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Mollack
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Posted - 2007.05.05 16:58:00 -
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Every 20-30 seconds EVE will lock up for approximately 5 seconds and the "catch up" to itself. Without fail this happens every 20-30 seconds. It is really frustrating. I cant figure out why.
Every other game runs fine. This is a top of the line PC for the most part on vista 32 bit ultimate.
Drivers are all up to date and nothing is running in the background.
I am running EVE and an admin and I've tried running in compatibility mode as well and it did not fix the issue.
I also turned off chat logging to no avail.
HELP!
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Candyman Dyer
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Posted - 2007.05.05 22:52:00 -
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Ditto.
Top of the line PC.
Network Engineer for a living.
1/2 sec pause every 30-60 secs.
HELP!
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IlluminatedOne
Amarr
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Posted - 2007.05.06 04:15:00 -
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I had a similar problem. What helped:
- closing a max number of chat channels;
- turning off "Log chat to a file" in game settings ("General" tab);
- closing all anti-adware/anitvirus software before starting the game.
Hope it helps.
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krilliante
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Posted - 2007.05.06 13:55:00 -
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Exactly the same issue here 20/30 sec then pause pause pause game resumes.
Just started playing again after a 2 year break, never seen this before.
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Mollack
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Posted - 2007.05.10 23:01:00 -
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I tried everything in post 3 but it still freezes up then resumes.
It also does this any time I clock on a new menu or an item in the market while it loads the info for it.
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Thargat
Caldari
S-44
Coalition of Carebear Killers
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Posted - 2007.05.11 00:37:00 -
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I've seen similar problems on several different kinds of rigs. Ventrilo sometimes causes that "stuttering" problem with EvE. So it might be sound related. Try running on a different soundcard or turn off alla sound in eve and close down TS/Ventrilo and see if it helps. If it does, updating your soundcard drivers/motherboard drivers (if you'r using a on-board sound chipset).
If you don't like what I say, just ignore it, or admit I got to you. |
Solbright
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Posted - 2007.05.11 06:27:00 -
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It's either a virus scanner being aggressive or one of the M$ dual-core bugs. Search the forum for "dual-core".
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Cade Burey
Amarr
One Man Alone
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Posted - 2007.05.11 12:26:00 -
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I had something similar to this, but mine was caused by having the market window open and minimised and having Tritanium displayed.
Everytime an order updated my system would freeze for a couple of seconds.
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Candyman Dyer
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Posted - 2007.05.11 13:02:00 -
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Its not another program running, there are none. Its not anti-virus as it happens with or without anti-virus. It is not voice chat software as there is none. Sound card is a Sound Blaster X-Fi, happens with sound enabled and disabled. This is a fresh install XP Pro machine with all updates and latest drivers.
It IS a dual core system, I have read many, many posts here about how to fix that issue with affinity and such to no avail.
There is NO reason that my system should not be able to run this game full out balls to the wall @ 60+ FPS.
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Spurty
Caldari
Citadel of dark arts
Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2007.05.11 13:14:00 -
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When I run wireshark and eve, I see interestingly fragmented network packets.
I hope the Network Engineer can comment further on this (if its relevant or not) but I get stuttering and lag worst when the frequency of fragmented packets is highest.
Everyone seems to think its Video card related which I think is bad because you get people spending $400 on video cards when a $100 card is more than sufficient ;-)
Check out A better NIC article
This is what I'd be buying (seeing as I already have a $200 video card) 
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Solbright
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Posted - 2007.05.11 13:54:00 -
[11]
 Originally by: Candyman Dyer
It IS a dual core system, I have read many, many posts here about how to fix that issue with affinity and such to no avail.
/me goes looking ... Graphics Stutter
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Solbright
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Posted - 2007.05.11 14:00:00 -
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Originally by: Spurty
Everyone seems to think its Video card related which I think is bad because you get people spending $400 on video cards when a $100 card is more than sufficient ;-)
It's not the 3D rendering but it is the rendering engine - including 2D rendering code. And maybe the general object handling also.
