St St St Stuttering is driving me crazy!

leehound · Apr 13, 2003, 04:08 PM

I play IGI 2 and Battlefield 1942, and both of these games have the exact same stuttering problem. If I am standing still looking around, no problem. As soon as I start moving every couple of steps I get a stutter or hesitation. This drives me crazy and makes these games unplayable. The thing that really baffles me is that these games were running flawlessly. Now all of a sudden I have this stuttering problem.

I have tried everything: updated ATI drivers (completely cleaned out old divers as outlined in this forum), updated BIOS, the latest DirectX, I have tried every setting change that I read in several forums the last 3 days. I have made sure that the card is not sharing an IRQ. Nothing I try works.

What else could be the problem?

Win XP
AMD 2700+
A7N8X Deluxe Motherboard
BIOS: 1.003
Antec True430 PS
ATI 9700 Pro
2 sticks 256 meg Crucial PC-2700
WD 80 gig
Logitech Cordless Mouse MX700
Microsoft Keyboard

Temps at Idle: Case 26c, CPU 37c

Come on you smart people help me out.

Leehound

cicotte · Apr 13, 2003, 11:40 PM

ya i no how you feel, first off if you are running this game whith the settings high whitch you should after all its a 9700 pro were talking about, you will problably want to throw in another stick of ram this game is one hell of a ram pig.i had the same studdering you discribed and i was running 512 ram and a 9700pro added another 256 for a total of 768meg and it made i big difference i still get the odd jerk here and there but not constant like it was. xp is also a ram pig useing 160-200 meg sitting @ desktop and whith 512 that leaves you whith around 200 meg or so free to run this game @ high settings that's not enough to run this game smooth, you can also turn down your hardware acceleration down one notch this will help also.

BWX · Apr 13, 2003, 11:50 PM

Yup, I think most people have that problem- I have heard hundreds say that about bf1942 and I have the same problem-- good Idea for a game, but if it runs like that who cares-- They should've made that on a Q3 engine or something. EA for you, I never expect much from an EA game to tell you the truth. It is a shame. I could upgrade everything and spend 3 grand to try to get that game to run good and it wouldn't help= the game is flawed- Something that CAN help is a really good soundcard- (or one that uses less cpu time) like an Adigy2- but I bet it would still run like crap-

Allex · Apr 15, 2003, 08:22 AM

Leehound, did you try that "Hardware Acceleration" slider modification ?

It sure worked 4 me...

leehound · Apr 15, 2003, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Allexutzu
Leehound, did you try that "Hardware Acceleration" slider modification ? It sure worked 4 me...

Yes, I tried every possible setting change associated with the video card. No Good.

I talked to ATI tech support and they couldn't figure it out. I am at a loss for what to try next. I guess I will just have send the card back for a replacement.

Leehound

BWX · Apr 15, 2003, 11:25 AM

I don't think it's your video card- but anything is possible.

shuki · Apr 15, 2003, 12:21 PM

had one fella that was having stuttering problems fix his by one of his mouse pointer settings in windows CP.... maybe enhance pointer precision or one of those mouse settings.... worth a shot at least

fibonaccov · Apr 25, 2003, 06:34 PM

Am seeing the stuttering running Omega's cat 3.2...in D3D and OGL...

Some interesting info here btw

--fibo

FrenkM · Jun 15, 2003, 04:39 PM

Hey Leehound,

1e) Did you recently update your XP to SP1?
2e)Did you download some windows update files at microsoft?

Cause 1 of these files(I cant remember wich one) make WinXP appl. very slow.(read in other forums)

3e) Look in your devicemanager>Computer>ACPI-pc?If it reads something else(ACPI-Unipc) change it at properties>renew or new driver>find driver by yourself from the list.(I have a dutch WinXP, I am not shure)
That will make a huge difference!(Did by me)

Succes!

AMD XP 2000+
Asus A7Vx KT400
Radeon 9700
WinXP+SP1

shuki · Jun 15, 2003, 05:55 PM

Since leehound's problem is ~2 mos old I'm sure they are either long gone or solved. Thead is dead.

