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Ginsu Victim:

--- Quote from: Hoopz on July 03, 2009, 10:26:01 pm ---I saw you mentioned the onboard audio and possibly trying a sound card.  Assuming your driver for it is up to date, how did disabling it go?  Did you try the sound card?
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I disabled the onboard and it showed no improvement, so at that point I just assumed adding a sound card would make no difference.


--- Quote ---Also, when you installed the OS, did you install the chipset drivers?  What about SATA drivers for the hard drive(s) or raid drivers?  Basic stuff that you probably did but it doesn't hurt to ask.
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All that.


--- Quote ---If those things all test out, I would think the next step is to try and find someone with the same specs or close to it to see any issues that they have (or not).
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Kinda hard with all the different setups out there to do. I've searched for people using the same motherboard, and none of them have reported the same issues.


--- Quote ---When you say the slowdowns happened on a regular cycle as opposed to actual game play, was it happening every X amount of time (15 seconds or 1 minute) etc? 
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Yeah, X amount of time. It was different depending on what was running, but it was always in a regular pattern.


--- Quote ---Also, it looks like you've covered the game that'll test your system fairly well.  I'd say throw in a game from a few years ago and see how it does.  QIII or Unreal Tmnt etc.  Don't max out the video and see how it plays.  If you get the same issues, that may help diagnose the issue.
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Postal 2 on 640x480 with everything turned all the way down still does it, though I tried Unreal Tournament (the original) and it ran flawless.


--- Quote ---Does Windows still have DirectInput?  I forgot about that but it may have some issues.  It wouldn't hurt to check out their website for a known problem with directX or input and your mobo.  Check Asus' site also for it. 

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DXDIAG reports no problems. It's strange how in a game, if I'm doing nothing, it still slows down, but the SFIV benchmark ran great (while the game ran great, then like ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, then great, then ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---...).

I appreciate all the questions, Hoopz.

Hoopz:
Ok.... Maybe have Saint or a mod move this to the software forum.  Some of those guys may have some ideas. 

 :dunno

Ginsu Victim:
Nah....I think I'm just gonna give up for now.

IceCold:
Would've replied sooner but just saw this thread.

I'm calling it heat.  Read first post, thought heat.  Read the rest of the posts, and REALLY think heat.  You have seven fans, but that doesn't mean much.  If one or two of them are backwards your airflow will be crap.  Also, the thermal compound hooking your heatsink to your processor could be not working properly.

Install prime 95.  Run it on both cores while monitoring speedfan.  I bet your heat will skyrocket much higher than you would've anticipated.  And, as said, it could be your chipset getting too hot.

This has the side benefit of testing ram too, if you run the blend test.  I agree with Xiaou2, open the side of the case, point big household fan at it, and try play tests.  Oh and try running 3dmark, that will be less subjective than watching game performance.

Don't give up just yet :)

Ginsu Victim:
I did try the free version of 3dmark, and man did it bring my system to a crawl (couldn't change settings to reflect what I tend to run games at). The only thing getting hot is the video card, topping out at 69° C, but even when it's running cool, I still have the problems. (If it was just a hot card, wouldn't the problem stay once it got too hot? Like I've mentioned, this is an almost cyclical problem, ebbing and flowing in a regular pattern)
I just ran a different tool and come to find out, it's my CPU that is running that hot! OUCH!

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll try them.

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