Derek0
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Ok, I need some help here. I can't play like this anymore.
The problem: Whenever I'm playing a 3D game, my computer will run fine for some time, then slowly lose FPS until it becomes barely playable. At this time the CPU usage is at 100%, though there isn't a specific program taking up the CPU. Instead, all of my current running programs take up more and more CPU usage as I lose FPS. I got some sidebar widgets to monitor my CPU and GPU's temperature; when just running firefox my GPU temp is 56°C and both CPUs are about 48°C, and when at 1FPS and 100% cpu usage my GPU temp is 60°C and CPU is average 51°C. It doesn't seem to happen when just watching youtube video, but after it happens, youtube video is very choppy as well. If I shut down my computer and restart it, it will work for a less amount of time before losing FPS unless I let it rest for some time.
What I've done: First I had vista, and it took 5-7 battlegrounds before I lose it. I upgraded to windows 7, and it stopped. After a while, it started up again for no reason. I've lived with it for a while, but recently I went to update my drivers (a bunch of them at once, my BIOS, my chipset, my graphics card, my wireless card, and more) and then it would only last one battleground on WoW. So I went into msconfig and I turned off a bunch of processes and services (I checked each service online before disabling them, so I wouldn't disable something needed) and then it won't even last half a battleground. I re-enabled them and it still won't last half a battleground.
My Computer: I've got a Dell Studio XPS 1640, Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 @ 2.80GHz, 4GB Ram, 64-bit, ATI Mobility Radion HD 4670 with 1GB memory, Intel WiFi Link 5300 with PAN, with windows 7 upgraded from vista.
Anyone know what causes this kind of thing? Or what I can do to find out what's causing it and fix it? Any help or suggestions would be great.
The problem: Whenever I'm playing a 3D game, my computer will run fine for some time, then slowly lose FPS until it becomes barely playable. At this time the CPU usage is at 100%, though there isn't a specific program taking up the CPU. Instead, all of my current running programs take up more and more CPU usage as I lose FPS. I got some sidebar widgets to monitor my CPU and GPU's temperature; when just running firefox my GPU temp is 56°C and both CPUs are about 48°C, and when at 1FPS and 100% cpu usage my GPU temp is 60°C and CPU is average 51°C. It doesn't seem to happen when just watching youtube video, but after it happens, youtube video is very choppy as well. If I shut down my computer and restart it, it will work for a less amount of time before losing FPS unless I let it rest for some time.
What I've done: First I had vista, and it took 5-7 battlegrounds before I lose it. I upgraded to windows 7, and it stopped. After a while, it started up again for no reason. I've lived with it for a while, but recently I went to update my drivers (a bunch of them at once, my BIOS, my chipset, my graphics card, my wireless card, and more) and then it would only last one battleground on WoW. So I went into msconfig and I turned off a bunch of processes and services (I checked each service online before disabling them, so I wouldn't disable something needed) and then it won't even last half a battleground. I re-enabled them and it still won't last half a battleground.
My Computer: I've got a Dell Studio XPS 1640, Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 @ 2.80GHz, 4GB Ram, 64-bit, ATI Mobility Radion HD 4670 with 1GB memory, Intel WiFi Link 5300 with PAN, with windows 7 upgraded from vista.
Anyone know what causes this kind of thing? Or what I can do to find out what's causing it and fix it? Any help or suggestions would be great.