Framerate issue

[pillar]

Well heres my issue. My current card is an eVGA GeForce 9800GT 512mb & I have recently updated the driver because I thought that my issue was a possible driver issue, but that doesnt seem to be the solution. My problem is when I leave my computer on for days @ a time, I will want to play a game that requires a video card. However, after a few days of my system being on, the graphics get reduced to 5 fps. It was the exact same deal with my previous driver, so its obviously not a driver issue. I personally never had this issue w/ my previous video card (7600 GT). Heres the specs on my computer:

C2D E6750 @ 3.0Ghz
3.5 GB DDR2 800
plenty of hard drive space

Any ideas or suggestions?

 

[DragonD]

Maybe it's not the vid card...maybe something you've installed since your last card...

what does task manager show for your mem/cpu usage BEFORE you start to play the game? Any process hogging up the system?

 

[TaLoN]

ya, likely a cpu usage issue, restart system before hardcore usage...

 

[featherfoot07]

It may be a card issue, but it may also be a heat issue. Leaving your computer on for days at a time builds up heat, not much but enough to hinder performance. I would suggest turning it off when your not using it, and watch it. If the problem persists contact Xenophek - he really knows his stuff.

 

[pillar]

yep you guys were correct, it was indeed firefox takin up half a gig of my memory. games work fine now. stupid firefox.

 

[DragonD]

firefox was taking up that much? Or something that ran "under" firefox? Some java thing leaking memory or something...

 

[pillar]

no seriously, firefox was indeed taking up that much memory. i killed the operation (i had 3 windows open) & it closed all 3 windows. i know i had java runnin on a few of em, but overall it had been usin up lil over half a gb of my memory. thats all it took to take care of the issue. thats why i love posting in these forums. it doesnt cost a penny to get advice (although it does cost $$ to keep the forums goin), not to mention that whenever someone has an issue, majority of the time the issue gets a response (more than likely an answer to the issue) within the hour. you cant get that kinda help from most places when it comes to computer-based tech help sites, at least not that quickly.