Weird problem with Vista 64bit and some games

NeonSamurai · 05-17-09, 05:43 PM

I've got an odd problem with some games and Vista 64 Home Premium.

Ok so this is what is happening, for a couple of games the graphics lurch around while playing (slow down then suddenly lurch forward and catch up) every 3-5 seconds. One game that is doing this is ArmA (which is suppost to work fine with Vista 64 and the beta patch). Thing is most games work fine, but I've had the symptoms so far with ArmA, GTA 4, and a couple of other games. This problem also doesn't exist in XP.

Other thing is this is not normal video lag (FPS rate doesn't nose dive), everything else happens as if nothing happened (audio plays normal, no other game anomolies). Most of my other games work fine. One game I was able to fix after I noticed that it ran better unplugged (laptop here), and traced it to having the processor limited to 50%.

Changing them over to XP is also not an option, GTA 4 for some unknown reason crashes after 5-10 minutes of play, and with ArmA I need the built in mic (which only works in vista).

Any ideas as I can't find an answer or a solution so far.

05-17-09, 05:43 PM	#1
NeonSamurai Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Socialist Republic of Kanadia Posts: 3,044 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Weird problem with Vista 64bit and some games I've got an odd problem with some games and Vista 64 Home Premium. Ok so this is what is happening, for a couple of games the graphics lurch around while playing (slow down then suddenly lurch forward and catch up) every 3-5 seconds. One game that is doing this is ArmA (which is suppost to work fine with Vista 64 and the beta patch). Thing is most games work fine, but I've had the symptoms so far with ArmA, GTA 4, and a couple of other games. This problem also doesn't exist in XP. Other thing is this is not normal video lag (FPS rate doesn't nose dive), everything else happens as if nothing happened (audio plays normal, no other game anomolies). Most of my other games work fine. One game I was able to fix after I noticed that it ran better unplugged (laptop here), and traced it to having the processor limited to 50%. Changing them over to XP is also not an option, GTA 4 for some unknown reason crashes after 5-10 minutes of play, and with ArmA I need the built in mic (which only works in vista). Any ideas as I can't find an answer or a solution so far. __________________ SH3 Newbie Guide Links and other helpfull stuff