Hardware and game performance

[rollso]

I'm not a very computer savvy person but I did some reearch before buying my last computer (for gaming/school) at a budget and am dissapointed. Around 8-9 months ago I bought a custom PC that ran fine except when i played games, it seemed to be running much more slowly then it should. My specs are (dont have very detailed information) 3200 amd athlon processor, 6600 gt video card and 1gb of some generic quality ram. I play games such as counterstrike source, BF2 and World of warcraft(WoW). WoW is the easiest for me to notice how the fps is changing with settings maxed/lowered and in concentrated areas with buildings player models etc. I recently reinstalled windows and had my processor overclocked a few mhz over normal and installed brand new drivers for my graphics card. Degragmented my HD with a program called disckeeper and used CCleaner also. My first time loading into wow turning all my options up in the middle of a highly populated area i ran at around 40 FPS, when i normally run at 10-15 even with every option turned down. As soon as i ran outside a city my FPS shot up to above 70.

After 15 minutes of running the game my computer turned itself off. My computer's temperature wasnt any higher than it was before when it didnt do this. The very next time i booted up WoW my FPS was back down to around 10 and i kept getting disconnected from all the FPS slowdown and freezing. All other aspects of my computer are working fine except for the gaming part. It seems that either im doing something terribly wrong or my parts just arent cut out for running these games. I read reviews about the parts i ordered (i bought a computer from Ibuypower.com) and it seemed that it should be able to play these games at decent framerates. Any help would be appreciated as ive tried many different suggesstions.

[Gecko]

[rollso]

this is what i found. hopefully these are a link to something that would slow my games down.


I might have put the same one twice when i double checked for errors.


Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 6.0.2900.2180, faulting module ntdll.dll, version 5.1.2600.2180, fault address 0x00011629.

0000: 6c707041 74616369 206e6f69 6c696146
0010: 20657275 78656920 726f6c70 78652e65
0020: 2e362065 39322e30 322e3030 20303831
0030: 6e206e69 6c6c6474 6c6c642e 312e3520
0040: 3036322e 31322e30 61203038 666f2074
0050: 74657366 30303020 32363131 0a0d39


Another error i found:

Your computer was not assigned an address from the network (by the DHCP Server) for the Network Card with network address 000C41B6B47D. The following error occurred:
The operation was canceled by the user. . Your computer will continue to try and obtain an address on its own from the network address (DHCP) server.

0000: 000004c7


more errors:
(this one had nothing in the box below but was an error.)

The IPSEC Services service terminated with the following error:
The attempted operation is not supported for the type of object referenced.

another:

The time provider NtpClient is configured to acquire time from one or more time sources, however none of the sources are currently accessible. No attempt to contact a source will be made for 14 minutes. NtpClient has no source of accurate time.

no description

another no description

Time Provider NtpClient: An error occurred during DNS lookup of the manually configured peer 'time.windows.com,0x1'. NtpClient will try the DNS lookup again in 15 minutes. The error was: A socket operation was attempted to an unreachable host. (0x80072751)

another:

Faulting application itunes.exe, version 6.0.5.20, faulting module unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000.

description: 0000: 6c707041 74616369 206e6f69 6c696146
0010: 20657275 75746920 2e73656e 20657865
0020: 2e302e36 30322e35 206e6920 6e6b6e75
0030: 206e776f 2e302e30 20302e30 6f207461
0040: 65736666 30302074 30303030 0a0d3030

[Gecko]

These errors:
The IPSEC Services service terminated with the following error:
The attempted operation is not supported for the type of object referenced.

Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 6.0.2900.2180, faulting module ntdll.dll, version 5.1.2600.2180, fault address 0x00011629.

Make me think you might have a trojan or spyware on your system.
Please download , unzip it to it's own folder.
Start HijackThis and select 'Do a system scan and save a logfile'
Now post the contents of the logfile back into this thread

[rollso]

ive Dled more programs since i reinstalled, the performance drop occurred the same day i reinstalled. this is 4 days after the problem started now.

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 10:33:30 AM, on 7/12/2006
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)

