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730865 2008-12-19 02:39:00 Hi all

P4 3.0GHz, 1Gb Ram, X1950 Pro AGP (yes old I know)

I mainly play counter strike source, it used to run very smooth on highest settings, with my 17" LCD.

I bought a new 19" wide screen, but discovered that it looks bad and runs laggy with my current graphics card at the 1440 x 900 wide screen resolution, so changed back to my old 17" normal 4:3 LCD.

But problem is, it is still lagging, not badly, just doesn't run very smooth like before, in intense shooting action it lags a bit more, making it quite difficult.

Any idea why it's doing this and how I can fix it?

I may have damaged the graphics card while changing monitors? Because I didn't bother turning the computer off, maybe a very bad mistake, I just unplugged the old and plugged the new. New monitor stays blank, so restarted, and I get all the weird colour pixels on my screen (like a broken gfx card), graphics card won't work for a while, I took it out, then put it back in and it works again.

Could this have caused the lagging problem?

Any input appreciated.

Cheers 		michaelqian (9385)
730866 2008-12-19 02:47:00 I may have damaged the graphics card while changing monitors? Because I didn't bother turning the computer off, maybe a very bad mistake, I just unplugged the old and plugged the new.

Well yeah, not a good idea swapping a card if the computer was still on at the time. It probably killed part of the slot/port, you plugged it into 		Speedy Gonzales (78)
730867 2008-12-19 02:56:00 Do you mean the DVI connectors? The graphics card has two DVI connectors, should I try the other DVI connector? michaelqian (9385)
730868 2008-12-19 02:58:00 [QUOTE=Well yeah, not a good idea swapping a card if the computer was still on at the time[/QUOTE]

I swapped the monitor not the card, I think you monitor? 		michaelqian (9385)
730869 2008-12-19 02:59:00 Ah ok then, well you could try the other dvi connector.

Its still not a good idea unplugging the monitor cable while its still on

Have you installed the latest videocard drivers? 		Speedy Gonzales (78)
730870 2008-12-19 03:23:00 Changed DVI connector, seem to work for the first 2 minutes, then lags again.

Yes have latest drivers.

Maybe change an adaptor? The cable from my 17" is a VGA cable. 		michaelqian (9385)
730871 2008-12-19 03:26:00 Whats the brand/model of the motherboard?

Do you know? 		Speedy Gonzales (78)
730872 2008-12-19 03:27:00 It's a ASUS P4 800SE.

It's about 3 years old.

I'm going upgrade my system entirely by Fed or March. 		michaelqian (9385)
730873 2008-12-19 04:46:00 The only thing I can think of (if everything else is the same) is that the game is not being displayed on the primary monitor. Have you tried disabling the 2nd graphics out? So only 1 graphics port is active?

I know that when I play movies on my secondary monitor, it gets choppy (as if hardware acceleration doesn't apply to the secondary display). When I set the secondary display to be the primary, everything is back to normal again. 		utopian201 (6245)
730874 2008-12-19 07:22:00 well my friend had a similar problem its mainly because you used a vga cable.. dvi cables have a higher tranfer rate than vga. My friend used his vga cable but when his pc screwd up i used a dvi cable.

when i installed counter strike source it lagged a bit and went black screening on me midgame.

BUT when i took it back to his place and connected everything to his pc and used the vga cable it went like it normally would.

So yea use your vga cable see how that fairs out. 		almightynugget (13536)
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