Win XP Pro
P4 2.4GHz 512 pc2700 corsair ddr
WD 80Gb 8Mb cache
430watt PSU
Fx5600 128mb

My Problem just started yesterday while trying to play C+C Generals Zero Hour. Have played it hundreds of time w/o any Problems. Now when i play game is choppy and unplayable.

Have latest direct x, updated drivers for all hardware. In past, while in game i would alt-tab to desktop and check performance of cpu and memory, cpu would be used around 50% and higher...now its no more then 3% with rest of it just idle..thanks for the help.

Hi P4user

Give the test's at pc pitstop a go. It may help and cant hurt.
http://www.pcpitstop.com/

Let us know how you get on.

Al.

HI, did the test and got no higher then 1278 but when i did the recommended updates/configurations my score went to 1270. dont feel its that good.


2.4 P4
512 Corsair pc2700
fx 5600 ultra
430 psu
80 gb WD 8mb cache

Your not alone in this, it could be a game bug. Have a read here
http://www.nocrash.com/ncbbs/msgs/3563.shtml

Hope this help's

Al.

When you say your game is 'choppy' do you mean it freezes occasionally? If so, this would impy a 'Deffered Procedure Call' (DPC). This means that your machine is occassionally trying to process something while you are playing your game. Normal culprits are AV software and anything else which does a scan of your system on a regular basis.

Can you view the processes in task manager for any likely culprits?