computerfreakxv Posted July 14, 2005 Posted July 14, 2005 Lately I have been having a bit of a performance problem with my system Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerm Posted July 14, 2005 Posted July 14, 2005 Have you done a good maintenance on it? cleaned trash files, chkdsk, defrag, fresh install of windows, etc? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
computerfreakxv Posted July 14, 2005 Posted July 14, 2005 Yup, always keep the files all cleaned up, and I fragged the HD today, nothing worked. My first guess was I lost performance due to updating my VGA driver, you think thats possible that the newer driver might not favor that game as much? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martymcfly Posted July 14, 2005 Posted July 14, 2005 could be that, could also be corrupt chipset drivers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunak87 Posted July 14, 2005 Posted July 14, 2005 How are you doing in the temperature department? If it starts out running great, then slows down over a period of play time, it could be heat issues. Dusty fans perhaps? I fragged the HD today haha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
silkster Posted July 14, 2005 Posted July 14, 2005 Try to rollback to your previous drivers and see if it still causes you those performance issues. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerm Posted July 14, 2005 Posted July 14, 2005 What driver did you upgrade to? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
computerfreakxv Posted July 14, 2005 Posted July 14, 2005 (edited) I'll try and locate the driver that I was using when I bought the game and load it back on to see if that help, and as of heat issues there are none. Full load after hours (and sometimes days) of game play I hit a max of 52C on my VGA, and my CPU is somewhere in the mid 40's. Also, I painted my entire case black a while back and it makes dust really visible, so I completely clean it out with a air canister and alcohol wipes once a month. I update every time ATI releases another update, so right now I'm running their latest. Edited July 14, 2005 by computerfreakxv Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammin Posted July 14, 2005 Posted July 14, 2005 WoW is an online game right. So maybe it has something to do with that? It could be the game (I'm sure it gets updates quite often right?), it could be drivers.. whatever I would check out a few other games and see if you still have problems before laying the blame on the hardware. Or try and remember the drivers you were using when first installed and try them again. Obviously if you still have problems with other games and drivers, then you will want to check it out further and might eventually consider an RMA of your card or somesuch thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slugbug3311 Posted July 14, 2005 Posted July 14, 2005 Dosent FRAPS hinder performance? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
computerfreakxv Posted July 14, 2005 Posted July 14, 2005 I thought of that too, but I'm running on 2 servers, one with a high population and one with a low population and performance seems the same on both. The one problem with loading other games up and seeing how they run is that it's been so long since I have played any of my other games that I really cant remember how well they played and what settings I had them at. When I get some extra time today away from school I'm going to run 3DMark and compare scores from now with my recorded scores from then... maybe that will help be narrow down the possibilities. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerm Posted July 14, 2005 Posted July 14, 2005 So you are running the Cat 5.6 version drivers then. Try reverting back to the Cat 5.3 drivers and see if that helps. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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