh Memory Timings: @ 200 MHz 2.5-3-3-8 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) Memory Module Features: Early RAS# Precharge Not Supported Auto-Precharge Not Supported Precharge All Not Supported Write1/Read Burst Not Supported Buffered Address/Control Inputs Not Supported Registered Address/Control Inputs Not Supported On-Card PLL (Clock) Not Supported Buffered DQMB Inputs Not Supported Registered DQMB Inputs Not Supported Differential Clock Input Supported Redundant Row Address Not Supported [ DIMM3: Elpida EBD25UC8AMFA-6B ] Memory Module Properties: Module Name Elpida EBD25UC8AMFA-6B Serial Number 807F0118h Manufacture Date Week 4 / 2042 Module Size 256 MB (1 rank, 4 banks) Module Type Unbuffered Memory Type DDR SDRAM Memory Speed PC2700 (166 MHz) Module Width 64 bit Module Voltage SSTL 2.5 Error Detection Method None Refresh Rate Reduced (7.8 us), Self-Refresh Memory Timings: @ 166 MHz 2.5-3-3-7 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) @ 133 MHz 2.0-3-3-6 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) Memory Module Features: Early RAS# Precharge Not Supported Auto-Precharge Not Supported Precharge All Not Supported Write1/Read Burst Not Supported Buffered Address/Control Inputs Not Supported Registered Address/Control Inputs Not Supported On-Card PLL (Clock) Not Supported Buffered DQMB Inputs Not Supported Registered DQMB Inputs Not Supported Differential Clock Input Supported Redundant Row Address Not Supported Memory Module Manufacturer: Company Name Elpida Memory, Inc. Product Information http://www.elpida.com/en/products/ ************* I believe dimm3 is the latest one i put in. i dont know if it's compatible or not, but when i booted up the computer, it said i have almost a gig of memory now, as opposed to the 768 i had in beforehand. so, is the last one compatible?
Compatibility, hmmmmmmmm? Well, you've got three sticks of RAM, all are different speeds, all use different timings, all use different refresh times and all are different brands, it's not a very good mix or RAM i must say. Try taking out the 128MB stick first and see what happens. If it still doesn't work, then just fiddle with different combinations or the RAM until you get a combo that works (stable of course).
