Exact same setup, one has lag, one doesnt...

[Izzgorry]

<p>Me and my wife both have the exact same setup, tower-wise :</p><p>ASUS M3A78 Motherboard</p><p>NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 Video Card</p><p>AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+ 2.9ghz</p><p>Rosewill Powersupply</p><p>4 Gigs of Ram (cant remember the speed)</p><p>We both have Windows Live One Care installed for anti-virus and maintenance (I have tried dsiabling firewall, it seems to help but only for a short time. Then, back to lag)</p><p>Her computer runs EQ2 almost perfectly, while mine lags after only a few minutes of gameplay. I was just wondering if there were any troubleshooting methods I can use to diagnose my lag problem.</p>

[Wuvvy]

<p>Were they custom built? Make sure the lagging computer has all fans working properly. If they really are the same, it sounds to me like an overheating issue. Download Speedfan from download.com and post your temps on both computers.</p>

[Izzgorry]

<p>Yes the computers are custom built, I built them with last years icome tax =D</p><p>The readings are as follows:</p><p> For Laggy Computer:</p><p>Win9x:NO  64Bit:NO  GiveIO:YES  SpeedFan:YESI/O properly initializedLinked ISA BUS at $0290Linked ATI SBx00 SMBUS at $0B00Found nVidia GeForce 9600 GSO 512Linked nVidiaI2C0 SMBUS at $3D403E3FLinked nVidiaI2C1 SMBUS at $3D403637Linked nVidiaI2C2 SMBUS at $3D405051Scanning ISA BUS at $0290...SuperIO Chip=IT8712F(J)IT8712F(J) found on ISA at $290Scanning AtiIgp SMBus at $0B00...Scanning I2CNVidia SMBus at $3D403E3F...Addressto be WRITE ONLY...Address $2E appears to be WRITE ONLY...Address $48 appears to be WRITE ONLY...Address $49 appears to be WRITE ONLY...Address $4C appears to be WRITE ONLY...Address $50 appears to be WRITE ONLY...Scanning I2CNVidia SMBus at $3D403637...Address $2D appears to be WRITE ONLY...Address $2E appears to be WRITE ONLY...Address $48 appears to be WRITE ONLY...Address $49 appears to be WRITE ONLY...Address $4C appears to be WRITE ONLY...Scanning I2CNVidia SMBus at $3D405051...Address $2D appears to be WRITE ONLY...Address $2E appears to be WRITE ONLY...Address $48 appears to be WRITE ONLY...Address $49 appears to be WRITE ONLY...Address $4C appears to be WRITE ONLY...Address $50 appears to be WRITE ONLY...Found WDC WD6400AAKS-22A7B2 (640.1GB)End of detection</p><p>GPU: 84c</p><p>Temp 1: 44c</p><p>Temp 2: 37c</p><p>Temp 3: -128c</p><p>HD0: 40c</p><p>Core: 21c</p><p>Core: 84c</p><p>Ambient: 0c</p><p>Fan Speed is 2755 RPM</p><p>For non laggy comp:</p><p>Win9x:NO  64Bit:NO  GiveIO:YES  SpeedFan:YESI/O properly initializedLinked ISA BUS at $0290Linked ATI SBx00 SMBUS at $0B00Found nVidia GeForce 9600 GSO 512Linked nVidiaI2C0 SMBUS at $3D403E3FLinked nVidiaI2C1 SMBUS at $3D403637Linked nVidiaI2C2 SMBUS at $3D405051Scanning ISA BUS at $0290...SuperIO Chip=IT8712F(J)IT8712F(J) found on ISA at $290Scanning AtiIgp SMBus at $0B00...Scanning I2CNVidia SMBus at $3D403E3F...Address $2D appears to be WRITE ONLY...Address $2E appears to be WRITE ONLY...Address $48 appears to be WRITE ONLY...Address $49 appears to be WRITE ONLY...Address $4C appears to be WRITE ONLY...Address $50 appears to be WRITE ONLY...Scanning I2CNVidia SMBus at $3D403637...Scanning I2CNVidia SMBus at $3D405051...Found WDC WD6400AAKS-22A7B2 (640.1GB)End of detection</p><p>GPU 52c</p><p>temp1 39c</p><p>temp2 34c</p><p>temp3 34c</p><p>temp3 -128c</p><p>hdo 36c</p><p>core 10c</p><p>core 52c</p><p>ambient 0c</p>

[Wuvvy]

<p>Did you notice the issue?</p><p>Laggy computer:</p><p><span >Core: 84c</span></p><p>Non-Laggy:</p><p><span >Core: 52c</span></p><p>Try taking off the side of the case and putting a box fan or something on it to start. 84c is fairly high, and could most definitely be the cause of your lag. Check all your fans to make sure they are working properly. Also make sure you have the extra power cable hooked up to your video card. Can't remember the name of it, but you'll see the plug on the side of the card.</p>

[Izzgorry]

<p>This totally fixed my problem. I mean 100%.  Thanks a whole whole whole lot. I was becoming very aggrevated with it in the last few days. My temp is now 52c and runnin like a champ =)</p><p>Thanks again.</p>

[Wuvvy]

<p>You're very welcome!</p>

[TSR-KenC]

<p>I'm unsure where Wuvvyen came came from - but he is indeed awesome.</p><p>Glad to hear you're back to running smooth!</p>