lag in all games

kaotic · Jan 3, 2004, 10:31 PM

In every first person shooter game I have tried I get something like video lag. It's like the crosshair is not keeping up with the mouse movement. I have upgraded all the drivers on my mother board, and bios, and upgraded my video card drivers, and mouse drivers, but i still get the problem. I even got a new video card thinking it was the problem (9600 XT). A lot of people said it could be the power supply but I'm not to sure about that. I have a 300W Antec PSU. I have done everything I could think of to fix the problem including disabling APIC, and putting my GFX on it's own IRQ. I'm going to buy new memory, and a PSU to see if that will fix the problem but I want to see if anyone can help me some how first.

ABIT NF7-S nForce2 Ultra 400 MotherBoard
Amd XP 2500+ o/c'ed 3200+
Kingstin 256MB ddr
ATI 9600XT
Logitech MX500 mouse
300W PSU
Sony Dvd burner

Dyre Straits · Jan 3, 2004, 10:37 PM

A few things to consider:

Yes, the 300 W PSU is very iffy in your case.

BUT, an additional 256 MB of DDR Memory would make a world of difference in how the system performs.

You also might try adjusting the AGP Aperture settings in the BIOS. It usually defaults to 64 MB. Try lowering it to see if there's any change. There's no real 'science' as to what it should be, so, feel free to experiment with whatever settings your mobo BIOS allows. Just go with what works best.

But, at least a 350W PSU and additional 256 MB of RAM is what I'd suggest.

kaotic · Jan 3, 2004, 11:14 PM

Alright I'm going to pick up another stick of memory, and another PSU, but could it be that the mother board is messed up, or not working right?

Dyre Straits · Jan 4, 2004, 12:26 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by kaotic
Alright I'm going to pick up another stick of memory, and another PSU, but could it be that the mother board is messed up, or not working right?

You may find out soon enough.

BUT, are you getting any critical/fatal errors other than in games? If not, that puts the mobo at the bottom of the list.

kaotic · Jan 4, 2004, 12:48 AM

Nope I haven't had any errors, everything works perfect expect for the lag. It's so uncontrolable it just drives me nuts. LOL

Ev!L-aLphA · Jan 4, 2004, 07:34 AM

o ya dude for sure get more ram and a bit higher psu like about 400 or 350 W i got a new psu 500W for 60$ and its great.

and ram get atleast 512 on ur machine and if u can get 400mhz ram and if u can get even more i suggest u get 1gb of ram ur pc will be blazing fast

specialy with amd 2500 and abit

o and if its the mouse problem try to get the latest drivers for the mouse or try to disabling the mouse software for it and it will fix it for sure

pap64 · Jan 4, 2004, 05:03 PM

that mouse you have is it cordless because if so it sounds like the jitters of a weak battery or maybe a cordless keyboard

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jan 4, 2004, 05:37 PM

go to you contol panel,mouse,hardware tab,properties,advaced settings,
turn up the sampleing rate and input buffer see if that helps

tconthepc3 · Jan 5, 2004, 06:17 AM

9600xt doesnt require 300watt power supply does it? Can I put a difffernet psu on my sony vaio?

Judas · Jan 5, 2004, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by tconthepc3
9600xt doesnt require 300watt power supply does it? Can I put a difffernet psu on my sony vaio?

er... that sounds like more trouble....

The sony machines are by what i've heard... natorious for overheating.. or just running rather hot..

What kind of mouse... PS/2 or USB? wireless (a question allready asked)

a basic system alone.... not very powerful... without much of any graphics today requires 300 watt PSU's...... OEM builders such as DELL.. or Sony in your case..... will put in usually the bare minimum....

A radeon 9600XT requires a few watts.... It does have an external PSU required cable right? (9500 pro/9600 pro xt/9700 pro/9800 pro XT ) ?

Not quite sure..

Your also running your Barton 2500+ at 3200+ i see.. you most likely have more cooling.... which requires more power...

I really sugest that you get a 400 watt.. 350 Minimum PSU... good quality.. such as enermax.. But if you still using a Sony Case... i'm not sure they designed them to work with the standard sized psus....

pap64 · Jan 5, 2004, 12:07 PM

9600XT requires no power, just an AGP slot

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jan 5, 2004, 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by pap64
9600XT requires no power, just an AGP slot

yea but it probubly pulling a good 75+ watts by itself

cards with powersupply connecters are useing to much power to be powerd just by the motherbard alone so they get some direct power from the psu.

