kaldaim
01-23-2005, 09:00 AM
Okay, this might be a bit difficult to explain but I'll do my best.
My system is fairly new, complete specs are as follows:
Processor: Athlon 64 3400+ w/ Clawhammer core
Memory: 2x 512 Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series DDR PC-3200
Motherboard: Asus K8V Deluxe
Video Card: eVGA nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
Hard Drive(s): 2x Western Digital Raptor 74gb 10k SATA - RAID 0 array
Power Supply: Thermaltake Silent Purepower 480W
Okay, so here's my dilemma.
When scrolling down a web page (not always, but a lot of the time) the pictures lag. By lag i mean that if i'm scrolling down i will get 'stuck' over the pictures for usually around 1/2 a second. I wouldn't mind it all that much if i knew that it happened on other computers. That, however, isn't the case. My sister's computer runs at 900mhz with a 32mb video card and 256mb SDram. It has no problem scrolling down the same web page that I do. Annoying to say the least.
Awhile back, I upgraded my processor, ram, motherboard, and video card all in a matter of a week or so. I didn't notice this problem until after I put the video card, and it made sense to me that it was a video problem. I've spent lots of time updating drivers, tweaking clock speeds, bios, frames to render ahead, etc. Wasn't able to resolve the problem.
Last night, I finally decided to try my sister's video card in my computer. If it works fine in hers, it'll work fine in mine, right? Wrong. Same problem, but a lot worse.
So now I’ve concluded that it's most likely not my video card. Looking at mobo/proc/ram now. Well, that's not the easiest area to test things out. I've already swapped out memory, updated bios, got the latest drivers for my chipset...
I don't know what else to do, but I'd really like to get this fixed. I know it's rather trivial but when you spend so much money on something that doesn't even function as well as something 1/4th the price, it's a bit disturbing.
Ideas, anyone? I'm willing to try most anything (I'd maybe even consider use of a hammer...?)
My system is fairly new, complete specs are as follows:
Processor: Athlon 64 3400+ w/ Clawhammer core
Memory: 2x 512 Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series DDR PC-3200
Motherboard: Asus K8V Deluxe
Video Card: eVGA nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
Hard Drive(s): 2x Western Digital Raptor 74gb 10k SATA - RAID 0 array
Power Supply: Thermaltake Silent Purepower 480W
Okay, so here's my dilemma.
When scrolling down a web page (not always, but a lot of the time) the pictures lag. By lag i mean that if i'm scrolling down i will get 'stuck' over the pictures for usually around 1/2 a second. I wouldn't mind it all that much if i knew that it happened on other computers. That, however, isn't the case. My sister's computer runs at 900mhz with a 32mb video card and 256mb SDram. It has no problem scrolling down the same web page that I do. Annoying to say the least.
Awhile back, I upgraded my processor, ram, motherboard, and video card all in a matter of a week or so. I didn't notice this problem until after I put the video card, and it made sense to me that it was a video problem. I've spent lots of time updating drivers, tweaking clock speeds, bios, frames to render ahead, etc. Wasn't able to resolve the problem.
Last night, I finally decided to try my sister's video card in my computer. If it works fine in hers, it'll work fine in mine, right? Wrong. Same problem, but a lot worse.
So now I’ve concluded that it's most likely not my video card. Looking at mobo/proc/ram now. Well, that's not the easiest area to test things out. I've already swapped out memory, updated bios, got the latest drivers for my chipset...
I don't know what else to do, but I'd really like to get this fixed. I know it's rather trivial but when you spend so much money on something that doesn't even function as well as something 1/4th the price, it's a bit disturbing.
Ideas, anyone? I'm willing to try most anything (I'd maybe even consider use of a hammer...?)