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Please, please help :(

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 3:05 pm
by Welsh
Ok guys, basically my pc has stopped playing games properly....fps down to like 5 (highest it goes is 12 but is too too laggy to play!) :'( Soooo, i just wanna know, why it was working at like 40-50 FPS just 2 months ago, and now it's dropped, and how i can check/improve it etc! It's really frustrating tho, so advice please!

Graphics card is ATI Radeon X1950 PRO (AGP) I think this could be part of the problem tbh....but not sure, as im notgood with comps! It was workingfine till recently tho, and i aint done anything different to it, so pleasee help! :(

Re: Please, please help :(

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 3:29 pm
by Porky
gay porn virus :D


what have u tried doing to get it back??

Re: Please, please help :(

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:16 pm
by Sky
teamviewer+teamspeak will let us diagnose/fix it as well steal all your embarassing gay emo pics

Re: Please, please help :(

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:44 pm
by Welsh
I can be on teamspeak tonight ladss. Ive seen one potential problem....card is NOT radeon but Sapphire, got correct drivers now. But still sloww :(

Re: Please, please help :(

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:56 pm
by Sky
Sapphire is card manufacturer, Radeon is ATI family, Download correct drivers from http://www.amd.com currently v9.9
Take off side panel and check all fans are clear and working, both cpu & gpu will slow down if they're overheating.

Download TeamViewer QuickSupport from http://www.teamviewer.com/download/index.aspx
and CPU-Z & HWMonitor from http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php and http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php

then xfire me

Re: Please, please help :(

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:49 pm
by Welsh
skyyy! What was the motherboard again? Sowi, i is useless!:( Student loans thru...and parents said i can buy....sooo i need to know asap!:P

Re: Please, please help :(

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 2:26 pm
by Welsh
New plan guys. need a decent processor, motherboard, ram and graphics card. I don't want to spend over 250, but could probably spend 300quid (well,not probably, i Can.)

So help! :( :p

Re: Please, please help :(

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 4:13 pm
by Sky
try an amd phenom x3 or x4, ati 4850, 4gb ddr800 and a ati chipset board to suit your budget
ati/amd better bang per buck than intel

Re: Please, please help :(

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 4:48 pm
by Welsh
Ram

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prod ... 00C5C.html

Motherboard

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prod ... -MPRO.html

Processor

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prod ... GIBOX.html

Graphics

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prod ... 501GB.html

The mobo and processor are compatible (i thinkk!) Am i right? Aannd, am i going to need a fan? Or will the one in my PC be ok? Lol! Are these okay Sky? It works out at 340 (roughly!)

Re: Please, please help :(

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 7:04 pm
by Porky
didnt u do a post like this before u went to uni :? :p