nexuiz freezing for a couple sec while playing[SOLVED]

[liolak]

ok, so here it goes, when i play nexuiz, every once in a while maybe 3 or 4 times during a 15min game, it will freeze completely for about 3 seconds. im pretty sure it is not a overheating issue.

my os is ubuntu 7.10 , vid card is asus 7600gt silent. amd 2.2ghz , 1gig of ram. nexuiz 2.4 with hotfix. video card driver are the nvidia-glx-new provided by ubuntu.

after the freeze everythings get back to normal for a while. it is settup for pretty low graphic, i does it even with the lowest effect preset, when it is running at 350fps. it also do it when playing locally in instant action

any help extremely appreciated.

[esteel]

As speculated on irc i still think its overheating.. you could try low settings but vsync enabled so it doesnot render at full speed, maybe this helps if its overheating.

[liolak]

ok, in the past 2 days ive manage to improve case ventilation a lot, and now temp never go above 70 when playing.

i have also reinstall completely nexuiz, deleted old ./nexuiz and reapplied the hotfix.

Issue seem to be occuring less often but still does at least 1 or 2 time during a 15 min game, id say it freeze for a little shorter time (1.5-2 seconds).

I'm still believing that this is not an overheating issue since the heatsink of the card(wich is fanless) is at a very normal temp when touching it or monitoring it during play. usually around 65C.

Is there anyway to be able to try the sdl version to see if it does the same thing, when i started it , it does absolutely nothing.... wont give any error nor any message, just dont start.

Im ready to provide any files or data required to further investigate this issue

[liolak]

ok, i have tried playing with vertical sync enable, it kept the temp under 60 and fps under 85, but it didnt change anything about the freezing, happened 2 time during a deatcmatch game.

[pavlvs327]

This happened to me when I had a bad nvidia driver, albeit on Windows. Try finding a new one and see what happens.

[liolak]

ok, thanks for the suggestion , im on linux though, using the nvidia-glx-new driver provided by ubuntu.....I suppose it is the newest stable....am i right about that ? version number seems old in any case 100.14.19.

will try to research for that as soon as school trimester is over...i really need my computer right now for work.

[esteel]

My debian (unstable) has:
% aptitude show nvidia-glx
Version: 169.09-1

[liolak]

ok i have now updated nvidia driver to version 169.12

unfortunately it is still having the same freezing problem...

any other ideas ?

[Mirio]

connection problems?!
i use wireless lan , -> sometimes freeze for 1-2 secs

[liolak]

i doubt it , it does it even when playing locally in single player mode.
im starting to suspect my video card might be defective