Really really odd computer issue..ideas why it's doing this?

[Hyperion]

#2 is handling divx encoded .avi video WAY better than the main system

main system's choppy, #2 with a 600mhz SLOWER proc, and half the ram is running it smooth as ice!

specs on the machines:

primary:

proc: AMD Athlon T-bird 1100
ram: 640MB
vid: 64mb GeForce2 GTS/Pro
OS: Windows 2000 Pro, SP3 (13 months operational)

known hardware faults: none
configuration: standard/IDE
clockspeed: 1104mhz


number2:

proc: AMD Athlon-1 500mhz
ram: 384mb
vid: 64mb GeForce2 MX400
OS: Windows 2000 Pro, SP2 (3 months intermittant uptime)

known hardware faults: failing IDE controller, possible CPU damage.
configuration: nonstandard, IDE/SCSI hybrid system. IDE boot drive/cd-rom, SCSI storage due to faulty IDE controller. SCSI configuration is 40MB/s LVD/SE, IDE configuration is ATA-66.
clockspeed: 508mhz


btw, number 2 is the one running the vid way better. both are running pc-133 ram btw.

[Mr Bean]

Virus, Fragmented Hard Drive, The slow One was bless by the holy Fathers(By that I mean the Dev Team for Half-Life), Gnomes

Or...

A wizard did it

[Dralan]

It is also a possibility that the codex's you have on nr 2 is way better..

I had that problem once. Used a week trying just about anything I could think of getting my new computer to play vids as good as my old one.

In the end it was as simple as going to the net and dowloading a heapload of nw codex..

[Vertigo1]

What version of the DivX coded is on both machines? Latest version I saw on the DivX website is 5.0.2. (Then again, I haven't been there in a while) Have you run Ad-Aware on the 1.1GHz box? Killed any un-necessary services?

[Hyperion]

ran virus scan, adaware, the works, nothing.

the 1.1 system is clean.

using divx 5.02 codec

#2 has no codec installed.

[Tosho]

A wizard did it

That's probably it.

[GrandMasterTerwynn]

#2 is handling divx encoded .avi video WAY better than the main system

main system's choppy, #2 with a 600mhz SLOWER proc, and half the ram is running it smooth as ice!

specs on the machines:

primary:

proc: AMD Athlon T-bird 1100
ram: 640MB
vid: 64mb GeForce2 GTS/Pro
OS: Windows 2000 Pro, SP3 (13 months operational)

known hardware faults: none
configuration: standard/IDE
clockspeed: 1104mhz


number2:

proc: AMD Athlon-1 500mhz
ram: 384mb
vid: 64mb GeForce2 MX400
OS: Windows 2000 Pro, SP2 (3 months intermittant uptime)

known hardware faults: failing IDE controller, possible CPU damage.
configuration: nonstandard, IDE/SCSI hybrid system. IDE boot drive/cd-rom, SCSI storage due to faulty IDE controller. SCSI configuration is 40MB/s LVD/SE, IDE configuration is ATA-66.
clockspeed: 508mhz


btw, number 2 is the one running the vid way better. both are running pc-133 ram btw.

A) What mainboards do these systems have?

B) I've heard some not-so-nice things about Win2K SP3.

C) What video drivers do you have installed on the two machines.

[Hyperion]

vid drivers: nvidia detonatorXP 30.82, so far the best of these drivers.

mainboards:

primary: AMD mfg mobo, custom for gateway, it's a solid board btw.

#2: ASUS K7V with a shot IDE controller.

[Vertigo1]

You never answered my last question though. Did you kill any un-necessary services?

[Hyperion]

yes. if it wasn't necessary for operation it was nuked on the main system for diagnostic purposes. on #2 it was straight from boot, no changes to the running programs.