2.8b vs 2.8c

[Johanthegnarler]

I'm not really sure.. but another friend of mine has just built a 2.8c system. Kingston hyperX 3200 512 x2
MSI neo2 ls almost identical to another friends computer.

Now I noticed while playing halo that he had his resolution up on it.. and in a 16 player slayer match his computer seemed to be having some troubles. It would get somewhat choppy. Now this is with 9800pro.
My other friend with a 2.6c has the same problems.

Now on the other hand.. my computer has no issues whatsoever when it comes to halo. I have no problem in the same situation that they do.
Anyone have any idea's what's going on?
Is it memory, video card, actual processor?
We all have 9800pro. All have Intel's. They both have kingston hyper x series, while i have samsung rdram pc800.

We tried turning hyper threading off and it didn't help any. OC'ed it a bit.. didn't change anything.

p4 2.8 533fsb
intel mobo
1gb rdram pc 800
radeon9800 pro
120gb seagate s-ata

 

[Johanthegnarler]

Well.. i don't even know what to do to try and help him out.
What are some minor tweaks i could do to try and make it better?


p4 2.8 533fsb
intel mobo
1gb rdram pc 800
radeon9800 pro
120gb seagate s-ata

 

[Ed_Phoon]

Did your friend overclock?
If he did, try put everything back to default setting first.
System stablity could cause this happen too.

 

[ytoledano]

16 player games? My guess is Internet lag, either ping problems or bandwidth (probably ping).

<b><A HREF="http://www.multiplaycity.com/diy1/005/intelhsf.jpg" target="_new">I'm an Intel fan</A></b>

 

[Johanthegnarler]

It was happening before over clock. That MSI board is really weird.
It's back to stock settings, he does have a weak broadband connection, but it really seems like it's the actual computer.
All the drivers are new, in fact i have a hunch the new catalyst driver might be doing something. I'll try to roll it back when i go back over there, just to see what it does.


p4 2.8 533fsb
intel mobo
1gb rdram pc 800
radeon9800 pro
120gb seagate s-ata

 

[Johanthegnarler]

I've never used that program i'll give it a shot, i'll have to wait for the weekend though.

p4 2.8 533fsb
intel mobo
1gb rdram pc 800
radeon9800 pro
120gb seagate s-ata

 

[nach]

Could be a laggy Mobo, do you all have the same mobo?

 

[nach]

unless of course "MSI neo2" is a mobo then the mobo could be defective, or maybe check wait states and also version of BIOS.

Programmers have been known to fiddle with the wait states in the BIOS code, otherwise throw out MSI and buy ASUS or GIGABYTE.

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Nach on 01/01/04 03:43 AM.</EM></FONT></P>