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My PC is inexplicably slow. [SOLVED LOCK PLZ]
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Right well I recently got another PC and continued my proud tradition of having something wrong with it.
I first noticed problems when I tried to play DoW 2 on it. The requirements on the back of the box say I need vista, a 3.2 Ghz processor or any dual core, 1.5 GB of RAM and at least a GeForce 6600 gt. My computer has vista, a dual core 2.8 GHz processor, 3 GB of ram and a GeForce 9300M GS. So I was feeling pretty confident. I did the performance test for the game on medium settings and it failed miserably, long story short with everything as low as it can go it was still failing the performance test.
I took it round to a buddy of mine and we wiped it to get all the shit and clutter that sony put on it for no other reason than to absorb runtime apparently, we updated vista, the drivers for the graphics card and reinstalled DoW 2. It still runs the game pretty poorly on minimum settings.
This is me out of ideas. I'm tearing my hair out here and am more or less resigned to returning the fucking thing and getting my money back but I thought I would try a last ditch attempt here to salvage the situation.
For the sake of my blood pressure any help would be appreciated.
I first noticed problems when I tried to play DoW 2 on it. The requirements on the back of the box say I need vista, a 3.2 Ghz processor or any dual core, 1.5 GB of RAM and at least a GeForce 6600 gt. My computer has vista, a dual core 2.8 GHz processor, 3 GB of ram and a GeForce 9300M GS. So I was feeling pretty confident. I did the performance test for the game on medium settings and it failed miserably, long story short with everything as low as it can go it was still failing the performance test.
I took it round to a buddy of mine and we wiped it to get all the shit and clutter that sony put on it for no other reason than to absorb runtime apparently, we updated vista, the drivers for the graphics card and reinstalled DoW 2. It still runs the game pretty poorly on minimum settings.
This is me out of ideas. I'm tearing my hair out here and am more or less resigned to returning the fucking thing and getting my money back but I thought I would try a last ditch attempt here to salvage the situation.
For the sake of my blood pressure any help would be appreciated.
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You can order an upgrade to 64 from Microsoft's website for like $10... but it does require a completely fresh install... so backup your stuff.
But you need 64-bit Vista to be utilizing more than 2GB total RAM anyway. A 32-bit OS can not physically recognize more than 2GB of memory.
32 Bit can do 3.5 GB
Er... yeah... that's what I meant. Ignore me.
So my efforts are hopeless then? I should just return this and get a PC with a less shitty graphics card?
Stupid me for assuming that 9300 was better than 6600. :P
Is it an on-motherboard card? That tends to be less efficient than an actual card.
It sounds like you did everything else, so that's all I can think is the problem.
Also, is it a Core 2 Duo or a Dual Core?
I didn't realize until now just how bad the card actually is. I just heard 9300 and thought that's good right?
Well since I can't open this thing up without voiding the warranty I think it's safe to say it's going back to the shop.
Thanks for the help guys this can be locked.