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April 27th, 2006 10:00

Annoying Video Card probelem!

Hi! Hope you can help me! I only play one game with my inspiron 600m (winning eleven 8). My problem is that the game randomly goes into super slow motion. I have to exit the game, reboot and start again. A few months ago I didn't mind because it wasnt so often, but now its very often. I have 512 mb ram and an ati radeon 9000 card with 32 mb. I have tried to update bios and video drivers with no success.
Recently I installed Omega drivers to see if that would help but nothing. One thing I did notice is that Omega puts some kind of counter on my upper right corner when playing the game. I suppose its from 1-100...its usually about 40-50 when the game is running good, but when it starts going very very slow that number drops to like 2 or 3!
Hope somebody knows what is going on and can help me. Maybe there is a setting I can tweak? Or is it a faulty card? :( I always try to exit all programs before playing the game in order to free up memory. I have tried everything I can think of!....thanks
  • CatoftheNight

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    Posted April 28th, 2006 00:00

    One of two things, I'm guessing;
     
    1. Malware.
           Something running in the background that's slowing it down.
     
    2. Overheating
     
     
    I'd try and fix the overheating possibly first. Get a can of compressed air, and blast it in all the vents on the back, and underside of the laptop. Blast it REALLY good. Make sure you get that stuff cleaned out.
    If you're lucky, a giant hairball will come out and your problems will be solved.

    Message Edited by CatoftheNight on 04-27-200607:14 PM