In short, the client software is bloated and struggles to keep the game running smoothly - Decouple Client Interface from Network.
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Emey
Gallente
Eve University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2007.05.12 21:47:00 -
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I get the same problem and i'm on a single core
Every 20-30 seconds EVE will lock up for approximately 5 seconds
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Solbright
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Posted - 2007.05.13 02:28:00 -
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Delete your virus scanner.
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Emey
Gallente
Eve University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2007.05.15 08:29:00 -
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No virus scanner installed
I suffer less during the daytime so maybe its just lag?
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Solbright
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Posted - 2007.05.15 08:39:00 -
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Originally by: Emey
No virus scanner installed
I suffer less during the daytime so maybe its just lag?
Nope, not if it's as regular as you are saying.
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Zohra Naciri
MyPartyBase
Fimbulwinter
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Posted - 2007.05.15 10:33:00 -
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Edited by: Zohra Naciri on 15/05/2007 10:31:56
Edited by: Zohra Naciri on 15/05/2007 10:31:39
Originally by: Candyman Dyer
1/2 sec pause every 30-60 secs.
I had the exact same infuriating and frustrating problem... I tracked it down to over heating, I don't know of what but there you go, I suspect ram on either graphics card or mainboard, but then I know nothing. BUT!! cleaning out all the dust and adding some fans stopped it... this was after, amongst a million other things, re-installing XP..
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Mollack
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Posted - 2007.05.15 17:05:00 -
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This is most defiantly not related to overheating.
I'm curious... Of everyone experiencing this problem, how many of you are using Sound blaster X-FI sound cards?
I am starting to think that the X-FI card is the culprit (even with the most up to date drivers.)
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Zohra Naciri
Fimbulwinter
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Posted - 2007.05.15 17:17:00 -
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Edited by: Zohra Naciri on 15/05/2007 17:22:04
me... I have the X-FI card.. and realy.. it went away when i did what I said above.. :)
try disabling the x-fi and see if the problem goes away? |
Emey
Gallente
Eve University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2007.05.16 06:37:00 -
[20]
No X-FI here but i shall be looking at my sound settings etc next to see if this has any affect.
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Karl Wyvern
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Posted - 2007.05.17 15:03:00 -
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I get the same problem. Every 30 seconds it freezes. I thought it was my ISP, so I changed it. Still happens. All my other online games have no problem. It is definitely an Eve problem. I run XP professional, and a 512 graphics cards. never been a problem before until recently
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Solbright alt
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Posted - 2007.05.18 05:05:00 -
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Originally by: Mollack
I am starting to think that the X-FI card is the culprit (even with the most up to date drivers.)
Disabling sound worked then?
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MAB3250
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Posted - 2007.05.19 10:00:00 -
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Hi, i have same problem.
SYSTEM:
Motherboard: ASUS P5WDG WS Pro
CPU: Intel QX6700, 4 core @ 2.6GHz
Ram: Kingston 4 x 1GB 1150MHz
GPU: Nvidia 8800 GTX 768 MB
Sound: Onboard SoundMax HD Audio
OS: Win Vista 32
DSL: 20 Mbit down / 2 Mbit Up
My problem starts after playing for a couple of hours.
System info at that time.
CPU load 31%
Mem Usage 35%
CPU Temp 47 Degrees Celsius
MainBoard Temp 34 Degrees Celsius
Kabinet Temp 31 Degrees Celsius
I have no problem in any other application. Besides Eve i'm also playing:
MS Flight Sim X
WOW
same problem as the others, all drivers, bios, and MS updates installed. Tried to disable all background applications, still the same.
Running AVG Antivirus, and Vista build in firewall and antispyware.
Hope this info are to any help.
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Solbright alt
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Posted - 2007.05.19 13:21:00 -
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So, you've explicitly applied the above multi-core patch and disabled ingame sound?
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MAB3250
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Posted - 2007.05.19 15:49:00 -
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Yes i have tried to disable in game sound. The above patch only applies to XP service pack 2 users. I'm running Vista...
