Counterstrike stutters

[kewlcat]

Hey all,

CS 1.0 gives periodic stutters on my system -- normal framerate is about 70, but drops to near 30 every 2.5 to 3 seconds. I have no IRQs shared and no other game exhibits this behavior (I've tried Q3, Deus Ex, UT). Any ideas?

Thanks,
Rahul

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Abit KT7, Duron 700@900, G400 32MB DualHead, 256MB RAM, Maxtor 20 GB,
WD136BA 13.4 GB, SBLive! Value.
Running RedHat 7.0 and Windows 98SE.

[kewlcat]

And for those troubleshooters who insist, an IRQ list. Note that there's nothing plugged into the USB ports...

0 System timer
1 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
2 Programmable interrupt controller
3 (free)
4 (free)
5 Creative SB16 Emulation
6 Standard Floppy Disk Controller
7 SCI IRQ used by ACPI bus
8 System CMOS/real time clock
9 Creative SB Live! Value
9 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
10 Matrox Millennium G400 DualHead - English
10 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
11 VIA Tech 3038 PCI to USB Universal Host Controller
11 VIA Tech 3038 PCI to USB Universal Host Controller
11 3Com Fast EtherLink XL 10/100Mb TX Ethernet NIC (3C905-TX)
11 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering
12 PS/2 Pointing Device
13 Numeric data processor
14 Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
14 VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Controller
15 Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
15 VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Controller

-Rahul

[Helevitia]

I would put money down that it is a program running in the background. Check you startup folder, look at the tasks under ctrl-alt-del, and go to your system config utility and se what you have starting up when your computer starts. Start by eliminating any unecessary programs and try again.

Dave

[Helevitia]

btw-If I remember correct, the halflife engine is a more cpu intensive games than others. Also, did this always happen?

Dave

[kewlcat]

Thanks Dave, it was NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing that was the culprit. I don't understand why, the tray icon was on but sharing was not activated, so technically it shouldnt be taking any network or CPU time. Maybe I'll use VNC instead...

Thanks again,
Rahul

[Helevitia]

Glad I could help Like most programs that run in the background, they tend to do some kind of polling which has to interrupt the CPU each time.

Dave