• My computer runs most new games slower then it should
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I have always considered my PC high end. It has aged a bit now, but I certainly don't consider it a slow poke. Yet I am having trouble running games which my computer should be able to blow out of the water, such as Call of Duty: World at War and Risen. I can hardly get these games to run in a lag-fest state on utter minimum, yet I easily surpass all minimum requirements. I have 2gb of DDR2 600 ram. I have an AMD 5800+ dual core 2.9ghz processor, and I'm running an 8600GTS with 256mb of onboard DDR3. I have a high wattage power supply. Yet my computer drags along with most modern games. My background CPU usage is <5%. I have no crapware or viruses. Any ideas? I realize my computer is no longer cutting edge, but it should be able to run games such as this easily on low settings. I can convert videos at high speed, premiere and photoshop run like a dream, and I never have issues compiling things quickly, ranging from maps to programs. System requirements lab says my computer should blow all these games out of the water, yet it doesn't.
System Lab Requirements is not very reliable.Your processor is aged,as well as your video card which sucks.
[url]http://www.finallyfast.com[/url] But really, what's your hard drive free space?
[QUOTE=Hypershadsy;17684026][url]http://www.finallyfast.com[/url] But really, what's your hard drive free space?[/QUOTE] o god i hate those commercials. they all use IE.
700gbs free or so. I installed a 1tb drive recently. Also explain to me how 2.9ghz dual core sucks? Even the hottest i7's are only around 3.4ghz, and while quad-core, most applications, especially games, won't use more then 2 cores if even.
Intel and AMD processors don't go by the same Ghz.
[QUOTE=blaze_r20;17684549]700gbs free or so. I installed a 1tb drive recently. Also explain to me how 2.9ghz dual core sucks? Even the hottest i7's are only around 3.4ghz, and while quad-core, most applications, especially games, won't use more then 2 cores if even.[/QUOTE] it USES the 4 cores, just it uses two better than others. its not like 2 sit there doing nothing.
[QUOTE=BananasGoMoo;17684130]commercials[/QUOTE][QUOTE=BananasGoMoo;17684130]IE.[/QUOTE] And here I thought macs used safari
[QUOTE=TheMadness;17685150]And here I thought macs used safari[/QUOTE] I'm not sure what OS they use, they have a mac monitor/keyboard but the "finally fast program" is made for windows only.
[QUOTE=Yumyumbublegum;17685230]I'm not sure what OS they use, they have a mac monitor/keyboard but the "finally fast program" is made for windows only.[/QUOTE] Lol guess the director forgot to catch that! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YytKJOhyyrA[/media] The guy at the beginning. :laugh: Also I wonder how many of the "issues" are made up to try and encourage you to "fix" your PC through their service...
That game looks like the one you make in one of the gamemaker tutorials.
Not a good GPU, tbh, even a 4670 is better.
[QUOTE=Zerg_humper;17687366]Lol guess the director forgot to catch that! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YytKJOhyyrA[/media] The guy at the beginning. :laugh: Also I wonder how many of the "issues" are made up to try and encourage you to "fix" your PC through their service...[/QUOTE] I cracked up when that person bluescreened. I thought bluescreens happen when there are fatal errors, not when your computer slows to a halt.
[QUOTE=Zerg_humper;17687366]Lol guess the director forgot to catch that! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YytKJOhyyrA[/media] [/QUOTE] Get a speedhack you dolt.
[QUOTE=Yumyumbublegum;17685230]I'm not sure what OS they use, they have a mac monitor/keyboard but the "finally fast program" is made for windows only.[/QUOTE] I was more on about the thing where windows cannot exist in media in any form I saw a fucking Dell with some mac OS on it in an ad once. A Dell from like 10 years ago. I facepalmed hard
[QUOTE=abcpea;17687675]That game looks like the one you make in one of the gamemaker tutorials.[/QUOTE] Not even that. It is included with the download.
[QUOTE=blaze_r20;17684549] Also explain to me how 2.9ghz dual core sucks? Even the hottest i7's are only around 3.4ghz, and while quad-core, most applications, especially games, won't use more then 2 cores if even.[/QUOTE] Cache memory
I would not have said it was high end, medium to low if were talking gaming.
There's definitely something wrong. I can get medium on World at War with 1.6GHz dual core proc, 2GB DDR2 RAM, ATI X1300. My computer is liquid ass and I happily run just about any game out, still. [editline]09:41AM[/editline] Also, I have Vista. [editline]09:41AM[/editline] I posted this just so no one says that your computer sucks. So there.
[QUOTE=blaze_r20;17683917]I have always considered my PC high end.[/QUOTE] :v:
Your CPU is OK, your GPU isn't.
Dude, an 8600GTS isn't high-end. Having said that, you shouldn't get as much [b]FRAMEDROP[/b] as you claim to get, even on minimum settings.
[QUOTE=blaze_r20;17684549]700gbs free or so. I installed a 1tb drive recently. Also explain to me how 2.9ghz dual core sucks? Even the hottest i7's are only around 3.4ghz, and while quad-core, most applications, especially games, won't use more then 2 cores if even.[/QUOTE] An E8400 is a dual 3.0ghz. Lets look at a benchmarks. [url]http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/desktop-cpu-charts-q3-2008/Unreal-Tournament-3-1680x1050,819.html[/url] E8400 gets 126.5 fps. 6000+ gets 88.6 fps. Clock speed means next to nothing these days. You can only look at benchmarks and see what is best. Architecture, cache size etc. all play a role in performance. The 5800+ is acceptable as an average desktop CPU and will do fine in most new games paired with a good video card, for example I ran crysis on high at 1280x1024 when I had a 5000+ and an 8800GT. However your video card is shit. [quote]I can convert videos at high speed, premiere and photoshop run like a dream, and I never have issues compiling things quickly, ranging from maps to programs.[/quote] That just says it all. It's obviously the video card. The 8600GT is about the same speed as a 7900GT, the 7900GT was released mid 2006.
[QUOTE=Leintharien;17688129]I cracked up when that person bluescreened. I thought bluescreens happen when there are fatal errors, not when your computer slows to a halt.[/QUOTE] BSODs also don't happen on Macs.
[QUOTE=TheMadness;17688876]I was more on about the thing where windows cannot exist in media in any form[/QUOTE] See Modern Warfare? Every computer screen shows XP.
Every time I've seen MW2 it's been on 360s
You can install windows on an I mac, what's wrong with you people? iMacs have intels in them . I personally almost did in high school but halted the install because I would have just been banned from useing them.
[QUOTE=TheMadness;17714693]Every time I've seen MW2 it's been on 360s[/QUOTE] Oops I edited. I meant the first one.
[QUOTE=Blarg190;17714844]You can install windows on an I mac, what's wrong with you people? iMacs have intels in them . I personally almost did in high school but halted the install because I would have just been banned from useing them.[/QUOTE] What does that have to do with anything.
[QUOTE=Blarg190;17714844]You can install windows on an I mac, what's wrong with you people? iMacs have intels in them . I personally almost did in high school but halted the install because I would have just been banned from useing them.[/QUOTE] Macs are PCs A mac is a personal computer there is p much no difference
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