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Solbright alt
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Posted - 2007.05.20 01:04:00 -
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Originally by: MAB3250
My problem starts after playing for a couple of hours.
Ah, I missed this detail. Looks like thermal shutdown. Check the CPU and GPU temperatures during the stuttering.
Btw: The 31% CPU usage is rubbish. Games always use 100% unless you've got framerate capped in some way. And in Eve this don't help much, it'll still use 100%.
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Zohra Naciri
Fimbulwinter
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Posted - 2007.05.20 06:33:00 -
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Originally by: Solbright alt
Originally by: MAB3250
My problem starts after playing for a couple of hours.
Ah, I missed this detail. Looks like thermal shutdown.
See my post above..
problem went away for after sorting out cooling... (I actualy got a new case with fans on front and back)
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Skyphox
Caldari
Stainless Steel Rats
The Immortality Project
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Posted - 2007.05.21 11:22:00 -
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Edited by: Skyphox on 21/05/2007 11:20:08
I had this exact issue... I suspected the Sound Blaster drivers for some reason. Everyone else I have seen with this issue have also been using sound blaster cards.
I reinstalled Windows XP and installed OLD Sound Blaster drivers. Worked a treat afterwards.
Of course, using Vista you may not have the option of old drivers. Hope ya figure it out, the stutter is a real off putter.
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The Kinetic
Caldari
Sword Production
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Posted - 2007.05.22 04:55:00 -
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I get this exact problem on Windows XP, I freeze for about 2-5 seconds every few minutes its really annoying. I have a reasonable spec PC and decent internet connection so don't expect this. Going to try new Sound drivers for the Sound Blaster Audigy first and see if that helps.
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Solbright alt
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Posted - 2007.05.22 06:57:00 -
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It's way easier to test without sound first.
If that helps then you are on to the problem. If it don't help then you are wasting you time looking for possible updated drivers or replacement sound card.
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Skyphox
Caldari
Stainless Steel Rats
The Immortality Project
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Posted - 2007.05.22 07:51:00 -
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Edited by: Skyphox on 22/05/2007 07:49:59
Replacing the new drivers with the old drivers did not work for me. Even turning sound off didn't fix it. Possible the newer drivers have installed something that just buggers up windows a little, or simply updating the drivers causes this issue and only a fresh install fixes it. Why I ended up going for a full reinstall.
It's quite possible that it's not the sound card i guess, but still, everyone with this issue so far seems to have a Sound Blaster card. And reinstalling windows was how i ended up fixing this issue.
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Roppee
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Posted - 2007.05.22 10:20:00 -
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it may possibly be the sound but its not just SB cards.I have a builtin realtec card and the exact same thing is happening to me,incredible frustrating.
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Lian To
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Posted - 2007.05.23 05:14:00 -
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Edited by: Lian To on 23/05/2007 05:14:25
I've been playing this game on and off since beta, and I've had this problem for as long as I can remember, and I've gone through several different upgrades since I first played.
My freezes only last for about half a second or something, though. It's exactly as if I opened the market interface. It seems to happen more frequently the longer I play, though that could just be my imagination. I haven't exactly kept a written record or anything.
It's mostly irritating when it happens just as I try to click something or adjust my view.
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Solbright alt
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Posted - 2007.05.23 11:45:00 -
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To be absolutely clear, this thread is about a regular stutter. One that ticks non-stop at a precise rate.
For everyone that doesn't have this behaviour, you are just living with Eve's normal bloated behaviour. Some call it lag, but whatever, it's just the way Eve is.
For those that do have the regular stutter, there is three common causes:
- Sound driver compatibility (god knows why).
- Aggressive virus scanner running in the background.
- Windoze dualcore bug - patch available from M$ and is also applied via windoze update I think.
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Solbright alt
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Posted - 2007.05.23 23:29:00 -
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Grr, make that four common causes:
- Thermal shutdown of the CPU being the fourth one.
