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This is odd...
« on: June 24, 2008, 05:51:10 PM »
I wiped my OS the other day, because I was a moron and thought that something pre-existing was preventing this new sound card from working. But now with a fresh OS, all of the emulators seem to be running pretty sluggish. Kega Fusion, Zsnes, all of them. All games are running noticeably slower, and I don't know why. Yesterday I thought I got myself infected with something because I had Java/script enabled while browsing (this was before I got noscript).

Any ideas?
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Re: This is odd...
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2008, 06:27:09 PM »
get Lavasoft Ad-Aware, run it, and see what happens.
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Re: This is odd...
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2008, 06:36:25 PM »
Try disabling/renabling DDraw acceleration and see if that helps.
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Re: This is odd...
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2008, 09:06:48 PM »
Quote from: assassin on June 24, 2008, 06:27:09 PM
get Lavasoft Ad-Aware, run it, and see what happens.
Did that last night, 26 tracking cookies found and erased.

Quote from: Deathlike2 on June 24, 2008, 06:36:25 PM
Try disabling/renabling DDraw acceleration and see if that helps.
To sound like an idiot, where would this option be?
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Re: This is odd...
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2008, 09:36:38 PM »
Run Dxdiag.
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Re: This is odd...
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2008, 09:56:27 PM »
Well, I disabled it, rebooted, re-enabled it, rebooted, and then tried it out. Nothing. Just as sluggish. :sad:
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Re: This is odd...
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2008, 10:05:07 PM »
I usually suggest disabling+enabling on the same run (no reboot required.. optionally done though).

Specs so I can gauge proper disappointment?  :tongue:
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Re: This is odd...
« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2008, 10:11:23 PM »
They all ran at 100% in this very OS in the past, it just started after the wipe.

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Re: This is odd...
« Reply #8 on: June 24, 2008, 10:28:00 PM »
Are you using the official video drivers from nVidia? The ones Windows ships with supposedly aren't the same, I know I was having a few minor issues on this computer before I upgraded to the official driver, even though Windows said the ones it installed were the most up-to-date (And in fact it tried installing them again as soon as I rebooted).
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Re: This is odd...
« Reply #9 on: June 24, 2008, 10:30:51 PM »
IIRC, the ones supplied by the OS doesn't include the OpenGL ICD (the client driver) IIRC. I recommend using the ones on NVidia's site. You should never use video (and sound, I think) drivers supplied via Windows Update.

For your hardware, the 20.xx series of drivers are the best.
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Re: This is odd...
« Reply #10 on: June 24, 2008, 10:48:55 PM »
Drivers installed are dated August 12, 2o07. It is version 93.71

Same drivers I was using before the wipe, too...
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Re: This is odd...
« Reply #11 on: June 25, 2008, 01:52:27 AM »
Does your sound work now?
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Re: This is odd...
« Reply #12 on: June 25, 2008, 02:12:56 AM »
Yeah, moron me put the card in the broken PCI slot. :blush: However, I'm occasionally getting static, so I'm going to get those 63.4 meg drivers anyway to see if that helps. I'm also going to re-wipe the machine, since I'm not entirely convinced it's clean...
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Re: This is odd...
« Reply #13 on: June 25, 2008, 06:46:35 AM »
Best of luck to ya brotha.  :shadow:
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Re: This is odd...
« Reply #14 on: June 26, 2008, 02:19:28 AM »
Why not upgrade to the very latest drivers?(granted, dialup is a bitch) Who knows, it may help. Maybe you just need to change a simple setting, like the bit depth or refresh rate. 

Is it an  agp videocard? Or is it a slower PCI one?
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