Cyclic video hiccups

[MackTheKnife]

I'm experiencing regular "hiccups" on 3d renders, i.e., the frame rate is great but in every second or so there's a pause between frames, which is very annoying, specially when playing games (I experience this on every 3d game/application I own). I though it might be IDE access coming on the way but double-checked and it wasn't. I have the most recent drivers for everything. Any thoughts?

Athlon XP 1900+
MoBo Soyo Dragon Plus
512MB 266Mhz DDR RAM
GeForceFX 5200@325Mhz core/700Mhz memory
Samsung 60Gb 7200RPM HDD

 

[dakota81]

Usually some application running in the background that causes short "stalls". If not, then keep searching.

 

[MackTheKnife]

Hmmm.. I'll check into it, but I doubt that, since with my old GF4 this didn't happen... no new software installed...

Athlon XP 1900+
MoBo Soyo Dragon Plus
512MB 266Mhz DDR RAM
GeForceFX 5200@325Mhz core/700Mhz memory
Samsung 60Gb 7200RPM HDD