[SOLVED] Gaming FPS Problems

[m1stery]

I am having trouble with FPS in games that I am playing now. My system is the following:

CPU Case: HP Pavilion Laptop with Targus Cooling Pad
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce 7600 GoSeries
Processor: Intel Centrino Duo 1.87 ghz 2MB cache 533 FSB
RAM: 2GB Ram 667 DIMMS
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium
Hard Drive: 120GB (don't know brand, pre-built laptop) NTFS File System

Normally I run around 60-100 FPS constand in CounterStrike: Source. Recently, I have been running around 10-50 with 40 FPS less on the video stress test. I have run a virus scan, which came up clean. I also tried reinstalling the game, and it still didn't fix the problem. Its not only CS:S, but also in WoW I get major FPS spikes around 2 or 3. Thanks for your help in advance.

[pharoah]

is it in online games only that are having the problem?if so check the ping rate.

[Traceur-UK]

If it's not a latency problem, have you installed any new programs, etc, that might be taking up system resources? Try testing a few other games as well, notably ones that [i]aren't[/] online but use similar specs to those games. For example, run CS: Source with bots, not online...

[m1stery]

I just tested out some non-online games, and they are all working just as slow. I tried UT offline and got spikes every few seconds. I also ran CSS with 9 bots and got around 30 FPS. Normally I can play with 9 bots on and get like 60-70 FPS.

Pingwise in most servers located in Chicago I get about 75 ping. In NY I get around 65 ping. I live outside of Tampa, Florida, so I don't usually get the best of pings.

The only software that I installed prior to getting these issues was GSC and an Xfire update. I also put in an FPS config into my CFG file in CSS and it ended up hurting my FPS. I took it out and it still didn't run normally. That is why I reinstalled CSS, to try and fix that problem. It still isn't running how it normally does.

[pharoah]

if this problem just started i would scan for viruses,and spyware just to rule that out.

edit: my bad you already scanned for viruses,but have you scanned for spyware?also what did you use to scan for viruses?

[m1stery]

I use panda anti virus to scan for viruses and spyware. Is there a different program I should try?

[suffix]

I appear to be having the exact same problem on my HP Pavilion desktop pc. I started a thread about it under Windows Vista Support.

[suffix]

Fixed it myself, somehow Vista decided to enable power save mode continuously causing my CPU to run at 1005 Mhz.
m1stery check your power management settings under the control panel, preferably just set everything to default and see if that helps you too.

[pharoah]

you could try that.also you can scan with adaware,and spybot

[m1stery]

Thanks for your help guys. It ended up being that my computer was set so that whenever I unplugged the charger it would go to power saver, and it wouldn't change back when it was plugged back in. Figures :/

[pharoah]

glad ya figuired it out.