Hi there. Using the net and answers from the Yahoo community, i’ve now got a perfectly formatted PC running XP Pro.
It’s got an;
300GB SATA HD (for XP and progs) (defragged all good)
1TB SAMSUNG SATA HD (for storage)
Intel Core 2 CPU 6600@ 2.4ghz (2 CPU’s)
Gigabyte motherboard 965P DS3P
4GB of Ram
SB Live 24bit (yeah, it’s crap i know, but sound makes me sad)
NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800GTS 640mb
So everything should be hunky dory right? Time to play ma games right?
Wrong
this piece of crap can’t run my cool games properly, i mean, even OBLIVION stutters.
Call of Duty 4? 5 frames per second buddy.
In the meantime i’ve been playing freaking KOTOR, great game btw, but 5 years old!
so theres a problem, my awesome computer, runs like crap.
So my friends, help me before i just go out to the couch and turn on the PS3 and put my finger up at PC gaming forever.
i’d love if someone can point me in the direction of some diagnostics/benchmarking software so i can find the evil bottleneck! THANKS
by the way, i’d appreciate it if you could star me so i get mooooore lurve!
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Filed under: Computer Diagnostic Software
1: Get the latest bios update for your motherboard, also get the latest drivers for the chipset etc..
2: Get the latest drivers for your Video Card.
3: It could be the ram, verify if the ram installed has issues with your motherboard.
4: Check the temperature of your CPU/MB
5: Make sure your setting are at default for your FSB and voltages are at default.
6: Don’t overclock, leave the setting at default and test if you get the same results .
7: Check with Benchmark tool Futuremark 3DMARK and compare notes with other people on the net, if the program freezes it could be an overheating issue.
8:Remove ram and try the game again, it could be that one stick of ram has problems, use memtest to see if there is any problems with your ram.