Stuttering with 5.2's and WoW

CaptainAmerica · Feb 11, 2005, 11:50 AM

Installed 5.2's yesterday and noticed a stuttering while playing World of Warcraft. Didn't happen with the 5.1's. I restarted run-time while in the app. and it seemed to have corrected it so i'll see if it happens again. Also, I had been using .Net 2 beta last few drivers cause of problems with the ATI icon not showing up in my sys. tray while using the .Net 1.1s. However, when using the .Net 2 betas, when shutting down i'd always have to end a program "Parking Windows Forms" which wouldn't properly close. Switched back to .Net 1.1 with the 5.1's just to see if the problem persisted and it seemed to correct the "Windows Parking Forms" and the icon still showed up in the windows sys. tray. Problem is now with the 5.2's is that the ATI icon is now not showing up in the tray. I was hoping I wouldn't have to go back to .Net 2 betas because of "windows parking forms" problem but it looks like i'm going to have to in order to take advantage of the new menu choices available from the system tray icon. Anyone having a similar problem with the different .Nets and the last couple of drivers? Not sure what the stuttering problem is all about so looks like the 5.1's are going to be reinstalled.

Pentium IV 2.24ghz
1024 Pc800 RDRAM
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256
SB Audigy 2 ZS
Windows XP SP2

dissonance · Feb 11, 2005, 12:11 PM

I’m have the same problem with HL2 I have not tried any another games yet

It seem to come and go... but what is strange the fps will be running around 100 but the game feels like it's running in the 20's.

Anyone else having this problem?

Built by ATI 9700 pro, p4c800-e 3.0e, vx910 LCD - XP SP2

CaptainAmerica · Feb 11, 2005, 12:13 PM

Yeah that's pretty much how i feel. 5.1's were very nice. 5.2's are very jerky.

CaptainAmerica · Feb 11, 2005, 06:50 PM

It's funny, MS released a few updates today. One of them was a patch for .Net 1.1 so guess what? The ATI icon now loads in the system try. Finally. Lets hope it keeps doing it after a few reboots.

Arioch21 · Feb 11, 2005, 07:54 PM

My FPS droped by about 20fps with the new 5.2cats and wow, went back to 4.12cats and got my FPS back up. will wait for a future release before going back to latest drivers.

sc3000 · Feb 11, 2005, 09:33 PM

I have a 15 fps loss with 5.1 cats
I have a 6fps loss with Omega 5.1
in joint operations

Clubber · Feb 12, 2005, 12:53 AM

I had the stuttering lockups on a fresh format with 5.2's so I switched back to 4.12's for now.

Feb 11, 2005, 11:50 AM	#1
CaptainAmerica DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Charlottesville, Virginia Posts: 50 Rep Power: 0	Stuttering with 5.2's and WoW Installed 5.2's yesterday and noticed a stuttering while playing World of Warcraft. Didn't happen with the 5.1's. I restarted run-time while in the app. and it seemed to have corrected it so i'll see if it happens again. Also, I had been using .Net 2 beta last few drivers cause of problems with the ATI icon not showing up in my sys. tray while using the .Net 1.1s. However, when using the .Net 2 betas, when shutting down i'd always have to end a program "Parking Windows Forms" which wouldn't properly close. Switched back to .Net 1.1 with the 5.1's just to see if the problem persisted and it seemed to correct the "Windows Parking Forms" and the icon still showed up in the windows sys. tray. Problem is now with the 5.2's is that the ATI icon is now not showing up in the tray. I was hoping I wouldn't have to go back to .Net 2 betas because of "windows parking forms" problem but it looks like i'm going to have to in order to take advantage of the new menu choices available from the system tray icon. Anyone having a similar problem with the different .Nets and the last couple of drivers? Not sure what the stuttering problem is all about so looks like the 5.1's are going to be reinstalled. Pentium IV 2.24ghz 1024 Pc800 RDRAM ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256 SB Audigy 2 ZS Windows XP SP2

Feb 11, 2005, 07:54 PM	#5
Arioch21 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	My FPS droped by about 20fps with the new 5.2cats and wow, went back to 4.12cats and got my FPS back up. will wait for a future release before going back to latest drivers. __________________ WinXP Pro, SP 2 / Asus P4PE motherboard / Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.40GHz Memory: 1024MB RAM PC2700 / EVGA 7800gs 256mb / SB Audigy 2 PE

Feb 12, 2005, 12:53 AM	#7
Clubber DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Boston, USA. Posts: 152 Rep Power: 0	I had the stuttering lockups on a fresh format with 5.2's so I switched back to 4.12's for now. __________________ [color=Red]DFI LanpartyUT nF4 SLI-DR Expert AMD Opteron 148 Venus G.Skill Extreme Series (2 x 1GB) eVGA 7800GT (x2) SoundBlaster Audigy 2zs SeaGate Barracuda 120GB OCZ PowerStream 600watt BIX III, Storm, Maze's, D5[/color][color=Teal][color=Red][/color] [/color]

Feb 11, 2005, 12:11 PM	#2
dissonance DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	I’m have the same problem with HL2 I have not tried any another games yet It seem to come and go... but what is strange the fps will be running around 100 but the game feels like it's running in the 20's. Anyone else having this problem? Built by ATI 9700 pro, p4c800-e 3.0e, vx910 LCD - XP SP2

Feb 11, 2005, 12:13 PM	#3
CaptainAmerica DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Charlottesville, Virginia Posts: 50 Rep Power: 0	Yeah that's pretty much how i feel. 5.1's were very nice. 5.2's are very jerky.

Feb 11, 2005, 06:50 PM	#4
CaptainAmerica DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Charlottesville, Virginia Posts: 50 Rep Power: 0	It's funny, MS released a few updates today. One of them was a patch for .Net 1.1 so guess what? The ATI icon now loads in the system try. Finally. Lets hope it keeps doing it after a few reboots.

Feb 11, 2005, 09:33 PM	#6
sc3000 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New York Posts: 231 Rep Power: 0	I have a 15 fps loss with 5.1 cats I have a 6fps loss with Omega 5.1 in joint operations