Amd Athlon 64 X2 Dual 6400+ Trouble.

Hey everyone, I seem to be having a little trouble with my new 6400+ for some reason.

Whenever I am playing games(any game) I will be running the game with about 50% cpu usage. And then for some odd reason it spikes to around 80% at random times. Freezing the game for a little bit.

Its quite frequent and it can be pretty annoying.

I'm not running anything in the background, just the game. I'm really looking to fix this, any help would be very appreciated.

Thanks.

P.s. : I have 4 Gig of Ram, and that doesn't seem to be the problem considering it says at a constant ~20% when playing even after the spike.

Oh yeah, I have updated all the drivers with the drivers cd that came with the Mobo.

I might try that if it comes down to that :D

Do you think maybe since I have Windows Xp 32bit it could be causing some trouble? I've been thinking I should upgrade to x64 or Vista 64bit.

Have you tried installing AMD's dual core optimizer? Its on their website.Trilvester

Ohh no i haven't I will definatly have to check that out. Thanks for the info :)

I might try that if it comes down to that :D

Do you think maybe since I have Windows Xp 32bit it could be causing some trouble? I've been thinking I should upgrade to x64 or Vista 64bit.

Hieshiro1

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I might try that if it comes down to that :D

Do you think maybe since I have Windows Xp 32bit it could be causing some trouble? I've been thinking I should upgrade to x64 or Vista 64bit.

Trilvester

k, thank you very much, I have downloaded the optimizer and I am going to try that out. I'll let you know how it works for me :)

Alright so I ran the setup for the Amd Dual Core Optimizer.

Does it work directly after the setup? Or do I have to enable it somewhere?

It works after setup there is no on or off button. You might need to restart your computer.Trilvester

Ok, thanks again, I really appreciate the help, it seems to have made things a little smoother. Every little bit helps. :D