Judas · Jan 5, 2004, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by The_Neon_Cowboy
yea but it probubly pulling a good 75+ watts by itself

cards with powersupply connecters are useing to much power to be powerd just by the motherbard alone so they get some direct power from the psu.

i think... considering TODAY.... 400 watts is now the mainstream bare minimum..... no??

kaotic · Jan 6, 2004, 07:56 AM

Nah I don't have a cordless mouse I have a Logitech MX 500.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jan 6, 2004, 08:28 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Judas
i think... considering TODAY.... 400 watts is now the mainstream bare minimum..... no??

and yes 400 is the norm now adays but I ment if you dont have it least 300w with any system with newer cards your just asking for magor issues

i'm seeing some case comeing with 430W+ to 560W now

pap64 · Jan 6, 2004, 11:23 AM

i've got an antec true 330 PSU and i've never had problems, but yes i would not get anything less than a 450 PSU for my next rig.i run everything O/Ced very hard for stock cooling and still all's good! but for how long? hehe

XP Pro sp1a
Atlon XP 1800+
145 FSB O/C 1667mhz
Temp 45c-55c
Antec True330 330W
Asus A7V8X-X
Corsair 512 ddr pc2100
ATI Radeon 9600XT 128mb
O/C 568/318
Catalyst 3.10
Viewsonic A75f 17in.
SB Audigy Gamer
Klipsch THX 2.1
WD 40 gig H/D
WD 120 gig H/D
CD/RW 24x/10x/40x
DVD 16x
52x cd-rom
COM21 DOXport DP1110 Cable Modem

kaotic · Jan 8, 2004, 11:25 AM

Well like I said I'm going to pick up a new PSU this week, and I'm getting two sticks of 512MB HyperX kingstin memory hopefully that will fix my problem. Everything works perfect I get lots of frames in ut2k3 and other games but the crosshair is falling behind the actual movement of the mouse. A few people I have talked to have said it could be the mother board, but I can't see how that would be the problem. I got a new video card because I thought that would fix it so I guess if after I get the new PSU, and memory and if I see that the problem I will just have to get a new mother board.

GutterPunk · Jan 9, 2004, 06:19 PM

The higher psu would prolly help since its drawing so much from the mobo could be lagging other things w/ only a 300... just a suggestion

Jan 3, 2004, 10:31 PM	#1
kaotic DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	lag in all games In every first person shooter game I have tried I get something like video lag. It's like the crosshair is not keeping up with the mouse movement. I have upgraded all the drivers on my mother board, and bios, and upgraded my video card drivers, and mouse drivers, but i still get the problem. I even got a new video card thinking it was the problem (9600 XT). A lot of people said it could be the power supply but I'm not to sure about that. I have a 300W Antec PSU. I have done everything I could think of to fix the problem including disabling APIC, and putting my GFX on it's own IRQ. I'm going to buy new memory, and a PSU to see if that will fix the problem but I want to see if anyone can help me some how first. ABIT NF7-S nForce2 Ultra 400 MotherBoard Amd XP 2500+ o/c'ed 3200+ Kingstin 256MB ddr ATI 9600XT Logitech MX500 mouse 300W PSU Sony Dvd burner

Jan 4, 2004, 07:34 AM	#6
Ev!L-aLphA \| n f e c t e D Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,111 Rep Power: 60	o ya dude for sure get more ram and a bit higher psu like about 400 or 350 W i got a new psu 500W for 60$ and its great. and ram get atleast 512 on ur machine and if u can get 400mhz ram and if u can get even more i suggest u get 1gb of ram ur pc will be blazing fast specialy with amd 2500 and abit o and if its the mouse problem try to get the latest drivers for the mouse or try to disabling the mouse software for it and it will fix it for sure __________________ R.I.P 8/8/04 4/21/08

Jan 4, 2004, 05:03 PM	#7
pap64 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: new orleans Posts: 24 Rep Power: 0	that mouse you have is it cordless because if so it sounds like the jitters of a weak battery or maybe a cordless keyboard __________________ XP Pro sp1a Atlon XP 1800+ 145 FSB O/C 1667mhz Temp 45c-55c Antec True330 330W Asus A7V8X-X Corsair 512 ddr pc2100 ATI Radeon 9600XT 128mb O/C 558/660 Catalyst 4.3 Viewsonic A75f 17in. SB Audigy Gamer Klipsch THX 2.1 WD 40 gig H/D WD 120 gig H/D CD/RW 24x/10x/40x DVD 16x 52x cd-rom COM21 DOXport DP1110 Cable Modem If I have to show one more so called carpenter how to read a tape measure i'll SCREAM!!!