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Thargat
Caldari
S-44
Coalition of Carebear Killers
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Posted - 2007.05.24 01:31:00 -
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Try disabling your soundcard from the device manager (right click my computer and select manage, then go to the "device manager" and "disable" your soundcard) at if it helps you know that it's somehow sound related. If it doesn't well, then it's something else =).
Just one easy way to check if it's sound related.
If you don't like what I say, just ignore it, or admit I got to you. |
Solbright alt
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Posted - 2007.05.24 05:28:00 -
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Turning it off ingame is more effective.
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Buck Starchaser
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Posted - 2007.05.24 06:24:00 -
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Edited by: Buck Starchaser on 24/05/2007 06:26:28
I have this problem off and on... gets me really PO'ed until I happen to glance down and see that I accidently started yahoo messenger.... just having that thing on for a day or so causes it to fail and force your computer to pay attention to it in regular intervals even if it is showing 0% CPU usage in task mannager. I want to kick it's programmers in the nutz so hard they yodel like on the commercial!
Also leaving some websites (generally ones with active-x or other intrusive spam crap) open in Internet Explorer for longer than a few hours will cause it to leak out all your memory and then crash all your IE windows (so you can't open them). this will cause a simular problem but more often excessive hard disk grinding when doing something like undocking or jumping.
Either way, kill yahoo and keep an eye out for 'active content' web pages and that will stop or minimize your problem
Edit: Although it's less popular with infants and invalids I've found that MSN messenger doesn't have this enfuriating problem. The only problem is trying to get all your friends and family to make the switch. 
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Tombozo
Caldari
Pyrrhus Sicarii
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Posted - 2007.05.24 07:27:00 -
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I've known quite a few people who have had this problem, which was caused by being in the newbie help channel. IIRC it had something to do with updating the list of people in the channel. Anyways if you're having this problem and are in any of the big help channels, try closing them and seeing if that fixes it.
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Plutoinum
German Cyberdome Corp
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Posted - 2007.05.24 12:04:00 -
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Edited by: Plutoinum on 24/05/2007 12:05:28
You could disable eve voice and try again.
To disable EVE voice, add the line 'voiceenabled=0' to the end of the file Cache\prefs.ini in your eve folder. If it solves it it's maybe time to file a bug report. 
I had such a problem after the eve voice patch and since I've disabled it, it has been gone.
( But doesn't have to be the reason. A similar problem existed also once in EVE coldwar with Win98 due to incompatible coding to that OS. Was fixed later and now that OS isn't supported anymore. Don't know if all of you use vista, maybe there is a new issue with Vista. I still use XP )
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Chiggie
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Posted - 2007.05.25 01:41:00 -
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Edited by: Chiggie on 25/05/2007 01:39:54
Ok sometimes I get the same thing, It's usually because I did something stupid, such as leaving a second logon window open. That's a HUGE lag on the system, and mine's a screamer too, but it will lag me out.
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Dotard
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Posted - 2007.05.25 01:50:00 -
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This used to happen to me. It progressively got worse. After quite a bit of frustration I finally tracked it down to my video card overheating.
I opened the case, stuck a box-fan blowing directly into my machine and never experianced this problem again.
May or may not be solution to your problem, just my experiance.
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deathlords
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Posted - 2007.05.25 04:48:00 -
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Could be a Vista compatability problem. I'm still on W2K (with AMD X2 4400 + 2G and nVidia 7900GTX :), and no problems at all.
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MRROLLER
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Posted - 2007.05.25 04:53:00 -
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hi guys yes i got this damn tick tock stutter too now exactly every 60 secs i get stopped for ten secs no good in game at all imm getting murdered even by corellis not good will try your solutions guys brb
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Zohra Naciri
Fimbulwinter
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Posted - 2007.05.25 09:43:00 -
[45]
Originally by: Solbright alt
Grr, make that four common causes:
- Thermal shutdown of the CPU being the fourth one.
Thermal Shutdown gets my vote..
