4870x2 problem lagg! HELP!

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FakeDeath
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4870x2 problem lagg! HELP!

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Hello guys.
I have problem with games...Like half life,cod 4 and others...
when am playing its full speed but sometimes it freezes on 1 sec then i can play normally but that is every 1 min and driving me crazy :S !
anyone know solution for that?
MY pc:
Win XP sp3 32 bit
Ati 4870x2
4gb ram
Q9400 2.66GHz
All my drivers are updated... so anyone pls help me!!
But i think its smth about sound...
when i kill someone or someone start talkin then it freeze, sometimes jump, idk mb its not problem..please help me!
Sry for bad english! Thanks!
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Re: 4870x2 problem lagg! HELP!

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It could be that your sound card is trying to keep up with the graphics card and not doing a good job of it. One easy test is to turn everything off in the games menu and see if it does anything then.

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Re: 4870x2 problem lagg! HELP!

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Do you have something like Outlook running in the background checking for mail periodically?
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