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50Mbps Network download speed dragging down System performance
(pls see my config below). I have a wideband Time Warner cable connection (50Mbps). When I connect at that download speed, my Area-51 4.0 mhz i7 975 CPU system which ordinarily screams, now drags down to a seemingly .5f (or slower) with 90%+ of my 6GB of 1866 ram being used. Any ideas why just his high network bandwidth would degrade the system performance so drastically? And is there anything that I can tweak to get some system performance back while getting the 50Mbps speed?
Alienware Area-51 (not ALX)
CPU-Intel Core i7 975 @ 4.00GHz
6GB Multi-Channel Corsair Dominator DDR3 at 1866MHZ (3x2GB DIMM) running at 1866MHZ 9-9-9-24-C1, (no OC)
Alienware high performance Liquid Cooling
Windows 7 ultimate x64
(3) nVidia GeForce GTX 285 1024MB-triple SLI, (no OC), 3D Mark P33815
Power supply-1000 watt
(additional front mounted Visiontek 450W power supply for the third GTX 285)
(2) - Velociraptor 300MGB Raid 0,
Crystal Disk-Read-204.0, Write-235.9 (not sure why the write is faster than the read, comments?)
Dual DVD Drives: 6x Blu-Ray Burner(BD/DVD/CD) + 16x Samsung DVD-R
SoundBlaster X-FI Titanium sound card (Removed for the third GTX 285 card)
TactX Keyboard
Kensington Trackball-K64325
MS-XBox controller for PC, Logitech Rumplepad
Creative Turtle Beach gaming headset
Logitech Z 5500 5.1 speaker setup
Samsung Syncmaster 2233RZ 120hz 3D ready 22' LCD monitor 1680X1050
Nvidia Stereoscopic 3D kit
flotown
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November 9th, 2010 20:00
sounds strange, no dedicated network card - have you checked what programs are running when you hook up ? , processes running ?.( task manager) is this happening during game play or idle ? the only time I have seen a drag on my memory is when my kids access my pc music library from an Xbox or PS3 .
flotown
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November 9th, 2010 21:00
do you get any errors ?- stack overflow messages ?
Tesla1856
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November 9th, 2010 21:00
Be sure network card is connecting at 1000 (gigabit) to your (assumed) gigabit router/switch. Be sure you are running all CAT 5e cables (or CAT 6 ... even better). Sometimes it will negotiate to only 100. You can see connection speed in Windows and also on external lights on devices.
What do you get here: www.speedtest.net
I think RoadRunner Turbo might do 50 while PowerBoost is active ... but that is only temporary (for the first minute or so). Then it drops back to around 15-20.
As for the excessive resources ... if you are sure it's the NIC ... If you are running the Microsoft driver now, try the Dell driver.