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Itukki
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Posted - 2007.05.26 00:43:00 -
[46]
jeez, you guys have been living the good life. For the last week or so, I have 15 sec of frozen screen TWICE per minute. Basicly, 15 sec frozen, 15 sec ok, 15 sec frozen, 15 sec ok, and so on. This usually happens about 5-8 minutes after logging on!
Cleaned up the cache folder. Re-installed drivers. (Have Soundblaster 2 Audigy) but sofar no good. Wish me luck!
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Capt JTK
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Posted - 2007.05.26 11:59:00 -
[47]
Originally by: Solbright alt
Originally by: MAB3250
My problem starts after playing for a couple of hours.
Ah, I missed this detail. Looks like thermal shutdown. Check the CPU and GPU temperatures during the stuttering.
Btw: The 31% CPU usage is rubbish. Games always use 100% unless you've got framerate capped in some way. And in Eve this don't help much, it'll still use 100%.
As you can see on the temperatures, it is deffently not thermal shutdown.
A CPU usage of 31% is not rubbish. if your EVE maximum requires x calculations pr. sec. , and your CPU can handle 100 times that...
For instance i have the following CPU loads in the following games
EVE 31%
WOW 45%
Flight Sim X 90%
My CPU is a quad core where all four cores are running @ 2.66
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Selene Fenestre
Lemuria Prospecting
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Posted - 2007.05.26 12:36:00 -
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Edited by: Selene Fenestre on 26/05/2007 12:35:23
Originally by: deathlords
Could be a Vista compatability problem. I'm still on W2K (with AMD X2 4400 + 2G and nVidia 7900GTX :), and no problems at all.
Im tempted to go with this. I never had this problem until I 'upgraded' to Vista. Its not just limited to Eve, but rather I think the problem lies with my cheap **** router not being 100% compatible with Vista/IP6.
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Solbright alt
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Posted - 2007.05.27 00:51:00 -
[49]
Originally by: Capt JTK
Originally by: Solbright alt
Originally by: MAB3250
My problem starts after playing for a couple of hours.
Ah, I missed this detail. Looks like thermal shutdown. Check the CPU and GPU temperatures during the stuttering.
Btw: The 31% CPU usage is rubbish. Games always use 100% unless you've got framerate capped in some way. And in Eve this don't help much, it'll still use 100%.
As you can see on the temperatures, it is deffently not thermal shutdown.
Was that temperature taken during the stuttering? The GPU temp needs checked also it seems.
Quote:
A CPU usage of 31% is not rubbish. if your EVE maximum requires x calculations pr. sec. , and your CPU can handle 100 times that...
Doesn't work that way. The games uses all it can get on one processor - since they are single threaded. If there is more MIPS available then it runs at a higher framerate, if there is less then it runs at a lower framerate.
Quote:
My CPU is a quad core where all four cores are running @ 2.66
Maybe your setup only shows one loadmeter spread across all four virtual processors? Dunno, doesn't make much sense to display CPU that way.
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Capt JTK
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Posted - 2007.05.27 10:58:00 -
[50]
My CPU info shows four graphs, one for each core. i took the reading from the core with most load on it. The other three cores are at 20 -> 28 % Load.
I'm running with two monitors, so yes temperatures and load are taken while playing EVE.
BTW: my framerate, ( CTRL + F ) in EVE are at 678 when docked, and 234 when flying thru space.
Temperature for the GPU is a little hard, but i have measured the air comming out from the wents, and it is 37 Degrees Celsius.
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Solbright alt
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Posted - 2007.05.27 11:28:00 -
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Interesting, all four in use. I'd heard it didn't make any difference but have you tried the "affinity" trick?
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Solbright alt
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Posted - 2007.05.27 11:30:00 -
[52]
Although, I can't see why that would need a couple of hours to kick in.
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Plutoinum
German Cyberdome Corp
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Posted - 2007.05.27 12:49:00 -
[53]
Edited by: Plutoinum on 27/05/2007 12:50:18
Originally by: Solbright alt
Quote:
A CPU usage of 31% is not rubbish. if your EVE maximum requires x calculations pr. sec. , and your CPU can handle 100 times that...
