6800GT FPS probloms after an hour

jruggles84 · 03-21-2006, 03:31 PM

I have a Nvidia 6800GT 256mb and I've been having a problom with my FPS droping dramaticly after about an hour of just the computer being on(happens faster playing any game), I know its not overheating, temp are all well below that. But if I reboot when this happens it solves the problom and goes back to normal for another hour or so. Any ideas? Thanks

-Joel

AMD 64-bit 2800+
1gb DDR Ram
Nvidia 6800GT 256mb

ebackhus · 03-22-2006, 12:59 PM

Does the whole machine slow down or just graphics? Try running with the task manager going in your system tray (lower right corner) and see how CPU usage changes.

jruggles84 · 03-23-2006, 05:33 AM

The whole machine slows down, everything from the start menu to games, and in the task manager the CPU usage was at 100% or close at all times. Any help would be much apprciated, thanks

ebackhus · 03-23-2006, 08:14 AM

Was there any specific process that was taking all that CPU time? It's normal for the idle process to use a huge chunk but that's so you can figure the use of other programs.

03-24-2006, 05:17 PM

Sounds like a device manager conflict, or driver conflict, or swap file not set up (or properly). It can also be a faulty power supply that slowly starts to falter.

jruggles84 · 03-29-2006, 02:54 PM

Alright I found the problom, after an hour something called Mainserv.exe starts hogging all the CPU, so I decided to try ending the process and it worked. No lag or slow down or anything, so whenever I start the computer I just stop it and everythings fine. Anybody know *** this Mainserv.exe actaully does?

ebackhus · 03-29-2006, 03:35 PM

http://www.processlibrary.com/directory/files/mainserv/

03-21-2006, 03:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
jruggles84 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3 OS: WinXP	6800GT FPS probloms after an hour I have a Nvidia 6800GT 256mb and I've been having a problom with my FPS droping dramaticly after about an hour of just the computer being on(happens faster playing any game), I know its not overheating, temp are all well below that. But if I reboot when this happens it solves the problom and goes back to normal for another hour or so. Any ideas? Thanks -Joel AMD 64-bit 2800+ 1gb DDR Ram Nvidia 6800GT 256mb

03-22-2006, 12:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,284 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	Does the whole machine slow down or just graphics? Try running with the task manager going in your system tray (lower right corner) and see how CPU usage changes. __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

03-23-2006, 08:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,284 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	Was there any specific process that was taking all that CPU time? It's normal for the idle process to use a huge chunk but that's so you can figure the use of other programs. __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

03-29-2006, 03:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,284 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	http://www.processlibrary.com/directory/files/mainserv/ __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

03-23-2006, 05:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
jruggles84 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3 OS: WinXP	The whole machine slows down, everything from the start menu to games, and in the task manager the CPU usage was at 100% or close at all times. Any help would be much apprciated, thanks

03-24-2006, 05:17 PM	#5 (permalink)
T_Rex Guest Posts: n/a OS:	Sounds like a device manager conflict, or driver conflict, or swap file not set up (or properly). It can also be a faulty power supply that slowly starts to falter.

03-29-2006, 02:54 PM	#6 (permalink)
jruggles84 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3 OS: WinXP	Alright I found the problom, after an hour something called Mainserv.exe starts hogging all the CPU, so I decided to try ending the process and it worked. No lag or slow down or anything, so whenever I start the computer I just stop it and everythings fine. Anybody know *** this Mainserv.exe actaully does?