constant stuttering! help! :P

Computer Forum CPU, Motherboards and Memory
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I’m not sure which forum to put this in, so ill put it here and in the v-card forum, then i guess a mod can help me sort it out.

so, basically due to all my excitement for the boxing day sale, i went to futureshop at 5:30 this morning and snagged a " GeForce 6600GT OC" for about.. $160 canadian.. installation was a little bit of a hassle (getting the drivers right and all that crap) but i got it done :slight_smile:
here’s where my problem comes in. ever since, i’ve been getting stutters in almost every game (some games are alot worse then others, for example, f.e.a.r. the game will pause for 5-6 secconds at a time, sometimes)
It’s quite different then normal framerate lag, as the framerate usually stays 25-30 even in pretty intense enviroments. Basically, the game (video and audio) just “pauses” for a few secconds, sometimes looping the audio until it corrects itself.

Alot of people are having this trouble with half-life 2. but my problem expands on alot of games… If you would like a better description, please go http://www.blep.net/hl2stutter/#systemspecs there. there is even a video of what im experiencing near the bottem, but sometimes mine can be alot worse. ALOT. :slight_smile:

here’s what i’ve tried.

*Increasing the paging file on c: to over 3 gigs!
*adding another 3 gig page file on h drive
*deleting unwanted programs (clearing space)

  • updating motherboard drivers.
  • updating videocard drivers (after no luck, i tried using the Omega drivers, still no luck)
    *Tried lowering the settings in the game far below what i know my specs can take.
    *increased the agp voltage to 1.6V
  • set fsb spread spectrum to 1%
  • in dxdiag, lowered sound acceleration by 1 notch

I tried all that and im still getting stuttering! like… really really bad. unplayable :stuck_out_tongue:

heres my latest report from the program “everest”, to show a bit of my specs.

CPU Type : AMD Athlon XP, 2000 MHz (12 x 167) 2400+

Motherboard Chipset : nVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400

System Memory : 512 MB (DDR SDRAM) (hmmm, that was 768 before i installed my gcard)

Video Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT (Omega 1.6693)
(previous adapter was a geforce 5700 le)

hmm , I dont know what to do? could the gcard have broken my ram or something? lol :slight_smile: is i hope not.

please help!

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Better yet, it turns out my ram chip was loose. lol. BUT
i found another ram stick at my dads office, and stuck it in my pc. lol. :stuck_out_tongue: the question is.. is it compatible?? im a little bit of a noob, so help me out, if ya can.

heres my mobo’s compatibility stats
http://global.shuttle.com/Product/MotherBoard/mbd_Spec.asp?M_id=49

and here’s the “Everest” report for my ram chips currently in the pc
:

DIMM1: Samsung M3 68L1713BT1-CB0 ]

Memory Module Properties:
  Module Name                                       Samsung M3 68L1713BT1-CB0
  Serial Number                                     None
  Module Size                                       128 MB (1 rank, 4 banks)
  Module Type                                       Unbuffered
  Memory Type                                       DDR SDRAM
  Memory Speed                                      PC2100 (133 MHz)
  Module Width                                      64 bit
  Module Voltage                                    SSTL 2.5
  Error Detection Method                            None
  Refresh Rate                                      Normal (15.625 us), Self-Refresh

Memory Timings:
  @ 133 MHz                                         2.5-3-3-6  (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)
  @ 100 MHz                                         2.0-2-2-5  (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)

Memory Module Features:
  Early RAS# Precharge                              Not Supported
  Auto-Precharge                                    Not Supported
  Precharge All                                     Not Supported
  Write1/Read Burst                                 Not Supported
  Buffered Address/Control Inputs                   Not Supported
  Registered Address/Control Inputs                 Not Supported
  On-Card PLL (Clock)                               Not Supported
  Buffered DQMB Inputs                              Not Supported
  Registered DQMB Inputs                            Not Supported
  Differential Clock Input                          Supported
  Redundant Row Address                             Not Supported

Memory Module Manufacturer:
  Company Name                                      Samsung
  Product Information                                http://www.samsung.com/Products/Semiconductor/DRAM/index.htm

[ DIMM2: 512 MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM ]

Memory Module Properties:
  Serial Number                                     None
  Module Size                                       512 MB (2 ranks, 4 banks)
  Module Type                                       Unbuffered
  Memory Type                                       DDR SDRAM
  Memory Speed                                      PC3200 (200 MHz)
  Module Width                                      64 bit
  Module Voltage                                    SSTL 2.5
  Error Detection Method                            None
  Refresh Rate                                      Reduced (7.8 us), Self-Refresh

Memory Timings:
  @ 200 MHz                                         2.5-3-3-8  (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)

Memory Module Features:
  Early RAS# Precharge                              Not Supported
  Auto-Precharge                                    Not Supported
  Precharge All                                     Not Supported
  Write1/Read Burst                                 Not Supported
  Buffered Address/Control Inputs                   Not Supported
  Registered Address/Control Inputs                 Not Supported
  On-Card PLL (Clock)                               Not Supported
  Buffered DQMB Inputs                              Not Supported
  Registered DQMB Inputs                            Not Supported
  Differential Clock Input                          Supported
  Redundant Row Address                             Not Supported

[ DIMM3: Elpida EBD25UC8AMFA-6B ]

Memory Module Properties:
  Module Name                                       Elpida EBD25UC8AMFA-6B
  Serial Number                                     807F0118h 
  Manufacture Date                                  Week 4 / 2042
  Module Size                                       256 MB (1 rank, 4 banks)
  Module Type                                       Unbuffered
  Memory Type                                       DDR SDRAM
  Memory Speed                                      PC2700 (166 MHz)
  Module Width                                      64 bit
  Module Voltage                                    SSTL 2.5
  Error Detection Method                            None
  Refresh Rate                                      Reduced (7.8 us), Self-Refresh

Memory Timings:
  @ 166 MHz                                         2.5-3-3-7  (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)
  @ 133 MHz                                         2.0-3-3-6  (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)

Memory Module Features:
  Early RAS# Precharge                              Not Supported
  Auto-Precharge                                    Not Supported
  Precharge All                                     Not Supported
  Write1/Read Burst                                 Not Supported
  Buffered Address/Control Inputs                   Not Supported
  Registered Address/Control Inputs                 Not Supported
  On-Card PLL (Clock)                               Not Supported
  Buffered DQMB Inputs                              Not Supported
  Registered DQMB Inputs                            Not Supported
  Differential Clock Input                          Supported
  Redundant Row Address                             Not Supported

Memory Module Manufacturer:
  Company Name                                      Elpida Memory, Inc.
  Product Information                                http://www.elpida.com/en/products/

I believe dimm3 is the latest one i put in. i dont know if it’s compatible or not, but when i booted up the computer, it said i have almost a gig of memory now, as opposed to the 768 i had in beforehand.
so, is the last one compatible? :stuck_out_tongue:

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Compatibility, hmmmmmmmm?
Well, you’ve got three sticks of RAM, all are different speeds, all use different timings, all use different refresh times and all are different brands, it’s not a very good mix or RAM i must say. Try taking out the 128MB stick first and see what happens. If it still doesn’t work, then just fiddle with different combinations or the RAM until you get a combo that works (stable of course).