Doesn't work that way. The games uses all it can get on one processor - since they are single threaded. If there is more MIPS available then it runs at a higher framerate, if there is less then it runs at a lower framerate.
Except you have 'vsync on', in EVE that would be 'Interval 1'. Then the graphics engine is synchronized to the monitor refresh rate and rendering of a new picture can only start at some fixed times. Since rendering duration for an image is not constant, there are some times left, where the graphics engine can't do much and if the whole game is synchronized to that or there is nothing else left to compute immediately, the processor is returned to the system.
In general this leads to lower FPS and a hard FPS cap, but also lower cpu usage with vsynch on (e.g.interval 1). And with v-synch off you get high FPS, since those waiting times are missing, on a fast PC even more FPS than the monitor displays per second, but also high cpu usage.
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Solbright alt
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Posted - 2007.05.27 22:05:00 -
[54]
Originally by: Plutoinum
Except you have 'vsync on', in EVE that would be 'Interval 1'.
It's not on by default and doesn't really help to turn it on in current games, as you have also pointed out. So, rendering to vsync is off.
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Solbright alt
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Posted - 2007.05.27 22:33:00 -
[55]
Originally by: Selene Fenestre
Its not just limited to Eve, but rather I think the problem lies with my cheap **** router not being 100% compatible with Vista/IP6.
Not your router, it's got it's own CPU. Network problems don't cause stutter. Not unless it's the driver puking on windoze or something similar, but that's very unlikely.
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Andreya
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Posted - 2007.05.28 05:57:00 -
[56]
I get this as well.
Game runs at 50 fps for about 10 seconds.. then drops to about 18 fps for about 25 seconds. then goes to 3-4 fps for about 10 seconds. than blam! fps skyrockets for 1 second, then it repeats the cycle.
This is a new problem for me however, just started last week or so i think.
My sound has always been turned off.
nothign else has changed on my computer.
any ideas?
it this CCPs programming?
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Solbright alt
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Posted - 2007.05.28 07:00:00 -
[57]
Definitely thermal shutdown! Clean your fans and heatsinks. And check the fans for smooth/easy rotation.
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Father Weebles
North Face Force
Anarchy Empire
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Posted - 2007.05.28 17:39:00 -
[58]
Uninstall Eve
Reinstall
That fixed my freezing issues.
http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=524621
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Solbright alt
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Posted - 2007.05.28 22:13:00 -
[59]
Originally by: Father Weebles
Uninstall Eve
Reinstall
That fixed my freezing issues.
Did that solve your Jita login issue?
Login problems are usually because of internet packet loss. You should be doing ping checks when that happens.
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Asalar
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Posted - 2007.05.29 08:25:00 -
[60]
Originally by: Tombozo
I've known quite a few people who have had this problem, which was caused by being in the newbie help channel. IIRC it had something to do with updating the list of people in the channel. Anyways if you're having this problem and are in any of the big help channels, try closing them and seeing if that fixes it.
alrighty folks. I had this problem. An exact stutter every 1 minute for 4 seconds. This occured continuously for 20 minutes(has happened since install, but i just started testing) until I closed the rookie help channel. I have now experienced not a single stutter for over 10 minutes.
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MRROLLER
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Posted - 2007.05.29 08:47:00 -
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Edited by: MRROLLER on 29/05/2007 08:49:15
 Originally by: Tombozo
I've known quite a few people who have had this problem, which was caused by being in the newbie help channel. IIRC it had something to do with updating the list of people in the channel. Anyways if you're having this problem and are in any of the big help channels, try closing them and seeing if that fixes it.
yeayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy finally found my problem solved been a real pain ten secs of stopped graphics every 60 secs driving me nuts disabled both help chats in game now i can play properly without stop motion ty tombozo tried every thing else short of ripping out my m/b
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Solbright alt
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Posted - 2007.05.29 10:38:00 -
[62]
Wow, cool, never would have thought of that one. Guess that's a definte fifth common cause.
