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ZombieInfection

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2007

The Order of Ambrosia

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28 May 2008 at 18:41 - 1

When I turn on my computer or restart it, I get about 27-30 FPS constant, which is okay. But after some time playing, it progressively goes down to 6-8. Anyone know why? Do I have to clear my RAM or something?

Thanks.

moriz

??ber t??k-n??sh'??n

Join Date: Jan 2006

Canada

R/

28 May 2008 at 18:52 - 2

it's either overheating, or perhaps too many applications loading in the background that slowly chokes your ram.

try blowing out the dust from your pc, and run a few virus and spyware scans.

Taisayacho

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

England (GMT)

The Imperial Guards of Istan [TIGI]

R/

28 May 2008 at 19:03 - 3

Could be that your system processes start up slowly, meaning less clogging of the system at the start and it gradually builds up. How soon after starting up do you open up GW?

ZombieInfection

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2007

The Order of Ambrosia

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28 May 2008 at 19:03 - 4

Well, I scanned it just recently and it's clean of both things. The fan is clean and computer is in a cold dry room. Thanks for the help though.

Any other suggestions?

Would -heapsize work?

EDIT: I open GW as soon as everything that loads and starts up automatically when Windows starts is done.

Tamuril elansar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2007

N/

28 May 2008 at 20:11 - 5

you get the same problems with other games?

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

London, UK GMT??0 ??1hr DST

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R/

28 May 2008 at 22:43 - 6

Just as an idea, what sort of system specs are you running?

ZombieInfection

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2007

The Order of Ambrosia

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29 May 2008 at 00:17 - 7

Kamatsu

Moderator

Join Date: May 2005

Australia

29 May 2008 at 00:25 - 8

ZombieInfection - silly question, but what is that from? what program / tool are you using to get those results/information?

Edit - NVM. I found it

for those who were wondering:

www.systemrequirementslab.com

Axel Zinfandel

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2007

Northeastern Ohio

LaZy

P/W

29 May 2008 at 00:29 - 9

It's a site. http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

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R/

29 May 2008 at 00:49 - 10

A Quadro 120M, eh?

Nothing wrong with that laptop at all - damn, back to the start ><

ZombieInfection

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2007

The Order of Ambrosia

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29 May 2008 at 02:05 - 11

Yeah, the game runs fine at 12 FPS and all, but I'd like to know why it goes down from 30 :S

Kamatsu

Moderator

Join Date: May 2005

Australia

29 May 2008 at 10:08 - 12

- Have you tried closing everything thats running before you start the game? (ie FW's, AV's, unneeded sound garbage, etc)
- Have you tried uninstalling and re-installing the drivers for your video card?
- Tried lowering the graphics & sound settings in the game?