Horrendous long lag spikes on EVERY GAME 78 replies

Hey! First of all I'm sorry if this question was already asked, but I couldn't think of a way of searching for it.

Okay, I've been noticing that EVERY single game I play, I get like 10 seconds on extremely smooth performance, but then, like 6 seconds of ridiculously low FPS (like 3 frames per second).

It doesn't matter if it's an old game or a new game, it always happens.

My specs: AMD 64X2 5600+ 3.0Ghz 4Gb Ram 512Mb GF9600Gt w/ latest drivers Running Win XP Pro 32

-It's not the games, as it happens on every game, old or new, randomly, even at menus and stuff. -It's not the temperature, as it is around 45°C which is fine. -Not a background processes issue, nothing is consuming neither RAM or CPU.

For example, with Prototype running, the CPU Usage is around 30% and the Commit Charge around 400 / 5211 M

Any help would be very... huh... ...helpful.

Thanks!

Could be driver problems. Install latest drivers.

FYI this belongs in the tech discussion

:moved: from General Gaming forum to Tech Discussion forum.

kow_ciller;4939491Could be driver problems. Install latest drivers.

FYI this belongs in the tech discussion

He said they were the latest drivers. You might just have a bad component somewhere, my brother has that exact same setup (except his 9600 has 768 mb), and he's never had a problem with games because of drivers.

computernerd;4939510He said they were the latest drivers. You might just have a bad component somewhere, my brother has that exact same setup (except his 9600 has 768 mb), and he's never had a problem with games because of drivers.

Latest drivers don't mean anything. He should try some different driver revisions since nvidia drivers are know to be weird depending on the system/games.

ATi drivers are also known for the same thing, and if latest drivers don't mean anything why did you suggest them?

computernerd;4939518ATi drivers are also known for the same thing, and if latest drivers don't mean anything why did you suggest them?

Maybe because I didn't see that he already had latest drivers and it is most likely a driver-related issue?

He said they were the latest drivers. You might just have a bad component somewhere, my brother has that exact same setup (except his 9600 has 768 mb), and he's never had a problem with games because of drivers.

I would suggest redo them. Completely remove the drivers, then install them again.

EDIT: Whoops. My bad.

He has an Nvidia card, so I don't think Catalyst will work.

EDIT: Oh did you think I meant the All-In-Wonder 9600? Sorry, that was my fault I meant to say the 9600 GT :)

Sorry for posting this at the wrong place and thanks for the answers!

Mr. Pedantic;4939526I would suggest redo them. Completely remove the drivers, then install them again.

EDIT: Whoops. My bad.

I just did it, no change.

I built this computer myself, about 4 months ago. It's very frustrating to have such a good setup and not being able to play any games without the wrath of lag spikes.

I actually had lag spikes playing Chris Sawyer's Locomotion and I'm dead serious.

Dunno what should I do. Tried everything.