CPU usage

[PastranA]

Hey all, I have just been given a Ti4400, But the framerate on my games stops at 85fps (what i have my refresh rate at). The frames always cap at what I put my refresh rate to. Usually I install powerstrip and disable vertical sync (Direct 3D). When i do that it shows my true fps. But this time its not working, all my previous video cards it worked on. Any ideas or other ways of uncapping the fps?

[Peter M]

What for? As you already noticed, your display device isn't showing any more than 85 frames per second anyway - so why have the machine render more?

[PastranA]

Yes But I am curious to see what fps I am getting with this new card. I want to see if there is a greater advance over previous cards I have had. This hasn't been a problem for me in the past so any idea how I can uncap the fps?

[TiNk2wIcE]

PastranA, I recently had that problem. In fact, I just fixed it a few hours ago. There was an unnecessary program running called wincfgg.exe. I'm guessing that I downloaded it off the internet. and it was using all of my system resources. When your fps goes down, press ctrl + alt + del. When your task manager appears, click on the processes bar. See which process that is running is sucking up your resources. This will show your culprit.

[John Prophet]

one thing you can do is download adaware and/or spybot or other spyware tracking programs...they help to get rid of programs that suck up your power.