L4d Runing Fine, suddenly not long load times

Cannon · July 2nd, 2009, 12:57 AM

Whole story in a nutshell is this: Been playing just fine for 7 months. No problems other then typical windows crashing. Yesterday, all of a sudden load times are 5 min+ and game play is ridiculously slow. I've tried this in both single and multiplayer. Cant even get into a server because the load screen appears to freeze and when alt-tabbed, and ctrl alt del, says that it is not responding. suddenly just kick back into loading and eventually loads. While in game, the play is unbearably slow.

Here is my DXDIAG info:

Code:

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System Information
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Time of this report: 7/1/2009, 02:17:38
       Machine name: SMOKIN
   Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.lh_sp2rtm.090410-1830)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Vision Computers Inc.
       System Model: DG31PR
               BIOS: BIOS Date: 01/23/08 15:53:32 Ver: 08.00.10
          Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU    Q6600  @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
             Memory: 2044MB RAM
          Page File: 1454MB used, 2870MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
     DxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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      Display Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
          Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D:    0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw:  0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay:  0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow:  0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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        Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
     Manufacturer: NVIDIA
        Chip type: GeForce 9600 GT
         DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
       Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0622&SUBSYS_C8623842&REV_A1
   Display Memory: 1267 MB
 Dedicated Memory: 501 MB
    Shared Memory: 765 MB
     Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
          Monitor: ViewSonic VX2240w
      Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll,nvwgf2um.dll
   Driver Version: 8.15.0011.8618 (English)
      DDI Version: 10
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
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      WHQL Logo'd: Yes
  WHQL Date Stamp: 
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        Device ID: 0x0622
        SubSys ID: 0xC8623842
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      Revision ID: 0x00A1
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       D3D Status: Enabled
       AGP Status: Enabled

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Sound Devices
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 Default Sound Playback: Yes
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        Manufacturer ID: 1
             Product ID: 100
                   Type: WDM
            Driver Name: RTKVHDA.sys
         Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5473 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
            WHQL Logo'd: Yes
          Date and Size: 8/28/2007 16:46:38, 1951000 bytes
            Other Files: 
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              Cap Flags: 0xF1F
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              HW Memory: 0
       Voice Management: No
 EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
   I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

            Description: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
 Default Sound Playback: No
 Default Voice Playback: No
            Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0888&SUBSYS_8086D608&REV_1000
        Manufacturer ID: 1
             Product ID: 100
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       Voice Management: No
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Cannon · July 2nd, 2009, 01:01 AM

Apologies, the title was suppose to read "L4d Runing Fine, suddenly long load times"

PMS Betty B · July 2nd, 2009, 01:25 AM

Could be your internet connection. or certain servers.

Cannon · July 2nd, 2009, 01:32 AM

Thing is, it's happening in single player. I reinstalled the game; problem persists. Also tried several of the sticky fixes: multi core disabled, defraging game cahe and system HD, etc. No dice.

PMS Betty B · July 2nd, 2009, 01:43 AM

ooOOooh...hm...did you try reinstalling steam?

Cannon · July 2nd, 2009, 02:01 AM

Oh ok, ill try that

Cannon · July 2nd, 2009, 02:58 AM

ok, reinstalled steam, which also promted me to reinstall l4d again. same thing is happening. Starts just fine, but when i go to load a campaign in single player or start to load a game in multiplayer, it freezes at 50% then about 2 minutes later loads the game. when in the game, it is really choppy and seems to freeze slightly every 2 seconds

Iggy · July 2nd, 2009, 01:05 PM

Try lowering your screen resolution to 1024x768 or so and see if that helps. Maybe 1680 is just too high for your system.

Cannon · July 2nd, 2009, 01:21 PM

I'd say that would be a possilbility but i've been using those settings for the last 7 months with no problems at all.... For giggles I did try it and had the same results.

Iggy · July 2nd, 2009, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by Cannon

I'd say that would be a possilbility but i've been using those settings for the last 7 months with no problems at all.... For giggles I did try it and had the same results.

OK, then just for some more giggles, try rolling you driver back to the 178 version and see if it makes a difference.

GeForce Release 178

Cannon · July 4th, 2009, 12:34 AM

Ok, I rolled back the driver to 178. Still getting the same result... any other suggestions? They would be much appreciated.

mr cow · July 4th, 2009, 01:56 AM

Check your ram. Make sure you don't have something going on? Also, did you download any porn recently?

Cannon · July 4th, 2009, 02:40 AM

one of the first things I've checked. I used a RAM checker to verify it's integrity. Passed all three stress tests. As far as the pr0n goes, none recently.

mr cow · July 4th, 2009, 02:56 AM

What about your CPU's? And your GFX card temp when you're playing

Cannon · July 4th, 2009, 03:00 AM

I have monitors on both of those. They are well within manufacturing tolerances.

Showing FPS's... found that if i dont move the mouse, I get almost 60 fps... Once I start moving, drops to 12 fps

ShadowsTalon · July 4th, 2009, 07:33 AM

Same exact problem, and I have done the same exact things he has...4 of my buddies also recently ran into this problem...what's going on with L4D?

mr cow · July 4th, 2009, 08:36 AM

Hmmm, did you download any drivers then notice the problem?

ShadowsTalon · July 4th, 2009, 02:28 PM

No, it just randomly happened. I tried downloading new video drivers and all these other ones after it had problems but nothing fixed it. I've even reinstalled L4D and reinstalled Steam and L4D is still the ONLY game not working.

ShadowsTalon · July 4th, 2009, 03:13 PM

Alright, well now it takes and extremely long time to load a map, but once inside, it lags like crazy. I have a Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX, 3.0 Ghz Intel Quad Core, 4 Gigs of RAM and it still lags. It NEVER did this before. Like it's as if someone is trying to crawl but one of their arms got blown off and they can only see out of one eye. It's bad.

Cannon · July 4th, 2009, 03:51 PM

Originally Posted by ShadowsTalon

Alright, well now it takes and extremely long time to load a map, but once inside, it lags like crazy. I have a Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX, 3.0 Ghz Intel Quad Core, 4 Gigs of RAM and it still lags. It NEVER did this before. Like it's as if someone is trying to crawl but one of their arms got blown off and they can only see out of one eye. It's bad.

Yeah .... im having the same problem... tried all the usual fixes. Nothing.