AOM lag

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yea i'm playing age of mythology and i'm getting bad fps/frame lag, i have no clue why tho...no viruses/spyware/adware because i recently did a full system scan with avg i caught like 4 things got rid of them. I do registry clean and defrag every day and its nothing with internet connection ( of course) and i use WinPatrol (sorta like ctr alt del, but it gives more description of everything running) and i dont see anything that wouldn't normally running? so whats up

[pharoah]

try the "follow these steps first" link in my sig.also have you tried reinstalling it

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I'm almost 100% sure its not power suply i tweak my computer almost every day cleaning it out, and when i play i make sure nothings running in the background such as updates, and reinstalling it, ( i think i've done it ) but i dont think it will do anything consisdering i never used to lag in that game, its been maybe a month or 2 since the lag started maybe less i forget, but yeah i cant find anyway for me to be lagging its so weird, i dont lag at first maybe a minute into the game but when everyone starts attacking and the later i get into the game, is where i start slowing down

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o and btw i dont think its drivers either i just check for updates today at windowupdate.com or microsoftupdates which ever one.

[pharoah]

have you downloaded the latest patch to the game,if not try that.
http://www.microsoft.com/games/ageof...ds.aspx#update

[koala]

When games start off ok but gradually get slower, monitor your temperatures and voltage values for increases and fluctuations that could indicate a hardware problem.

Post back with 2 SensorsView screenshots, one from when you first switch on and another while playing the game when you notice it starting to lag.

Also, post your system specs, including the amps/volts info from the PSU label, and the layout of your case fans. Check to make sure all fans are spinning and the airflow from the front of the case to the back is unobstructed.

Which graphics driver do you have installed?

[pharoah]

yes it could be heat,or memory leak.

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lol to tell u the truth i would use sensorview except...i've already used up my trial, but i've already showed my specs somewhere i just cant remenber exactly, but i'm pretty sure i've dont it already, and someone as told me that everything is normal. and i'll check out the patch

[koala]

You still have an unresolved HJT thread here waiting for a reply. It may be related to this problem.

You can use Everest to monitor your temperatures and voltages in Computer > Sensors.

[pharoah]

lol koala i was just doing the same thing.looking at all his posts.i would say you do need to finish following there advice in that section.if you just removed 55 viruses,and something is wrong to the point that you cant install ie7.i would have to conclude the problem is a virus damaged os.

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o no the IE7 problem was a long time ago, i dont know why but i got it installed a while ago lol, it just interfiors with my AOM stat sever upload (like say if i win a game and my stats are 10 win 9 loses, my stats wont change, it will stay 10 wins, 9 loses, as long as i have IE7) well at least from what i've heard, but it doens't interfior with the lag

[pharoah]

so did you,or did you not finish following the advice of the folks in the security section.if you possibly are still infected,or havent finished what they were telling you to do to repair.then honestly maybe none of the fixes we try may not help if your windows is busted.

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i have done everything they have told me, and i'm 100% sure i got rid of viruses, i just forgot on 1 forum to add the last and finaly hijack.log, but the lag i'm getting its just so bad....i dont get it at first like everything is fine lalalalla then all of a sudden when we start attaking BAM it starts I NEVER had this problem a couple months ago but now its jsut so bad.

[koala]

Post your system specs, and the temperatures and voltages both at idle and under stress.

[pharoah]

Originally Posted by -paper_cut-

i have done everything they have told me, and i'm 100% sure i got rid of viruses, i just forgot on 1 forum to add the last and finaly hijack.log, but the lag i'm getting its just so bad....i dont get it at first like everything is fine lalalalla then all of a sudden when we start attaking BAM it starts I NEVER had this problem a couple months ago but now its jsut so bad.

ok just making sure you finished following there advice before we went any farther.do as koala said get everest,and let us know what your temps are.i seen in another thread that your fans are throttling to a fairly high speed<this can be an indicator its getting hot.

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before posting everest home ( i already have it ) its always good to clean the dust out of it right? i was thinking of doing that right now actually

Edit : actually lol how do u check the temperature and everything with Everest, i'm justb browsing on it right now and i cant find it.

Edit..again : nevermind found it :D it just didn't appear the first time lol

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ok here they are, and by the way i just turned on my computer like 20 minutes ago so like they will be low, but at night it gets worse

[pharoah]

if it is real dusty inside that can cause a problem with the air flow,and heat it up.let us know how hot it is getting.

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ok sorry about not posting lol attaching the file wasn't really working so i'm just hosting on image shack then i'll put url up, and i left for like 15 minutes cause for some reason my computer just shut down, might have been because i hit the fan with my hand by accident lol, so i just cleaned off most of the dust with vaccum, and i'll post specs now

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if u cant see it i'll make it bigger

Edit: here it is, and this is a picture i just took now ( after the dust) and my cpu temperature dropped 30 C.....lol went from 60ish to like 28

so here it is :

just click on the image and u'll see it better.