Apr 13, 2003, 04:08 PM	#1
leehound DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	St St St Stuttering is driving me crazy! I play IGI 2 and Battlefield 1942, and both of these games have the exact same stuttering problem. If I am standing still looking around, no problem. As soon as I start moving every couple of steps I get a stutter or hesitation. This drives me crazy and makes these games unplayable. The thing that really baffles me is that these games were running flawlessly. Now all of a sudden I have this stuttering problem. I have tried everything: updated ATI drivers (completely cleaned out old divers as outlined in this forum), updated BIOS, the latest DirectX, I have tried every setting change that I read in several forums the last 3 days. I have made sure that the card is not sharing an IRQ. Nothing I try works. What else could be the problem? Win XP AMD 2700+ A7N8X Deluxe Motherboard BIOS: 1.003 Antec True430 PS ATI 9700 Pro 2 sticks 256 meg Crucial PC-2700 WD 80 gig Logitech Cordless Mouse MX700 Microsoft Keyboard Temps at Idle: Case 26c, CPU 37c Come on you smart people help me out. Leehound

Apr 13, 2003, 11:50 PM	#3
BWX Spinal Tapped Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,573 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	Yup, I think most people have that problem- I have heard hundreds say that about bf1942 and I have the same problem-- good Idea for a game, but if it runs like that who cares-- They should've made that on a Q3 engine or something. EA for you, I never expect much from an EA game to tell you the truth. It is a shame. I could upgrade everything and spend 3 grand to try to get that game to run good and it wouldn't help= the game is flawed- Something that CAN help is a really good soundcard- (or one that uses less cpu time) like an Adigy2- but I bet it would still run like crap- __________________ One Big Ass Mistake America

Apr 15, 2003, 08:22 AM	#4
Allex DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bucharest / Romania Posts: 47 Rep Power: 0	Leehound, did you try that "Hardware Acceleration" slider modification ? It sure worked 4 me... __________________ P4 NW 2,53@3.05 GHz :: 1 GB Kingmax DDR400 :: Radeon 9500 BBA 128 MB (@9700) :: Catalyst 6.1

Apr 15, 2003, 11:25 AM	#6
BWX Spinal Tapped Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,573 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	I don't think it's your video card- but anything is possible. __________________ One Big Ass Mistake America

Jun 15, 2003, 04:39 PM	#9
FrenkM DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Stutering games Hey Leehound, 1e) Did you recently update your XP to SP1? 2e)Did you download some windows update files at microsoft? Cause 1 of these files(I cant remember wich one) make WinXP appl. very slow.(read in other forums) 3e) Look in your devicemanager>Computer>ACPI-pc?If it reads something else(ACPI-Unipc) change it at properties>renew or new driver>find driver by yourself from the list.(I have a dutch WinXP, I am not shure) That will make a huge difference!(Did by me) Succes! AMD XP 2000+ Asus A7Vx KT400 Radeon 9700 WinXP+SP1

Apr 13, 2003, 11:40 PM	#2
cicotte DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	ya i no how you feel, first off if you are running this game whith the settings high whitch you should after all its a 9700 pro were talking about, you will problably want to throw in another stick of ram this game is one hell of a ram pig.i had the same studdering you discribed and i was running 512 ram and a 9700pro added another 256 for a total of 768meg and it made i big difference i still get the odd jerk here and there but not constant like it was. xp is also a ram pig useing 160-200 meg sitting @ desktop and whith 512 that leaves you whith around 200 meg or so free to run this game @ high settings that's not enough to run this game smooth, you can also turn down your hardware acceleration down one notch this will help also.

Apr 15, 2003, 12:21 PM	#7
shuki DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: in the hidden place Posts: 1,975 Rep Power: 0	had one fella that was having stuttering problems fix his by one of his mouse pointer settings in windows CP.... maybe enhance pointer precision or one of those mouse settings.... worth a shot at least

Apr 25, 2003, 06:34 PM	#8
fibonaccov DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 67 Rep Power: 0	Am seeing the stuttering running Omega's cat 3.2...in D3D and OGL... Some interesting info here btw --fibo

Jun 15, 2003, 05:55 PM	#10
shuki DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: in the hidden place Posts: 1,975 Rep Power: 0	Since leehound's problem is ~2 mos old I'm sure they are either long gone or solved. Thead is dead.