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aeyr
Profile Joined December 2009
United States60 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-12 02:25:58
March 12 2011 02:15 GMT
#1
Every once in a while my SC2 will skip for about a second. Happens both online and in multiplayer. Very annoying when trying to micro. Pretty much makes the game unplayable.

My specs are:
Core 2 Duo E8400 @3GHZ
6GB RAM
ATI HD 5770 series
Windows 7 64-bit



It skips a little then at 0:26 is when it turns unplayable. I lost a whole control group a mutas in that 1 second before lol.

Please help! Thanks :D
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6wolfy9
Profile Joined March 2011
Australia10 Posts
March 15 2011 05:19 GMT
#2
This has just started happening to me about 2-3 days ago, and I admit, I am burning because of it, ive updated drivers and everything and have a 6950, so everything should be smooth as, but alas, it is not.

maybe it was the last patch?
dagoodstuff
Profile Joined January 2011
New Zealand3 Posts
March 15 2011 07:21 GMT
#3
This is not a PC issue its a internet connection thing.

Blizzard has a system where when your Internet is not keeping up with the upstream/downstream of the game it buffers you like this.
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Blardy
Profile Joined January 2011
United States290 Posts
March 15 2011 07:25 GMT
#4
Ive had the same problem with the game stuttering constantly and believe or it not, disabling sound all together worked for me 0.o
6wolfy9
Profile Joined March 2011
Australia10 Posts
March 15 2011 10:39 GMT
#5
disabling sound? makes me want to cry, but will give it a try.

It was smooth as just 2 days ago, and im not capped or anything.
Alex)
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Scotland263 Posts
March 15 2011 13:57 GMT
#6
just a thought but why dont you update you graphics card driver? seems like the first step to take
rizzla
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States45 Posts
March 15 2011 17:45 GMT
#7
You can also try disabling all processes in Task Manager that are in use by your login. The only two that you really need to keep up are explorer.exe and taskmanager.
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CingCoCo
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany20 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-15 19:41:02
March 15 2011 19:39 GMT
#8
Same thing happens to me although skips are longer but not as often.

Core I7 920
2x GTX 285
6 GB Ram

HDD is fine (datatransfer rate seems to be normal). 60% free disc space on my Windows partition 35% on the SC2 partitition.

Just started happening about 1 week ago. All other games run just fine. Updated Graphicsdriver today. Didnt help. Since the FPS is so high I didnt even bother trying to lower graphics settings (running on medium). BTW the framerate stays at the former level during the freezes (just like in the vid of OP) - so there is no framerate drop.

If anybody had a suggestion how to solve this problem Id be so gratefull. Impossible to play the game atm =/
Blardy
Profile Joined January 2011
United States290 Posts
March 15 2011 22:40 GMT
#9
Let me know if disabling sound worked for you guys. Ya i hate playing without it but i cant play with it
deathserv
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States228 Posts
March 15 2011 22:50 GMT
#10
This has been happening to me as well occasionally, and it's certainly not due to any Internet problems on my end... Very frustrating.
6wolfy9
Profile Joined March 2011
Australia10 Posts
March 16 2011 06:53 GMT
#11
Ive just reinstalled sc2...so going to give it another try.

I have a 6950 and the latest 11.4 drivers, this shouldnt be happening technically.
Blasts
Profile Joined September 2010
Netherlands99 Posts
March 16 2011 08:24 GMT
#12
Few things you can try:
1. Check for any programs you installed that run on the background.
2. Defragment your hard disk. SC II is kind of heavy on hd use, and this may cause problems sometimes.
3. Try playing a single player game. Is the lag only in multiplayer or singleplayer?
If it's only multiplayer, it's probably a network issue. If it's in both, your pc is most likely the problem.
4. Try turning your graphical settings lower. If it helps, it means that something is running on the background, decreasing performance.
5. Test your internet connection. There is tons of sites where you can test the speed of your connection.

Just a few things I did when I had lag
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CingCoCo
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany20 Posts
March 16 2011 08:32 GMT
#13
1: Done before - no change
2: Didnt try that but since I still have a lotta free disk space and didnt move any big amounts of data before the problems started this is an unlikely reason.
3: Also happening in single player.
4: Did that no change.
5: Did that - 14900 up 1000 down and 32 ms ping (which is obv. all "good").
MontagneBleu
Profile Joined December 2009
Canada70 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-16 15:34:25
March 16 2011 15:33 GMT
#14
Same thing apen to me too, but since i've got an old cpu and play on low setting i thouth it was only cpu problem. Im about to change my whole system, kinda scared now when i see people still got that even whit an i7 + 2x GTX 285....

Here what's result i have

- frame @ ~ 55
- 6 Mbps download
- 0.6 Mbps upload
- ping @ 115

* i've just upgrade my internet connection ( since this week-end ), got new modem/routor and that change nothig.....
FeiLing
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany428 Posts
March 16 2011 16:13 GMT
#15
Graphic driver graphic driver graphic driver... that's the only driver people ever install. Get the damn chipset drivers. Your dxdiag must show no "driver: n/a" (very few exceptions here) at all before you are allowed to complain about stuff not working.

Plus: Overheating/dust; crappy WLAN; you or other people downloading over your connection.
All checked you say? Then you better check it again. And again. And again. Just the same with these thing as with the drivers. People always say they have them installed. And as soon as they finally post a dxdiag you see what was obvious the whole time: no damn drivers were installed.
CingCoCo
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany20 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-16 23:07:37
March 16 2011 23:01 GMT
#16
Yeah cool - besides the fact that its highly unlikely that a problem just shows up after 4 months without any changes in system configuration I installed all drivers necessary. Most up to date versions available 4 month ago. In fact I didnt update chipset lan and sounddriver since then but theyre installed never the less.
Also I think that given a constant temperature of ~ 57°C for my graphicscards and about 44 for my CPU heat is not an issue. Further its gonna be hard to have a dust issue with a watercooling (besides I clean the radiator every time i refill the cooling).
If the issue was that trivial I wouldnt have had to ask for help.
6wolfy9
Profile Joined March 2011
Australia10 Posts
March 19 2011 10:28 GMT
#17
Reinstalled SC2, still get the frame skips, disabling sound still gives me frame skips too.

wonder what the heck is going on, this has only started happening very recently.
Phayze
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada2029 Posts
March 19 2011 10:33 GMT
#18
Microstutters like this are largely related to HDD speed. win7 uses alot of HDD writes, have you tried putting sc2 onto a secondary drive?
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6wolfy9
Profile Joined March 2011
Australia10 Posts
March 19 2011 13:38 GMT
#19
defragmented HDD, no change, still get the skips, so damn hard to micro.

I dont have a secondary drive...but it shouldnt be my hdd speed.
CingCoCo
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany20 Posts
March 19 2011 18:18 GMT
#20
I do have sc2 and win on different drives ... =/
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