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Now, I'm running 2x 512 mb PC3200 400mhz RAM, could it be these pain in the ass things overheating now?
you play for a while, it stutters, then stops, and again, over and over, ping stays at a healthy 28ms
would cooling solve the stuttering?
I've got a pentium 3.4 ghz HT, and I assumed it was the chip underclocking to cool down, but this new cooler with heatpipes and whatever should have surely solved the CPU side of things.
I'm using a ATI X800, but my PSU is only 300W, would this have anything to do with it? is the card overheating?
I feel I should just chuck it all in a bag and place it in a bucket of water :-(
Thanks in advance
> hmmm, chip set.
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> Not a fudging clue.
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> All I know it's a 3.4 ghz Pentium 4 HT with 800mhz FSB and 1 mb level
> 2 cache.
Get CPU-Z and check, if it's a VIA or SiS that is likely the cause, I've had awful stuttering and crashing problems on my Geforce 6600GT due to my SiS chipset, it doesn't seem to pass on requested data from the RAM.
I've just checked the list of crappy chipsets, if you have one of these you may want to consider a new mobo:
SiS: Either 645, 648, 651, and there max conitations.
Via: Older chipsets require you to use the old drivers, the new ones mess them up.
It could also be heat on the GFx card, could be your psu, could be AGP fastwrites, could be the BIOS on your mobo or your GFx card.
I can't see how a more powerful PSU will make any difference, and yeah, I mean CPU soz!
appreciate the help btw
> it's cooled the chipset by about 11'c to around 49'C
I take it you mean the CPU?
Because if it was your chipset (northbridge) temp that was 60 degrees...that's bad.
Not a fudging clue.
All I know it's a 3.4 ghz Pentium 4 HT with 800mhz FSB and 1 mb level 2 cache.
I added a PCI extrater fan and another PCI thingy with two fans that go deep into the computer and draw out air from directly under the chip.
It has seemed to have done the trick, it sounds like a vacuum but when I crack up the Gigabyte cooler to 4500 it drowns out the noise from the other fans!
it's cooled the chipset by about 11'c to around 49'C when not under load so it's certainly made a difference. I'd like to put a fan at the front of the computer to blow cool air in but I haven't got any room as all the 3 1/2 and 5 1/2 slots are full
Thanks for the help gerrid