just a couple of things to check curry. is the lag there if you don't press the keyboard or move the mouse? you can also check this by simply playing some music and randomly pressing A-S-D-F over and over. if the music lags, then the problem is the IO chip.

or the capacitors around the IO chip area, which would actually be my guess. if you do indeed get the lag while using my testing method, then you'll need to open up the chassis and see if the capacitors on the motherboard have any dirt like substance on the top, which would mean leaky caps.

but i'm getting ahead of myself, so i'll wait for the test results

@curry:
The recent Steam update has affected framerates and still has. I found out about this when I tried googling a solution to my own problem. And, the framerate does drop especially when encountering pyros (flame on) and a large group of people all smack together.

However, the extensive problems you're reporting may be showing signs of an aging hardware. And yes, my 7900GS driver problem was solved by reverting to a driver released in 2005/2006. The new ones are crap - I'm getting an ATI next time.

Anyway, I'd suggest cleaning up the insides of the computer:
1. Vaccum.
2. Clean the heatsinks.
3. Dust off the fans and case.

Or, I'd probably unplug hardware and test 1-by-1. Then, once I (maybe) identified the hardware, I'd swap it with a similar part from another computer then test. But yeah, tedious process when you can't really tell.

@strife:
Thanks for following up with them.

As mentioned, i'll pickup from either Pyramid or Subang Parade bus stop.

Urm, pick you from where? I'm picking Rad from the bus stop at Subang Parade. From there, I'll most likely use the LDP.

lol, cat will need his C-140 to haul you over

my voice was kinda out this morning. almost back to normal now

on a side note, i'll likely be following etsuko's move which is to freelance for now, until a point in time if and when LYN++'s core team stabilizes. so i'm removing my clan tag for now, but i'm looking forward to seeing Curry come down to our neck of the woods , and cheef and spying doing well on their exams this year. and hopefully me getting a job and getting a new rig

@Skyrider
us malaysians will use any place we can to complain, its our nature

@cicak
yeah man, i agree completely. for me its not bad cause i use shift to duck rather than control, but the number 3 is a little difficult to reach instead.

i'm planing to get one of those rm15 ps2-usb convertors, i just hope that it will not have any ghosting issues, which are not normally present in ps2 keyboards. that, and maybe a small usb hub like i saw one of those cod4 guys using

HAXXER D:

i gotta ask a question:
Can a ASUS M3A78-T motherboard intergrated with a ATI raedon 3300 GPU crossfire with a ATI RAEDEON 3650?

yeah, wonder if that possible...
the ATI crossfire demo only show un-intergrated GPU's being crossfired,
but not one which is intergrated and one isn't...

what would be awesome would be if the integrated card could be used for PhysX =D

7900GS. Hmm, possibly the temp since the inside of case does get dusty quite often. Sigh.
GRN ? Aper tu? Gorillaz Revolution Network?
Eesh! Semau mau saya mati. *bonk*

Anyway, I've not been playing much L4D so can't really be a zombie.

It's the card lar. The card. Just that I thinking if I should get a 4850 in replacement of this one. Hmm...

roflcopter.

my pc is ready for tonite's update...

AIRCOND AT FULL BLAST!

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Added on April 21, 2009, 4:51 pm
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