Random Pauses with 6800GT

[zpapasmurf]

Hi,

I recently built a new system and I have run into a problem. Whenever I play Final Fantasy XI, the game wil randomly "pause" every 2-3 minutes. Like, not like frames are dropped, but once the game "catches up" with itslef it speeds up for the missed frames then goes back to normal speed.

The odd thing is that this doesnt happen in any other game I run, not even the most graphically intensive ones such as Doom III, FarCry and Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomarrow.

Im running an Athlon 64 3400+ (Newcasle), eVGA 6800GT, 1024mg ram, 200gb seagate HDD.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Couple ideas:
Un-install/Re-install and apply latest patches
Install latest drivers from nVidia
Defrag a few times

 

[CHfan4ever]

I had similar problem once because i was using a custom windows xp theme.The theme was having a clock and every second or so i got a frame chop

 

[fbrdphreak]

But then it would make sense that it would get choppy in every game.

 

[Chopstick217]

Disable fast writes in the bios. This seems to solve the problem for most people.