Hey, I built my computer a few month back, my specs are: Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L iG31 Socket 775 Onboard VGA 6 channel audio mATX Motherboard MSI 8600GTS Heatpipe Edition 256MB DVI HDTV PCI-E Graphics Card Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Socket 775 (3.0GHz) 1333FSB 6MB L2 Cache OCZ 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 CL 4-4-4-15 PLATINUM XTC Arctic Cooling AC-FRZ-7P Freezer 7 Pro Socket 775 Processor Cooler That should run games fine, especially something like call of duty 5 with not very high settings, but it doesn't, it ends up lagging like crazy, to the point where the game becomes difficult to play. Does anyone have any suggestions as to why its so slow? Thanks, ethangk
How old is this PC? Any chances of spyware/malware? Coz i had this infostealer.gampass virus on my PC and i cudnt even play FIFA08 on a PC extremely similiar to yours... other than that..is your power supply sufficient? are your components getting enough power or are you using the cheap come-with-case PSU?
Its pretty new, from about November ish. True, it did run faster when it was a fresh install but I was attempting to play these games on a near-fresh install. The PSU is only 350w, but I chose energy efficient components, and everything runs fine and registers ok. Is there a possibility of some of the components not running properly due to lack of power, because in my experience, the computer just dies if there is not enough power.
it just dont die..ur components give lesser performance especially in case of graphic card.. btw what amperage on the 12v rails and how many 12v rails? if possible..can u do a fresh instal of ur OS..format everything..and try the games..see if problem persists.. also did u update any drivers recently? if so..try rolling back to previous driver
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I see what your saying, although I am not using a high powered PSU, im not using the stock one either, instead using the 350W, which claims to be about 80% efficient, and seems to be near silent. I have a feeling that isnt the problem.
your games are not running that well because your Gpu is low end. Turn the res as low as it goes, all aa and af off, and all settings to the lowest they will go and see what happens mate...
^how can you disagree with that... what would you possible consider low end then, and what would you consider high end lol.
thats a medium level GPU buddy..on that you can play CoD 5 with at full high specs without the slightest of problems
^lol you did not answer my question. What would you consider low end then? gtx 295 and gtx 285, 4890 ect = high end 4850, 4870,gtx 260, gtx 276 ect= mid 8600, 9400gt, 9500gt ect = low end. you can't consider 6 year old tech low end, it is to far a time distance. If you did that then you could consider a 7600gt a mid level card if you consider what it was better then back then. also, that gpu could play cod5 with everything on low setting no aa and no af. Again, a 7600gt could do that as well. anyway, your just defending your general card area. That is considered low end in the fast moving computer hardware environment. Heck in 2 years a gtx 295 may be considered low end.
