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UTCollector88
12-08-2008, 12:33 AM
Hi

I have a small problem which only started today. I played Onyx Coast on UT3 against bots and it was lagging quit a bit. This is unusual because it never lagged when I was playing offline before and it would stop eventually if it did. What reasons would there be for this happening? I enabled the 'stat fps' command and the fps were going up and down (from 5 to 25 fps). Can anyone help please.
gargorias
12-08-2008, 01:10 AM
Any Windows services or other programs in the background that are taking up a lot of CPU usage can cause severe FPS fluctuations in the game. We would need a little more info about your system to be able to help you though.
UTCollector88
12-09-2008, 06:04 PM
I have an Nvidia Geforce 7300LE but it never lagged that bad before. My CPU is an Intel Core 2 Duo 4300. I have 2 GB of RAM. If you played a game before Unreal Tournament 3 would that count?
hydro33
12-10-2008, 06:55 AM
are you running vista or xp?
check the cards fan for dust build up as well as your system fans,try defragmenting your hard drive, scan for unwanted nasties, a few things for you to try ...
UTCollector88
12-10-2008, 07:18 PM
I am running XP. I gave the inside of the computer a clean but I couldn't work out how to take the CPU fan and heat sync of my Dell computer because it is different. I am pretty sure I got most of the dust out anyway. I didn't want to fiddle with the heat sync and fan just in case I broke it. Because once Dell find out that you have taken the computer apart they wont keep your warranty on it.

I did start defraging but I haven't been doing it that much lately.
UTCollector88
12-10-2008, 07:19 PM
I am running XP. I gave the inside of the computer a clean but I couldn't work out how to take the CPU fan and heat sync of my Dell computer because it is different. I am pretty sure I got most of the dust out anyway. I didn't want to fiddle with the heat sync and fan just in case I broke it. Because once Dell find out that you have taken the computer apart they wont keep your warranty on it.

I did start defraging but I haven't been doing it that much lately.