Jan 4, 2004, 05:37 PM	#8
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	go to you contol panel,mouse,hardware tab,properties,advaced settings, turn up the sampleing rate and input buffer see if that helps __________________

Jan 5, 2004, 12:07 PM	#11
pap64 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: new orleans Posts: 24 Rep Power: 0	9600XT requires no power, just an AGP slot __________________ XP Pro sp1a Atlon XP 1800+ 145 FSB O/C 1667mhz Temp 45c-55c Antec True330 330W Asus A7V8X-X Corsair 512 ddr pc2100 ATI Radeon 9600XT 128mb O/C 558/660 Catalyst 4.3 Viewsonic A75f 17in. SB Audigy Gamer Klipsch THX 2.1 WD 40 gig H/D WD 120 gig H/D CD/RW 24x/10x/40x DVD 16x 52x cd-rom COM21 DOXport DP1110 Cable Modem If I have to show one more so called carpenter how to read a tape measure i'll SCREAM!!!

Jan 3, 2004, 11:14 PM	Thread Starter #3
kaotic DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	Alright I'm going to pick up another stick of memory, and another PSU, but could it be that the mother board is messed up, or not working right?

Jan 4, 2004, 12:48 AM	Thread Starter #5
kaotic DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	Nope I haven't had any errors, everything works perfect expect for the lag. It's so uncontrolable it just drives me nuts. LOL

Jan 5, 2004, 06:17 AM	#9
tconthepc3 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	9600xt doesnt require 300watt power supply does it? Can I put a difffernet psu on my sony vaio?

Jan 6, 2004, 07:56 AM	Thread Starter #14
kaotic DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	Nah I don't have a cordless mouse I have a Logitech MX 500.

Jan 6, 2004, 11:23 AM	#16
pap64 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: new orleans Posts: 24 Rep Power: 0	i've got an antec true 330 PSU and i've never had problems, but yes i would not get anything less than a 450 PSU for my next rig.i run everything O/Ced very hard for stock cooling and still all's good! but for how long? hehe XP Pro sp1a Atlon XP 1800+ 145 FSB O/C 1667mhz Temp 45c-55c Antec True330 330W Asus A7V8X-X Corsair 512 ddr pc2100 ATI Radeon 9600XT 128mb O/C 568/318 Catalyst 3.10 Viewsonic A75f 17in. SB Audigy Gamer Klipsch THX 2.1 WD 40 gig H/D WD 120 gig H/D CD/RW 24x/10x/40x DVD 16x 52x cd-rom COM21 DOXport DP1110 Cable Modem __________________ XP Pro sp1a Atlon XP 1800+ 145 FSB O/C 1667mhz Temp 45c-55c Antec True330 330W Asus A7V8X-X Corsair 512 ddr pc2100 ATI Radeon 9600XT 128mb O/C 558/660 Catalyst 4.3 Viewsonic A75f 17in. SB Audigy Gamer Klipsch THX 2.1 WD 40 gig H/D WD 120 gig H/D CD/RW 24x/10x/40x DVD 16x 52x cd-rom COM21 DOXport DP1110 Cable Modem If I have to show one more so called carpenter how to read a tape measure i'll SCREAM!!!

Jan 8, 2004, 11:25 AM	Thread Starter #17
kaotic DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	Well like I said I'm going to pick up a new PSU this week, and I'm getting two sticks of 512MB HyperX kingstin memory hopefully that will fix my problem. Everything works perfect I get lots of frames in ut2k3 and other games but the crosshair is falling behind the actual movement of the mouse. A few people I have talked to have said it could be the mother board, but I can't see how that would be the problem. I got a new video card because I thought that would fix it so I guess if after I get the new PSU, and memory and if I see that the problem I will just have to get a new mother board.

Jan 9, 2004, 06:19 PM	#18
GutterPunk I = Greatest Dood Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nebraska Posts: 5,949 Rep Power: 70	The higher psu would prolly help since its drawing so much from the mobo could be lagging other things w/ only a 300... just a suggestion __________________ Rock On \m/ Thank you Mousey for the Sig! --------------- Intel Core2Duo E6660 (3.4GHZ) ~ Tuniq Tower 120 ~ Enermax Galaxy 1000W ~ Corsair Dominator @ 1090MHZ 5-5-5-15 (OCZ XTC Modded Cooler)~ EVGA 8800GTX W/ HR-03 Plus 120MM ~ Asus DVD-RW LiteScribe ~ LG DVD-RW ~ Corsair Voyager 2GB ReadyBoost Drive ~ Vantec Nexus Fan Controller ~ ThermalTake Armor 25CM fan ~ Personal Finance Blog: Dent Your Debt