For some odd reason, I was just playing a game, running at a fine 60 fps, when suddenly it slows to a meager 8 fps. And not just the game has been affected. My whole system has. It no longer plays audio or video files properly, instead it’s skipping alot and making static noises everytime I try and play them. I’ve tried system restoring, Defragging, Disk cleanup, Startup alterations, Registry Cleaning, and no malware, viruses, or anything like that is there, and none of it has worked. I’m at the end of my rope, here. What do I do?
For some odd reason, I was just playing a game, running at a fine 60 fps, when suddenly it slows to a meager 8 fps. And not just the game has been affected. My whole system has. It no longer plays audio or video files properly, instead it’s skipping alot and making static noises everytime I try and play them. I’ve tried system restoring, Defragging, Disk cleanup, Startup alterations, Registry Cleaning, and no malware, viruses, or anything like that is there, and none of it has worked. I’m at the end of my rope, here. What do I do?

EDIT: I’ve only had my com for 6 months, and I haven’t really pushed it all that much. It’s a Vista, with a 3.00 GB RAM, AMD Turion X2 dual-core mobile technology RM70 (2.0 GHz, 1 MB cache), and up to 1408 MB ATI Radeon HD3200 Graphics HyperMemory. Maybe this helps some more.
EDIT: Well, I have over half my memory available, about 81.5 GBs. I’ve already done a registry cleanup, and there`s only 2 programs that start at startup. Used to be 4… Anyway, the only possible thing I think there’s left to do is reinstall Windows. Programs are slower, though. Like I said, my whole system has slowed down. Even when I download something, it`s slower, and I have high-speed internet. Even moving or copying programs to different spots is WAAAAY slower than what it used to be. A while back, I do believe this happenef to me before, but only visual effevts were affected, and not the speed of the com. I think it was cause of ‘Windows Silverlight’. So, I did a system restore, and everything went back to normal. This is different, though.

Components
Intel® Core™ 2 Quad-Core Q8300 Processor (2.5GHz, 4MB cache, 1333MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1 32 bit – English
Microsoft® Works 9 – English
1Yr Premium Warranty Support
20in S2009W WIDESCREEN UK Black (1600 x 900)
4096MB 1067 MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [4×1024]
Hard Drive 500GB Serial ATA non Raid (7200 Rpm)
512MB ATI™Radeon™ HD 4670 graphics card
16X DVD+/-RW (Read/Write DVD, CD)
Dell™ USB Entry Keyboard – UK/Irish (QWERTY)
Dell Optical Scroll USB (2 buttons scroll) DUAL TONE Mouse
Accessories
No Security/Anti-Virus Protection – English
Integrated HDA 7.1 Dolby Digital Audio
No Speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
19-in-1 Media Card Reader
Services & Software
No Accidental Damage Support
DataSafe Online Backup 2GB 1 year
Also Includes
English Documentation with UK/Irish Power Cord
D08X301
XPS Desktop 430 Order – Ireland
1 Year Premium Warranty Support
Datasafe Local 2.0 Basic
Resource DVD – (Diagnostics & Drivers)
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Components
Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 920 (2.66GHz, 8MB cache, 4.8GT/sec)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1 (64 BIT) – English
Microsoft® Works 9 – English
1Yr Premium Warranty Support
20in S2009W WIDESCREEN UK Black (1600 x 900)
4096MB (4×1024) 1067MHz DDR3 Dual Channel
500GB Serial ATA (7200RPM) Hard Drive
1GB NVIDIA® GeForce™ GT220 graphics card
16X DVD+/- RW Optical Drive (DVD & CD read and write)
Dell™ USB Entry Keyboard – UK/Irish (QWERTY)
Dell Optical Scroll USB (2 buttons scroll) DUAL TONE Mouse
Accessories
No Security/Anti-Virus Protection – English
Integrated HDA 7.1 Dolby Digital Audio
No Speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
19-in-1 Media Card Reader
Services & Software
No Accidental Damage Support
Also Includes
English Documentation with UK/IRL Power Cord
D08SX03
Studio XPS Desktop Order – Ireland
1 Year Premium Warranty Support
Datasafe Local 2.0 Basic
Resource DVD – (Diagnostics & Drivers)