A basic test to determine USB polling issues, is to open Task Manager and then a minimized text document. You hold down the A key on the keyboard inside the text window (so that it starts running A's across the document), while at the same time moving your mouse quickly around the screen (this acts like game inputs while playing). Watch the CPU use % number in Task Manager. If the percentage number goes above 1 or 2%, then you are suffering from overpolling. The percentage of CPU use displayed in Task Manager is the amount of horsepower "loss" due to CPU USB interupts....

*My number is so low (0-1%) because I use a PS2 connection for my keyboard and my mouse is the only USB device connected
The above is NOT real in-game testing, but does provide some information on your configs USB overhead
 
Frame time to render is much more complex a issue, but is a simple settings fix with some easy testing

I just tried it and it jumps from 2% to 8% then 13% and I even saw 23%, goes back to 0% but just the fact that it's jumping all over the place... bad.
 
I kept trying this for about 5 minutes.. I start doing it - instantly goes up to 20% and back to 6%.. 11%, etc. I STOP and it immediately drops to 0% and never moves. I start, boom.. goes up. So yeah I guess that must be one of the problems. Is it easy to fix?
 
Edit: I just managed to get it stuck at 24%.. lawl. This is terrible!!! What is causing this? :<
 
how do I fix this? :( I am using G400 mouse (USB) and G15 keyboard (USB)
 
Also I can go home in about 20 minutes if you want we can chat on Steam (I prefer chat, easier) voice gets me confused sometimes.
 
My Steam is FourTwoFour or fourtwofour (whichever works) If you have time to help would be very nice (and other tips since u have the same setup pretty much)

Which program do you use for chatting? I can install whatever you're comfortable with, don't mind.
 
I am from Europe so my English isn't very good so if you're up for a chat that would be way better for me if you don't mind. I can be online in about 10 min on whatever program you're using.

Hmm this is super easy - http://twich.me/fourtwofour
 
Just type some random name and you're all set. It's black too.. white @ night = gg.

I am on EVGA's TS3 right now, and will leave it up for about 1 hour.
I will be offline then, until much later tonight.

FourTwoFour

Don't want to waste your time. Thanks for offering ur help tho! :)

 
If you change your mind TS3 is the "standard" for voice coms in multiplayer games.
Its very easy to use and has the best overhead footprint due to its server based design.
 
 

FourTwoFour

Don't want to waste your time. Thanks for offering ur help tho! :) I'll just reinstall windows someday and hope it goes away... : /

 
Thats not going to help
Bro, system config for gaming is a art. If you just put back in what your running in the same config, you will experience the same issues.
 
If you want to slog thru typing it all out, please start a thread and I will work on it with you in the evenings when I a free.
Its going to take alot more work that way, but I am always willing to help any user who just wants to run their game better

I think I'll do that once I get my SSD's and install Windows 7
 
No point doing it now right? 

I don't even know what to call my thread.. no clue what the problem really is.

Maniac.... Need some serious help... Just built my comp a month ago and just started playing BF3, I keep getting DirectX error's for lack of memory.
 
Build specs:
i7 3770K
Asus maximus V Formula MOBO
Coolermaster V8 CPU cooler
corsair HX850w pro series
EVGA GTX570 HD Superclocked Card 012-P3-1572-AR
G.Skill Trident X series ddr3-2400  8gb
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
OS SSD OCZ Vertex 3 Max Iops 120gb
secondary SSD OCZ Vertex 3 120gb with bf3 and origin installed on it.
WD caviar black 2tb storage drive.
 
Set all the in game settings to what you have listed on the first page. And still after anywhere from 15-45 minutes into a game i get different error messages.
 

 

 

ZERO.

I'm trying to post pics of the error's but I can't seem to get them on here.Feel free to message me as I can't message you til i get more posts apparently.

 
Welcome to the EVGA forums
 
Please check your PM's

Also when i happened to open up the task manager last night with only mozilla and origin open it showed 120+ processes. don't know how much that might help.

ZERO.

Just an FYI Maniac....the Asus MOBO comes with a program called MEMTWEAKIT that will allow me to tweak those timings we did last night in windows rather than have to go into bios... hopefully I'll get a chance to mess around with it tonight so I can get back to you. Also any issues with using Lucidlogix VirtuMVP turned on with BF3, I've had some update for it come through and get loaded that had specific BF3 fixes in them. Any experience with that?

 
Well at least we know where it is in the BIOS...DOH
Like I told you bro, I have no experience with that chipset or bios.
 
As for the "Virtu" I have never used it
Some people have reported that it works ok in BF3 and provides some increases in performance.
Guess no harm in using it, but if you run into any issues... thats--> the first thing to disable.
 
I be checking back here to see how your coming along. You can always call or PM if something really comes up

ZERO.

So got about an hr-1.5hrs tonight on bf3. To start the night I booted up and dnl nvidia inspector and watched the VRAM usage. My rog board can with a custom windows theme that was pushing around 180-200mb usage so turned that to basic theme. And ran through explorer instead of firefox. Before I turned off the theme I was hovering around 1200-1250mb usage. Without the theme for the most part was around 800-1kmb usage. Virtu was turned on for all this. Hopefully just switching themes will keep me from getting those directX errors from now on... Played solid tonight without any errors. I would like to maybe look into having you check out all the processes running to see what I can turn off at start up and what should stay maybe get me a few more mb. Thanks for all the help so far.

 
Sounds great, you can call me now if you want and we can run down your startup and processes lists

ZERO.

Will have to be another night... Already in bed with the wife for the night... Sucks being 3 hrs ahead... One day soon tho. Have a good night.

 
Best time to call is after 9pm (PST) evenings or on Sat, Mon or Fri mornings