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Title: FPS Lag
Post by: [2F2F]RedBull on May 04, 2013, 09:37:27 am
Hey guys, since 3 days ago I'm having terrible fps lag, my fps drop from 60 to 10 during 4 seconds.

I didn't change anything from my San Andreas folder and I don't find anything that could be the problem; I reinstalled the game like almost 3 or 4 times and the problem stills there.

Any ideas?  :-X

Title: Re: FPS Lag
Post by: [AK47]Tommy_Vicious on May 04, 2013, 09:42:21 am
defrag your hard disk.

Check for spyware/malware things

Take a look at CPU/GPU temperature , it may be an overheating problem.
Title: Re: FPS Lag
Post by: [MAF]Snoopy on May 04, 2013, 01:33:13 pm
clean dust from ram sticks
Title: Re: FPS Lag
Post by: [2F2F]RedBull on May 04, 2013, 02:44:28 pm
I have already defragged my hard disk and the problem stills working.... I'm going to do what snoops say  :)

EDIT: I cleaned everything from my computer and the fps drop stills ruining my races  :-\
Title: Re: FPS Lag
Post by: [MAF]Karlis on May 04, 2013, 04:02:42 pm
check are there some other processes that use a lot of cpu and/or ram.

is there any lag in other games too?
Title: Re: FPS Lag
Post by: McD0n3ld on May 04, 2013, 04:33:30 pm
try installing GTA SA in other partition / HDD
Title: Re: FPS Lag
Post by: [AK47]Tommy_Vicious on May 04, 2013, 04:38:55 pm
if those drops happen with other games , maybe your hard disk has some problems. download hd tune and see if there are sectors damaged/reallocated.
Title: Re: FPS Lag
Post by: [2F2F]RedBull on May 04, 2013, 05:23:59 pm
Yes, I have the same problem in other games [Counter Strike], including watching videos via streaming o.O
Title: Re: FPS Lag
Post by: [AK47]Tommy_Vicious on May 04, 2013, 05:27:46 pm
85 % HD
15 % video card
Title: Re: FPS Lag
Post by: [2F2F]RedBull on May 04, 2013, 05:33:35 pm
Here we got the results:

(http://i44.tinypic.com/4kv9kp.jpg)
Title: Re: FPS Lag
Post by: [AK47]Tommy_Vicious on May 04, 2013, 05:37:20 pm
seems like HD is having problems

Backup your important data.
Title: Re: FPS Lag
Post by: [2F2F]RedBull on May 04, 2013, 05:42:16 pm
 :'( what a bad news.... I hope that a format will fix my fps problems.... thank you! :D
Title: Re: FPS Lag
Post by: [AK47]Tommy_Vicious on May 04, 2013, 05:47:24 pm
:'( what a bad news.... I hope that a format will fix my fps problems.... thank you! :D

you'll probabily have to buy a new hd soon.


 
Title: Re: FPS Lag
Post by: [MAF]Karlis on May 04, 2013, 05:48:57 pm
a format won't help, although it might ease it a bit.
a broken hard drive remains a broken one, at best you could try to disable the bad sectors(doesn't help 100%), but the failures most likely will keep happening, so prepare for HDD switch.
back up your data asap and get a new HDD, they're relatively cheap at least.
Title: Re: FPS Lag
Post by: [2F2F]RedBull on May 04, 2013, 06:20:02 pm
Which HDD do you recommend me?  :P
Title: Re: FPS Lag
Post by: [MAF]Karlis on May 04, 2013, 06:32:58 pm
HDDs aren't one of those things that are very dependant on the manufacturer, but i recommend going with one that is at least 7200rpm and 1TB, as 1TB costs only about 30% more than 500GB ones. it all depends on your needs, but don't go with 5400rpm ones, because they are slower and slow HDD can be quite annoying. from more detailed specifications, ones with bigger cache and SATA3 should be preferred, although the difference is probably insignificant.
also, make sure to pick the right size, which is 3.5'' for desktops.
Title: Re: FPS Lag
Post by: McD0n3ld on May 04, 2013, 06:42:27 pm
7200rpm is a must!!!
Title: Re: FPS Lag
Post by: RuBenXitoH on May 08, 2013, 01:40:40 pm
Buy a SSD Hard disk, i know it doesn't have too much space as a HDD but it's much faster..