"Slow Motion" problem in Direct3D games on x64

DamienC

Before I describe my problem, I have to say that I've tried all the proper channels to get this problem fixed. I contacted ATI first; since I'm using a laptop they told me to contact my notebook manufacturer. So I try MSI, and they can barely speak (type) english and didn't help me at all. No way I'm going to even ATTEMPT to contact Microsoft about this one...

Anyway, I'm having an annoying problem with my MSI MS-1029 notebook under XP x64 Edition. The problem does NOT happen under XP Pro 32-bit, it seems to be x64 specific.

When playing D3D games (Battlefield 2, Half-Life 2, Far Cry) the games will be playing fine at a normal framerate for a couple seconds, slow to a crawl (as if you're watching a movie in slow motion), then speed back up again. This is NOT a performance problem, because this didn't happen in XP 32-bit and technically no frames are being skipped, they're just drawn REALLY SLOWLY. Even the audio lags behind if a character happens to be talking.

OpenGL games are not affected. Doom 3, Quake 4, and CoD2 run fine. They run GREAT in fact.

I tried tons of different drivers: stock MSI drivers, Catalyst 6.4's, Catalyst 5.11's. Same results each time. I can't shake the feeling it's driver related though since it only happens with D3D stuff and my system is fine in every other respect. If it's not the Radeon driver, could the AMD PowerNow! feature of my Turion be causing some sort of problem?

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I've posted about this on several other forums to no avail. I'm at my wit's end here.

PLEASE HELP (lol)

SuperCoolAl

I have a 1029 aswell. Can you check your CPU temperatures? It may be throttling.

Shuflie

Try setting your laptops power configuration to always on before running a game and see if it still happens, this should disable power now and let you know whether that's the problem or not.

SuperCoolAl

Actually that won't help throttling if he's overheating. I had to send mine back to get it fixed under warranty.

-h4x0r-

Well my laptop fluctuates the amount of CPU power usable by any apps based on battery life. Thats an option in the BIOS. Take a look around in there for some options to change.

Semilio666

also make sure the power cordis plugged in, laptop performe less on battery to safe power

Antho

Hi,

Had an identical problem on my desktop unde x64. Lowered my overclock and problem went away. Unfortunately, I can't tell how to fix your lappie!

Nide

I to have the slow mo problem on my 1029. tried endlessly to fix it but could was unable. BIOS setting are very limited, the only thing you can relay change is the power now, boot-order, and memory clock. It is very disappointing

Here are my specs
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MSI MS-1029

2.2Gz AMD Turion - uses Artec thermal composite

2GB of DDR RAM at 400mhz

100GB HD at 7200rpm

BIOS version 2.5
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2.2gz plug in
800mz normal bat
756mz low bat
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I have the slow mo problem on Counter Strike source

I also noticed that halo for PC wont go to a resolution past 600x800 even though it seas it charge.

Windows 32 bit the Counter Strike problem goes away but the Halo one does not. I blame ATI for the all of these graphic related problems. I hear that AMD is going to buy AIT.

Whats funny is that ATI is a bigger corp than Invidia but they cant seem to keep up with quality and performance

kn00tcn

ati was bought a while ago (last month)

& a bigger corp would have more problems

DamienC

Wow, I forgot I posted this. :P

Since then I've upgraded to the MS-1039. I'm using MSI's stock x64 drivers, which appear to be based on a recent (6.1 or higher it seems to me) version of the x64 Catalysts. I play CS:S constantly and haven't had a problem in x64 yet with this notebook. I'll probably try Far Cry x64 when I get home from work today, haven't had a chance to reinstall it since my last reformat.

The problem happened on my 1029 whether I was overclocking or not. I'm pretty confident that this was a hardware-specific problem.