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Stuttery video

Okay, another example: when dragging the MSI CoreCenter window around the screen, it frequently stops for a second and continues. Damn!
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- Post #11
- Feb 22, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Stuttery video

UPDATE: I finally reformatted and reinstalled Windows. Haven't installed HL2 or Civ 4. The scrolling in Firefox is plenty smoother, but there's still a ton of ghosting if I scroll using keyboard. Now I might be willing to believe it's the monitor... HOWEVER, I decided to download MSI PC Alert...
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- Post #10
- Feb 17, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Stuttery video

Edit: double post Like I said, I could just be misinterpreting the massive jump in CPU usage. But still, scrolling is very stuttery, laggy, whatever. There seems to be a bit of ghosting, maybe some tearing. I've tried changing refresh rates for this: if not for the stuttering in 3d, I'd chalk...
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- Post #8
- Feb 15, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Stuttery video

Nope... if I scroll in Firefox, it's the program using the CPU time. If I even type in Firefox, it's again using the CPU time. When not typing or scrolling, some service (svchost.exe) is using 2%. Otherwise, it's all the System Idle Process. Is it possible that graphics ops are taking more...
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- Post #6
- Feb 15, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Stuttery video

INTERESTING: I just quickly scrolled in Firefox with Task manager running, and that simple act casued the CPU usage to rise from 5-10% to 99%!!!! Moving the mouse around real quick got it around 20%!!!! Is this normal? If so, forgive my surprise, but it seems like a pretty trivial task for an...
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- Post #4
- Feb 14, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Stuttery video

Thanks for the reply! With a gig of RAM, I shouldn't be running out of it when I'm just using Firefox, and I don't think I am. Task manager shows my System Cache at ~600MB, though (I don't have large system cache enabled). I've tried cleaning viruses & spyware. Hardware acceleration is at...
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- Post #3
- Feb 14, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Stuttery video

Hey all, I put this thread here b/c this could be a mobo issue or a video issue or hd or... anything? I get video that freezes for split seconds every few secs and then continues as normal (some call it stuttering, others hitching, others jittering) when I scroll in 2d apps like Firefox &...
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- Thread
- Feb 14, 2006
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Computer Building
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ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Fan Problem

How can I clean it out?
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- Post #3
- Oct 24, 2005
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Fan Problem

This fan has been acting up for awhile now. Occasionally my computer emits this awful groaning sound, and though it's hard to tell, I think it comes from the ATI fan. Just a few minutes ago, the computer crashed, and when I restarted, the Windows opening screen was really distorted. So I let the...
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- Thread
- Oct 24, 2005
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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MSI K8T Neo2: VIA or Realtek drivers?

MSI's website is a bit confusing, as it lists the ethernet and audio under the VIA southbridge heading, but its driver page includes realtek drivers. Do any mobo manufacturers have decent websites?
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- Thread
- Aug 29, 2005
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Motherboards
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Sound card and game performance?

So I'm playing San Andreas, and it frequently gets very laggy. I don't remember it doing so about a month ago, and I can't think of any hardware changes... It got me thinking: can an old or poor sound card degrade overall game performance and cause lag? I was initially using on-board VIA...
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- Thread
- Aug 22, 2005
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Computer Building
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Refurb items from newegg?

New question: do refurb items retain their original manufacturer's warranty? I see JBT's drive does, but is that true of vid cards or other items?
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- Post #10
- Mar 2, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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$184AR good price for 6600GT AGP?

'cause I was pretty set on a radeon 9800pro (~$160 used) 'til I saw this at zzf. Maybe it's worth the extra $24?
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- Thread
- Feb 5, 2005
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Gentoo Linux for AMD64

I've looked around the Gentoo website, and a saw those LiveCD's... but don't they still require a long time / significant experience to install? Furthermore, will I be able to find packages I can install on Gentoo?
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- Post #9
- Jan 26, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Gentoo Linux for AMD64

Hmm... in that case maybe I'll give it a try. I was also considering Ubuntu after a few more minutes searching around here. One more thing... I've got two HD's - a 120G with ~90G free and a nearly full 20G. Would it be best to move the files I want to keep to the bigger HD and dedicate the...
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- Post #6
- Jan 25, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems

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