Americas Army LAGG

[HollowChamber]

I have been playing AA for a while now...since 2.6 Well about 3 weeks ago it started lagging really bad...everytime I move in a different direction I get some lagg. So I upgraded my GPU to a geforce 8500 GT and I have the latest drivers installed (stable not beta). I have turned stuff up and down in the settings but nothing changes...still laggy. I turn my Antivirus off and shut down processes that I know that I can shut down. Here is my system specs.

Intel Pentium 4 CPU @ 3.00GHz
MOBO- Elitegroup Computer Sys Co.,LTD. 945G-M3
RAM- 1 GB DDR2-SDRAM
GPU- Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT
HD- C:=178GB D:=8GB
OS- Microsoft Win XP (2002) Professional Media Center SP2
Network Adapter- Intel Pro/1000 PL Network Connection
Net Speed- 1.5Meg connection.

Thanks for any help given.
PS. What are the most processes that I can shut down and still play games...here is a list of my processes.

C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 6.0\PhotoshopElementsFileAgent.exe
C:\WINDOWS\arservice.exe
C:\Program Files\Symantec\LiveUpdate\ALUSchedulerSvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehRecvr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehSched.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\LightScribe\LSSrvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7DEBUG\MDM.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\PnkBstrA.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wwSecure.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\BitDefender\BitDefender Communicator\xcommsvr.exe
C:\Program Files\BitDefender\BitDefender 2008\vsserv.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\BitDefender\BitDefender Update Service\livesrv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wscntfy.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\ARPWRMSG.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\RUNDLL32.EXE
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\GrooveMonitor.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
C:\Program Files\BitDefender\BitDefender 2008\bdagent.exe
C:\HP\KBD\KBD.EXE
c:\windows\system\hpsysdrv.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\SpySweeperUI.exe
C:\Program Files\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\SpySweeper.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxsrvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Administrator\Desktop\dss.exe
C:\Program Files\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\SSU.EXE
C:\PROGRA~1\TRENDM~1\HIJACK~1\COMPAQ~1.EXE

Can anybody help?

[HollowChamber]

Sorry but I forgot... my task manager says that there are 52 processes running and HJT only lists 43.

[MPod]

According to that list, you have 5 instances of firefox running and one of internet explorer. If you run the game with all of those running it could cause some slowdowns. Other than that it looks like you shouldn't have much trouble running it. Check what your CPU and memory usages are when you're running the game.

[Van Hel Singh]

Is it internet lagg? or just crappy FPS?

[1 g0t 0wn3d]

the 8500 gt is like having a 7300 kind of low end....

[HollowChamber]

Ya but I should be able to play the game tho without lagg. I know its not the best card out there. I lagg just as much as the integrated gpu so I dont know?

[pharoah]

jump on a server with hardly no one on it.if the lag goes away you know its the video card.

[HollowChamber]

Nope still lags. The server is in Chicago and i have a 1.5 meg connection. I think it might be a virus or maleware on my comp cuz I have all the settings to low and my vid card controls down too...like aa is on 0.

[pharoah]

well do you have an anti-virus program?have you been keeping it updated?do you do regular scans?

try the free online scan http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

[HollowChamber]

Yes I have BitDefender and it is up to date but its not catching everything that is coming through. I am currently trying to get my computer cleared up now... http://www.techsupportforum.com/secu...lp-please.html
That is the forum that I am in now. After I get the "all clean" I will post back here if I still have any problems. Thank you MPod, Van Hel Singh, 1 g0t 0wn3d, and pharoah for your help and concern.

[pharoah]

ok lets us know how it goes with the virus cleanup.as long as your computer is infected anything we say to help a game problem.frankly will probably be useless untill those infections are gone.

[HollowChamber]

Thanks... I posted here when my BitDefender said I was clean but when I did a Kaspersky Online Scan it said I still have viruses. I will repost when I get the all clean and try to play the game. Thanks again...

[pharoah]

ok be sure you follow any advise given from the security experts here.

[WaXeD]

also one suggestion being that I play this game quite frequently (i am in the real army) is to open up your console and type 'flush' without the 's. do this about once a week as it flushes the video cache stored by the game even after you exit and restart it. this can significantly improve performance.

hope it helped a little,
WaXeD