Strange problem I've run into over the past week and a half or so. My current setup:
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3
E4300 o'clocked to 3.0ghz
2.0gb Transcend DDR2 800 ram
8800 GTS 320mb
Corsair 520Watt PS
2 24" monitors running at 1920x1200.
This system was built in Apr '07.
Everything was running smoothly until a few months ago, I noticed that my system would randomly lock up when watching a DVD and playing a game at the same time (usually WOW or COD4). Didn't think much of it until about 2 weeks ago, I started have in-game issues with WOW. Specifically, my FPS dropped considerably. I used to run 60fps with all settings maxed. Now I can barely get 30fps with all of the settings dropped down. I'm getting no better than 12-14FPS in COD4. Funny thing is, I only get a performance hit when the card is trying to draw graphics at a distance (i.e., out towards the horizon). If I'm in a building, or change to a top-down view, I'm back at 60fps.
I thought it was a video card issue - replaced mine with a buddy's 8800GTS. Same problem.
Replaced my ram with 2GB of Gskill 800. Same problem.
I read through the thread about latency issues and Gigabyte boards, but never saw my board mentioned (I guess it's too old), and I'm at work right now so I can't test it out.
So, does it sound like the mobo is giving out? If so, can anyone recommend a good replacement around the $100 range? Thanks for any help.
Edit: Same problem on both 32-bit Vista, and XP with SP2. Ran registry cleaner, Ad-aware, and Kaspersky. Problem still persists.
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3
E4300 o'clocked to 3.0ghz
2.0gb Transcend DDR2 800 ram
8800 GTS 320mb
Corsair 520Watt PS
2 24" monitors running at 1920x1200.
This system was built in Apr '07.
Everything was running smoothly until a few months ago, I noticed that my system would randomly lock up when watching a DVD and playing a game at the same time (usually WOW or COD4). Didn't think much of it until about 2 weeks ago, I started have in-game issues with WOW. Specifically, my FPS dropped considerably. I used to run 60fps with all settings maxed. Now I can barely get 30fps with all of the settings dropped down. I'm getting no better than 12-14FPS in COD4. Funny thing is, I only get a performance hit when the card is trying to draw graphics at a distance (i.e., out towards the horizon). If I'm in a building, or change to a top-down view, I'm back at 60fps.
I thought it was a video card issue - replaced mine with a buddy's 8800GTS. Same problem.
Replaced my ram with 2GB of Gskill 800. Same problem.
I read through the thread about latency issues and Gigabyte boards, but never saw my board mentioned (I guess it's too old), and I'm at work right now so I can't test it out.
So, does it sound like the mobo is giving out? If so, can anyone recommend a good replacement around the $100 range? Thanks for any help.
Edit: Same problem on both 32-bit Vista, and XP with SP2. Ran registry cleaner, Ad-aware, and Kaspersky. Problem still persists.