I have recently put together a computer with the following specs:
AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+ Dual Core CPU
XpertVision GeForce 8600GT 256MB GPU
Asus M2N-MX SE motherboard
Corsair XMS2 1Gb RAM x2
Seagate Barracuda 500GB SATA HD
LG GSA-H62NBBK DVD Re-Writer
It is in a PowerHouse E18 Mid Tower ATX Case which has a 500W PSU, so power should not be a problem. I have also only just installed Windows XP Professional 32-bit with Service Pack 2. All the hardware drivers have been installed and updated. Whenever I am running a 3D application such as a game, no matter on what quality, the frame rate seems to slow down massively for a few seconds every five minutes to ten seconds. I have done some research, and this seems to happen only when the CPU temperature reaches around 45 or 46 degrees. At this point, the total CPU usage jumps from 50% to around 70%, though the usage by the game drops to about 15% and the rest is mostly the System Idle Process. RAM and page file usage remains the same, so this seems to be a problem with the CPU. I have tried running 3D games that run straight off the HD, but the results are the same so there is no problem with the disc drive.
W H A T T H E H E L L I SW R O N G ?