Running 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\Executive Software\Diskeeper\DkService.exe
c:\program files\mcafee.com\agent\mcdetect.exe
c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe
c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mctskshd.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfService.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee\SPAMKI~1\MSKSrvr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe
C:\Program Files\McAfee.com\VSO\mcvsshld.exe
C:\Program Files\McAfee.com\VSO\oasclnt.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfTray.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\mps\mscifapp.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee\SPAMKI~1\MskAgent.exe
c:\progra~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsescn.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\RUNDLL32.EXE
C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfAgent.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe
C:\DOCUME~1\CASEY~1.CAS\LOCALS~1\Temp\Temporary Directory 2 for hijackthis.zip\HijackThis.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://google.bearshare.com/
O2 - BHO: Yahoo! Toolbar Helper - {02478D38-C3F9-4EFB-9B51-7695ECA05670} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\yt.dll
O2 - BHO: McBrwHelper Class - {227B8AA8-DAF2-4892-BD1D-73F568BCB24E} - c:\program files\mcafee.com\mps\mcbrhlpr.dll
O2 - BHO: McAfee Privacy Service Popup Blocker - {3EC8255F-E043-4cae-8B3B-B191550C2A22} - c:\program files\mcafee.com\mps\popupkiller.dll
O2 - BHO: McAfee AntiPhishing Filter - {41D68ED8-4CFF-4115-88A6-6EBB8AF19000} - c:\program files\mcafee\spamkiller\mcapfbho.dll
O3 - Toolbar: McAfee VirusScan - {BA52B914-B692-46c4-B683-905236F6F655} - c:\progra~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshl.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\yt.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NVMixerTray] "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NvMixer\NVMixerTray.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCUpdateExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcupdate.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MCAgentExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VSOCheckTask] "C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\VSO\mcmnhdlr.exe" /checktask
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VirusScan Online] C:\Program Files\McAfee.com\VSO\mcvsshld.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [OASClnt] C:\Program Files\McAfee.com\VSO\oasclnt.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MPFExe] C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfTray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MPSExe] c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\mps\mscifapp.exe /embedding
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MSKAGENTEXE] C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee\SPAMKI~1\MskAgent.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MSKDetectorExe] C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee\SPAMKI~1\MSKDetct.exe /startup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [nwiz] nwiz.exe /install
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvMediaCenter] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [DiskeeperSystray] "C:\Program Files\Executive Software\Diskeeper\DkIcon.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [BearShare] "C:\Program Files\BearShare\BearShare.exe" /pause
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {39FD89BF-D3F1-45b6-BB56-3582CCF489E1} - c:\program files\mcafee\spamkiller\mcapfbho.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: McAfee AntiPhishing Filter - {39FD89BF-D3F1-45b6-BB56-3582CCF489E1} - c:\program files\mcafee\spamkiller\mcapfbho.dll
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O20 - Winlogon Notify: WgaLogon - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WgaLogon.dll
O21 - SSODL: WPDShServiceObj - {AAA288BA-9A4C-45B0-95D7-94D524869DB5} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\WPDShServiceObj.dll
O23 - Service: Diskeeper - Executive Software International, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Executive Software\Diskeeper\DkService.exe
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee WSC Integration (McDetect.exe) - McAfee, Inc - c:\program files\mcafee.com\agent\mcdetect.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee.com McShield (McShield) - McAfee Inc. - c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcshield.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee Task Scheduler (McTskshd.exe) - McAfee, Inc - c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mctskshd.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee SecurityCenter Update Manager (mcupdmgr.exe) - McAfee, Inc - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\Agent\mcupdmgr.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee Personal Firewall Service (MpfService) - McAfee Corporation - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfService.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee SpamKiller Server (MskService) - McAfee Inc. - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee\SPAMKI~1\MSKSrvr.exe
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe

[Gecko]

Your log is clean.

So that rules out anything malicious causing the problem.

That leaves hardware and/or drivers, it’s going to be a process of elimination it isolate the issue.
My first educated guess would be Ram, based on the error codes not falling into known stop error attributes.

Please download selecting you preferred format.
Either the ISO burnable cd or the Windows and DOS bootable floppy
Create you bootable media and boot your system from that media.
Let Memtest86 run for at least an hour to receive true results.

[rollso]

[Gecko]

If you have a CD burner you can download the *.iso file and burn it to a cd
Leave the cd in and reboot your system it should start the memtest 86 automatically.

If you have a floppy drive you can download the Windows and DOS version to make a bootable floppy.
Once you write the floppy leave it in and reboot your system memtest 86 will start automatically.

[rollso]

fixed the latency problem

but i found the right file i need but i dont know how to burn it, i have WMP and am not sure if i need to use another program to burn the file to my CD. i have it opened in winrar but cant put it on my burn list so im pretty sure i need to use another burn program.

[Gecko]

You could use it’s freeware and it will get the job done.

[rollso]

hehe, i just fixed my problem i think. I opened my case and got all the dust off my fans and other things and my FPS shot up alot. I have all my settings turned up and get an avg of 30 fps in highly populated places. very big improvement. Im surprised something so simple helped so much.

[rollso]

ive after reinstalling my router drivers again i lag in instense fights with lots of spells/particle effects in WoW. Even when around tons of player models i get no internet lag, but during fights with only 5-10 people i get a good 5 seconds of lag then back to normal once things calm down. I dont really understand why my internet would slow down. Any advice? Im lost as to how i could fix this when my connection is strong and was fine in situations like this before.