9600XT and Game Stuttering.

Prophet-ni · Dec 17, 2004, 05:16 AM

I recently upgraded from a Connect 3D 9200 256MB to a GigaByte 9600XT 128 MB.
I play Americas Army 95% of my online gaming and have suffered bad game stuttering over the last few months. Reformating, Defraging, trying and and every driver and setup, and still not going away.
I installed the Extreme Giant 3, hoping to O/C a lil higher but to no avail, I still can only get the same clock speeds I had b4 installing the Cooler.
I am running ATI 4.12 Cta's now, trying to see if they work it out, but the UniAn 4.12b's ran the best with the highest Bench scores.
I would love to get this issue resolved because I have 3 other guys on my squad that have the 9600XT and have this stuttering also.
I have the slowest of the 4 of us with my speeds by default being 500/600 and theirs being 550/680 "Powercolor"is their brand of cards.
What can cause game stuttering? I meet the minimal requirements for Americas Army and have this issue with all my games so far. Constant stuttering and small lockups. Making gaming not fun at this moment. TY Holla!!!

Robert McClelland · Dec 17, 2004, 05:35 AM

Whats your PSU? Or you might have to RMA the card get replacement

Son_of_Thunder · Dec 17, 2004, 08:23 AM

do you have fastwrites on or off? whatever it is, switch it and see if that helps

The_Neon_Cowboy · Dec 17, 2004, 09:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prophet-ni

I recently upgraded from a Connect 3D 9200 256MB to a GigaByte 9600XT 128 MB.
I play Americas Army 95% of my online gaming and have suffered bad game stuttering over the last few months. Reformating, Defraging, trying and and every driver and setup, and still not going away.
I installed the Extreme Giant 3, hoping to O/C a lil higher but to no avail, I still can only get the same clock speeds I had b4 installing the Cooler.
I am running ATI 4.12 Cta's now, trying to see if they work it out, but the UniAn 4.12b's ran the best with the highest Bench scores.
I would love to get this issue resolved because I have 3 other guys on my squad that have the 9600XT and have this stuttering also.
I have the slowest of the 4 of us with my speeds by default being 500/600 and theirs being 550/680 "Powercolor"is their brand of cards.
What can cause game stuttering? I meet the minimal requirements for Americas Army and have this issue with all my games so far. Constant stuttering and small lockups. Making gaming not fun at this moment. TY Holla!!!

anyways update your bios if one is avialable and use the latest chipset drivers

Try Uping your AGP apiture size in your bios

Turn of your page file, Reboot
Defrag you HDD, Reboot
Set a Fixed Page File, Reboot

Try playing with the control panel performance slider
see if that has any effect on your problem

Dyre Straits · Dec 17, 2004, 09:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prophet-ni

I recently upgraded from a Connect 3D 9200 256MB to a GigaByte 9600XT 128 MB.
I play Americas Army 95% of my online gaming and have suffered bad game stuttering over the last few months. Reformating, Defraging, trying and and every driver and setup, and still not going away.
I installed the Extreme Giant 3, hoping to O/C a lil higher but to no avail, I still can only get the same clock speeds I had b4 installing the Cooler.
I am running ATI 4.12 Cta's now, trying to see if they work it out, but the UniAn 4.12b's ran the best with the highest Bench scores.
I would love to get this issue resolved because I have 3 other guys on my squad that have the 9600XT and have this stuttering also.
I have the slowest of the 4 of us with my speeds by default being 500/600 and theirs being 550/680 "Powercolor"is their brand of cards.
What can cause game stuttering? I meet the minimal requirements for Americas Army and have this issue with all my games so far. Constant stuttering and small lockups. Making gaming not fun at this moment. TY Holla!!!

I suggest giving a little more detail about your system.

Motherboard, Memory and Type, PSU size, etc.

bangkirai · Dec 18, 2004, 01:04 PM

I get some of those stutters in ww2online. Basically its mainly ati owners that receive it in that game. I use 9600xt, 2.8ghz hyperthingie, 2x512gb infineon 400mhz memory, fast hd, audigy soundcard. It really doesnt matter if i turn all graphics down or not or change the windows settings. The stutters keep existing. Then again, with the omega beta drivers i had way less problems with stuttering.
Right now using the newest drivers from asus, which came out after the new 4.12 final.
But yeah, in that game, the developers are trying to see if they can improve the game for ati owners. Only problem is, ati is not offering any help at all, even when they tried to contact them. Guess the game is too small for ati and ati rathers want to make good advertisements in forums, how fast their cards run halflife2 and doom3 for example.

Anyway, enough ranting, i dont think its the game that causes it really, its more the videocard, somehow i think the bandwith of this card is just not enough and that it really gets stuck sometimes if too much data has to be handled.

Robert McClelland · Dec 18, 2004, 11:59 PM

What kind 9600xt is it? I have p4 2.4 system with abit 9600xt I have np running games in mine with 160watts lol my 580watts was bit to big for my mother board that why I took out so far I'm happy way this computer handling so far

. If not you always can RMA the card get new one from ati one time I found out my old 8500le was well underclock lol so they give me new one way back then and they gave me right clock speed.

leiahteh · Dec 19, 2004, 02:47 AM

I also have Gigabyte 9600XT graphics card with 256MB. There is no stuttering issues.

