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TedSmith · 12-23-2006, 04:52 AM

Thanks for all the suggestions guys, really appreciate the help.

Haven't had much time to look at the things suggested yet, being a damn busy time of year, but I can respond to a couple.

Yes, the Dynex power supply is essentially a no-name brand. It's just one that I happened to have access to without dropping any cash on and listed itself as being more powerful than my last one. Will consider dropping the cash and bumping up to a higher quality one if none of the other suggestions solve the problem.

Ran through the Power Supply Calculator thing and it stated a 301W result, so with the additional 30%, that's around 390W.

Yes, my direct x is the newest version, updated by Rainbow Six Vegas which was just released last week (though my direct X was at the newest version long before that).

I was running the 84.21 drivers before, since they were the recommended drivers for Dark Messiah when running a 6800 card. Still had the issue then, and I updated drivers with Vegas to 93.71 as the readme for that game states that those were the drivers used to test Vegas. I'll give it a shot going back to see if it reduces the problem any, but since I had the problem still when I was on them, I have to assume that wasn't the issue.

Yes, Virus scans and Spyware scans are run on a weekly schedule, no issues found there.

No real major software running in the background to be concerned with, and I've tried running on a clean boot as well, with everything disabled, so it's not a matter of CPU load or memory consumption.

I'll give everest and sensorsview a shot later tonight and report the results, got to run to work now.

Thanks again. :)

12-23-2006, 04:52 AM	#5 (permalink)
TedSmith Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 7 OS: Windows XP SP2	Thanks for all the suggestions guys, really appreciate the help. Haven't had much time to look at the things suggested yet, being a damn busy time of year, but I can respond to a couple. Yes, the Dynex power supply is essentially a no-name brand. It's just one that I happened to have access to without dropping any cash on and listed itself as being more powerful than my last one. Will consider dropping the cash and bumping up to a higher quality one if none of the other suggestions solve the problem. Ran through the Power Supply Calculator thing and it stated a 301W result, so with the additional 30%, that's around 390W. Yes, my direct x is the newest version, updated by Rainbow Six Vegas which was just released last week (though my direct X was at the newest version long before that). I was running the 84.21 drivers before, since they were the recommended drivers for Dark Messiah when running a 6800 card. Still had the issue then, and I updated drivers with Vegas to 93.71 as the readme for that game states that those were the drivers used to test Vegas. I'll give it a shot going back to see if it reduces the problem any, but since I had the problem still when I was on them, I have to assume that wasn't the issue. Yes, Virus scans and Spyware scans are run on a weekly schedule, no issues found there. No real major software running in the background to be concerned with, and I've tried running on a clean boot as well, with everything disabled, so it's not a matter of CPU load or memory consumption. I'll give everest and sensorsview a shot later tonight and report the results, got to run to work now. Thanks again. :)