FIFA 07 "laggy" on 360

eirebhoy

I have the Xbox 360 a month now and over the last couple of weeks all I've been playing is FIFA. I'd play for 2-3 hours a day, 3 or 4 days a week.

Anyway, I noticed a while back that after playing FIFA for a couple of hours it was like I was playing online on a bad connection even though I wasn't playing online. The game would get slow and jumpy. This was only sometimes in each match. It has been getting worse though and last week the game froze and I had to use the power button to switch it off. Last night I had to stop playing as the lag was terrible and today it's getting laggy after 15 minutes.

While the console was on for few hours last night I put in PGR3 to see if I could notice any problems with that. All that happened with that was a "please connect controller" message about 5 times in a row during a race. I notice that my controller has to search for the computer regularly (the lights start flashing) even though it's right in front of it. Anyway, that's a seperate issue.

The disc isn't scratched and seems fine. My Xbox is very noisy. Not just the fan. It is constantly making a noise like a skipping disc or a 10 year old PC processer. The discs are also hot when I take them out of the console.

The problem is obviously either the console or the disc. Is there any way I can find out which one?

Cheers.

eirebhoy

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muckwarrior

Was the whole game lagging i.e. the graphics, or just the controls? Maybe you just need to charge the controller?

Riesen_Meal

Defo sounds like controls need a charging to me mate, either that or (god forbid) xbox is ****ed...

eirebhoy

Yeah it's the graphics. It's hard to explain. An example is the ball could just magically appear in another part of the pitch. The game is much slower after 3 hours of the Xbox being on.

btw - I have 2 controllers and they're battery powered.

I guess I'll have to give it another week and see how bad it gets.

muckwarrior

Well if it only starts to appear after a few hours gaming then I suppose over heating is the most logical explanation. Is your 360 well ventilated?

eirebhoy

muckwarrior wrote:

Well if it only starts to appear after a few hours gaming then I suppose over heating is the most logical explanation. Is your 360 well ventilated?

Yeah, I make sure not to put anything on top of it and it's in a pretty open space.

eirebhoy

eirebhoy wrote:

The disc isn't scratched and seems fine. My Xbox is very noisy. Not just the fan. It is constantly making a noise like a skipping disc or a 10 year old PC processer. The discs are also hot when I take them out of the console.

Could anyone tell me if this is normal or should I be only hearing a noisy fan?

It's pretty unplayable now. When I go in for a tackle in the game it's most noticeable which is strange.

smcelhinney

Any problems with any other games? Or just FIFA? When did you buy it.. ?

And more to the point, have you played me yet?

eirebhoy

I've never had problems with other games but I haven't played them in weeks. I played about 4-5 hours of FIFA in the last week. I'll get to play it a lot more in about a months time but for now I just want to find out the answer to the 2 questions (noise, heat).

muckwarrior

It's hard to tell whether the noise is normal or not (without hearing it), a 360 is pretty noisy at the best of times! The hot discs question is also difficult to answer as it's not uncommon for a disc to be warm after playing (so again it depends just how hot it is).

Oh and I also suggest you try playig some other games instead. This'll tell you whether teh problem is exclusive to Fifa or not.

eirebhoy

The noise is something that you'd probably know what I was talking about instantly if all Xbox's had it. It's not the fan, put it that way.

How do I go about applying for a repair under warranty?