Sigh, and yet another symptom of bloatware.
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Capt JTK
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Posted - 2007.06.02 11:23:00 -
[63]
Hi,
Same solution here.
Disabled rookie help and other high member count chat windows, and the problem disappered.
Thnx all for your inputs.
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Violinier
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Posted - 2007.06.05 20:25:00 -
[64]
I am having the same issue.
Absolutely not heat related. My system is watercooled. I play games all the time that cause my system to put out a lot more heat. My CPU & GFX cards aren't even breaking a sweat running Eve. I can compile, run SQL queries and play Eve on this computer at the same time and still not get anywhere near 100% CPU utilization on my cores with stupidly fast framerates 55 seconds out of every minute. Same result if I am only playing Eve eheh  .
Antec P182 Case
Intel QX6700 {Kentsfield} Quad Core
Corsair Dominator PC8500 2gigs
eVGA 8800GTX
eVGA 680i mainboard
2X WD 150 GB Raptors (Raid 0)
1X WD 320 GB (JBOD)
ThermalTake Toughpower 750 PSU.
Creative X-Fi Elite Pro soundcard
Dell 2407 WS
Fuzion Block, Laing DDC w/ Petra's DDCT-01 Top, PA120.2 Radiator, 4 Yate Loon, D12SM-12's (70.5 CFM, 33 DBA)
Vista Business Enterprise
My temps under 4X Prime95 are ~65C with an ambient of 26C, this game isn't remotely close to that taxing, my temp on the hotest core is ~45C while playing. The GPU while playing this game is ~57C. Very chilly temps for a Quad and GTX.
I will try turning off all my chat channels tonight when I get home and see if this helps. Very annoying problem.
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Jacky Danielson
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Posted - 2007.06.11 15:14:00 -
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I had that problem and for me at least it was Diskeeper (defrag) running in the background, after I shut it down no more stutters. Also I was using CAT 7.4's and 7.5's and went back to 7.3 and that really smoothed out performance for me.
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Modulus Morphone
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Posted - 2007.06.12 15:42:00 -
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I have been having the same problem since I started playing... I too have a monster rig and should have 0 problem playing this game at max detail with 30 ships on the screen. And yet, every 30 seconds or so I get 5 seconds of lockup.
I've read every reply in this thread and my initial summation of the situation was that it might be my CPU overheating... But why? This game doesn't require even half the computer I have. Then I start reading this stuff about rookie help chat channel bogging the system down. Somehow that seems like the culprit to me. My gut tells me so... When I get home tonight I will give it try.
My computer:
AMD 3800+ CPU
2xNvidia GeForce 7900 GT CO's in SLI
A8N32-SLI Deluxe mobo
1GB OCZ Gold Series RAM (400Mhz - 2-2-2-5)
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Modulus Morphone
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Posted - 2007.06.13 13:58:00 -
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Closing the Rookie Help channel totally fixed this problem for me. Everyone else take notice.
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EveJoker
Neh'bu Kau Beh'Hude
Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2007.06.14 23:23:00 -
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A very similar thing happenes to me when my primary DNS server goes down.
While the rest of the PC is happy to fall back to the secondary DNS eve throws a fit with a 4-5 second lag every odd min or so.
This is under XP thats primary DNS is a 2003 box, and secondary is my isp's DNS server. If I shutdown my 2003 box (DNS server) I immediatly get the freezes. Once the box is backup it disappears instantly.
Hope this helps someone in the right direction.
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Ripp Savage
Caldari
State War Academy
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Posted - 2007.08.19 01:13:00 -
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Originally by: Capt JTK
Hi,
Same solution here.
Disabled rookie help and other high member count chat windows, and the problem disappered.
Thnx all for your inputs.
Same here in case any new people are having this same issue. It would be nice if they would fix this problem, seems it's been going on for awhile now. 
ôI like a man who grins when he fights.ö - Winston Churchill |
Solbright
Advanced Security And Asset Protection
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Posted - 2007.08.19 02:23:00 -
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Linky to my later summery.
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