Possible solution:
Try increasing the AGP Apeture size via BIOS just like what [color=gold]The_Neon_Cowboy[/color] said.
Did you overclock it? And the 9600XT isn't the best card out there so you'll have to live with minor stuttering issues. If not, go get the X800XT.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Dec 19, 2004, 04:35 AM

Also might try uping your AGP voltage from 1.5v to 1.6v

Dec 17, 2004, 05:16 AM	#1
Prophet-ni DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Manitowoc Wi Posts: 23 Rep Power: 0	9600XT and Game Stuttering. I recently upgraded from a Connect 3D 9200 256MB to a GigaByte 9600XT 128 MB. I play Americas Army 95% of my online gaming and have suffered bad game stuttering over the last few months. Reformating, Defraging, trying and and every driver and setup, and still not going away. I installed the Extreme Giant 3, hoping to O/C a lil higher but to no avail, I still can only get the same clock speeds I had b4 installing the Cooler. I am running ATI 4.12 Cta's now, trying to see if they work it out, but the UniAn 4.12b's ran the best with the highest Bench scores. I would love to get this issue resolved because I have 3 other guys on my squad that have the 9600XT and have this stuttering also. I have the slowest of the 4 of us with my speeds by default being 500/600 and theirs being 550/680 "Powercolor"is their brand of cards. What can cause game stuttering? I meet the minimal requirements for Americas Army and have this issue with all my games so far. Constant stuttering and small lockups. Making gaming not fun at this moment. TY Holla!!! __________________ [color=black][color=Cyan]▲[/color] [/color][color=white]CPU: [color=silver]Intel P4 2.53 [/color][/color] [color=black][color=Cyan]▲[/color] [/color][color=white]MOBO:* [/color][color=silver]FIC VG31 (POS Board)[/color]* [color=black][color=Cyan]▲[/color] [/color][color=white]RAM:* [/color][color=silver]Samsung PC 2100 133Mhz 1GB[/color] [color=black][color=Cyan]▲[/color] [/color][color=white]Hard Drive: [/color][color=silver]Western 133 ATA 100GB 7200 RPM[/color]* [color=black][color=Cyan]▲[/color] [/color][color=white]GRAPHICS:* [/color][color=silver]GigaByte 9600XT 128MB 500/600 @ 531/638 "Extreme Giant III - Idle 27C/Load 44C"[/color]* [color=black][color=Red]▲[/color] [/color][color=white]INTERNET:* [/color][color=silver]ADSL 1.5Mbps/384Mbps "Wireless Network"[/color]*

Dec 17, 2004, 05:35 AM	#2
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,251 Rep Power: 193 System Specs	Whats your PSU? Or you might have to RMA the card get replacement __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun" http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2242746

Dec 17, 2004, 08:23 AM	#3
Son_of_Thunder HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 1,441 Rep Power: 50 System Specs	do you have fastwrites on or off? whatever it is, switch it and see if that helps __________________

Dec 18, 2004, 11:59 PM	#7
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,251 Rep Power: 193 System Specs	What kind 9600xt is it? I have p4 2.4 system with abit 9600xt I have np running games in mine with 160watts lol my 580watts was bit to big for my mother board that why I took out so far I'm happy way this computer handling so far . If not you always can RMA the card get new one from ati one time I found out my old 8500le was well underclock lol so they give me new one way back then and they gave me right clock speed. __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun" http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2242746

Dec 19, 2004, 02:47 AM	#8
leiahteh DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	I also have Gigabyte 9600XT graphics card with 256MB. There is no stuttering issues. Possible solution: Try increasing the AGP Apeture size via BIOS just like what [color=gold]The_Neon_Cowboy[/color] said. Did you overclock it? And the 9600XT isn't the best card out there so you'll have to live with minor stuttering issues. If not, go get the X800XT. __________________ P4 2.2GHz ASUS P4B266-C 512 DDR RAM GIGABYTE 256MB ATI RADEON 9600XT(RV360) 40GB MAXTOR Logitech MX700 Cordless Mouse Logitech Cordless Elite Keyboard Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000

Dec 18, 2004, 01:04 PM	#6
bangkirai DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	I get some of those stutters in ww2online. Basically its mainly ati owners that receive it in that game. I use 9600xt, 2.8ghz hyperthingie, 2x512gb infineon 400mhz memory, fast hd, audigy soundcard. It really doesnt matter if i turn all graphics down or not or change the windows settings. The stutters keep existing. Then again, with the omega beta drivers i had way less problems with stuttering. Right now using the newest drivers from asus, which came out after the new 4.12 final. But yeah, in that game, the developers are trying to see if they can improve the game for ati owners. Only problem is, ati is not offering any help at all, even when they tried to contact them. Guess the game is too small for ati and ati rathers want to make good advertisements in forums, how fast their cards run halflife2 and doom3 for example. Anyway, enough ranting, i dont think its the game that causes it really, its more the videocard, somehow i think the bandwith of this card is just not enough and that it really gets stuck sometimes if too much data has to be handled.

Dec 19, 2004, 04:35 AM	#9
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	Also might try uping your AGP voltage from 1.5v to 1.6v __________________