Windows 7 Message Slow Performance

Windows 7 Message Slow Performance When Exiting Dirt 2

Hi

I have just built a new system with the following parts I and I keep getting a message saying your system performance is slow and there could not be enough resources to run the Aero background. This only seems to be happening when I exit Dirt 2


Specs:

MSI 790FX - GD70 motherboard,

AMD 965 3.40ghz C3 CPU

Gkill 4gb 1600mhz DDR3 ram

Samsung 400gb hdd

Corsair PSU 620w

ATI 5850 GFX Card.



Should I be concerned at all? the memory of the system is at 27% idle


One other problem I'm having is when I run Dirt 2 and the videos appear for intel and amd when I click to move on it stays there and flickers for a second or 2. I have now removed the intro videos and now dirt 2 wont load and just stays at the screen below flickering.



I am using all the latest drivers for motherboard sound , graphics card, BIOS.


Could this be an ATI Driver issue?


Please can you let me know


Thanks

From a complete Rookies perspective maybe Dirt 2 is using a lot of RAM, and therefore you don't have the right amount for Aero to work?

Hi

Thanks for your reply.

After looking on the internet some more I find a few other people where having the same issue. Any ideas about the flicking at the intro of dirt 2?

thanks

Flash the BIOS. You didn't buy a $30 PSU did you?

Frostmourne said:

Flash the BIOS. You didn't buy a $30 PSU did you?

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Hi

I have the latest BIOS on the board the PSU I have is Corsair PSU 620w I will test some more games later today and see if it happens in them as well.

wizkid said:

Frostmourne said:

Flash the BIOS. You didn't buy a $30 PSU did you?

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Hi

I have the latest BIOS on the board the PSU I have is Corsair PSU 620w I will test some more games later today and see if it happens in them as well.

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PSU is OK - check for heat with HWInfo32 and run chkdsk/memtest86+.

you could always disable Aero while you play dirt 2, then enable it after you finish playing it

also a good test to see if you still get the msg.

also how old is the Corsair 620? i see you used it on the last build you had. should be fine though as i use HX520 with my i7.

DaGooN said:

you could always disable Aero while you play dirt 2, then enable it after you finish playing it

also a good test to see if you still get the msg.

also how old is the Corsair 620? i see you used it on the last build you had. should be fine though as i use HX520 with my i7.

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Hi

The PSU is 2 years old has been very good never had any problems with it. I'll test it with Aero disbaled and then see what happens. With regards to the flickering when the intro videos come up so far this only seems to happen in Dirt 2.

i know its not the same game but it might besomthing to think about? if its the same kinda problem you have with just the intro video

Intro's and Video Flickering - Codemasters Forums

also have you got the new patch for Dirt 2?

01/03 - DiRT 2 PC Patch Now Out! - Codemasters Forums

HI

Thanks for your reply.

The thread about the flickering problem is for Dirt 1? They said they fixed it with updated drivers so I guess that I need to wait for new drivers for the Graphics card to come out?


Also on another issue I have just installed Tomb Raider Anniversary and only lara's face and guns are showing at the main screen of the game?
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OK when I now exit Dirt 2 the game crashes, I have reinstalled it but it still happens. These problems only seem to happen in Dirt 2 so does this mean that its more likley to be the game rather than a hardware issue?

With regards to the tomb raider problem I changed the video drivers and this corrected that issue.

well i would say its a problem with Dirt 2. since its the only game you have a problem with right? you have no other hardware/software related problems?

you could run some benchmarks and some test to stress the computer to see if it shows up anything out of the blue.

also do you have any problem with 1080p playback? if not id say its just that game.

maybe others here will have other ideas to help.


also im not sure if this will help you out. but you can bypass the startup videos...

you can just rename these three:

AMD_sting.bik rename to _AMD_sting.bik
ego_sting.bik rename to _ego_sting.bik
intel_sting.bik rename to _intel_sting.bik

Just add an underscore ( _ ) to the front of the name.

The "donuts" video (sting.bik or sting_us.bik) MUST run or the game will stall when that video is intended to run, it runs just before the "Start" page and is also an idle time video and runs when the game is idle.

For the sting.bik or sting_us.bik, which one is used depends on your location. You should replace this with any very short video, the game may stall if a 0 length video is used.

I replaced the sting_us.bik with a 1 second video created from the original. You could instead use a blank black screen video that is 1 second in length.

Backup your original sting.bik/sting_us.bik file before doing the following.

Get RadTools, load the video into the RadTools app, convert it to an .avi file, load that into MS MovieMaker or any other video editing program, crop (cut) the video down to 1 second in length.

When using RadTools to convert to .avi you can choose the frame compression method. "Full frame uncompressed" does not always work and Windows may not be able to read the result. The "Mpeg4" or "XVid" compressed format almost always works well.

I cut the video to display just the "DiRT2" text image seen at the end of the original video. Save the .avi, open it in the RadTools app, press the "Bink it" button and create a new sting_us.bik (or sting.bik) file.

Put that file into the .../DiRT2/video folder.

Another hint: RadTools can be used to re-encode bik videos including changes to frame size and frame rate. This might be useful for those who are having trouble with skipping or freezing videos.

The easy remedy is to re-encode the bik video to a small frame size like 640x480 and maybe to change the video compression level that Bink uses. The best compression to use can only be determined by experimentation, try the default first.

Hi

Thanks for your reply

I renamed the
AMD_sting.bik rename to _AMD_sting.bik
ego_sting.bik rename to _ego_sting.bik
intel_sting.bik rename to _intel_sting.bik

Now the game wont lanuch it comes up with my user ID and then it just hangs. I have run tests with 3dmark 2006 and 3dmark vantage and it passes all tests. Do you recommend any other software to test with?