Need help- New pc performing poorly

Nick08

Nick08

Nick08

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Hi all.

Well it has been around 2 or 3 months since i built a new pc, however i have recently started gaming on it and am encountering some problems.

When i load a game up, take CoD4 for example, i get terrible initial fps. Then after maybe 5 seconds i get a reasonable 60 fps. However- if i turn around, or enter a new room it starts crunching again, giving maybe 1 fps for about 5 seconds. As soon as it has sort of loaded if you like, it shoots back up to quite a high fps.

Games also regularly crash when i reach a loading screen.

My problem is, i have no idea what is causing it. The drivers are up to date (cat 8.3). I game at 1900 X 1200. Using windows Xp 32 bit

the system is:
E8400 @ 3 ghz
3870X2 HIS
OcUk value 1066 mhz DDR2 RAM (2GB)
samsung 320Gb HD
corsair 620W PSU

All was bought from overclockers. Could anyone help diagnose the problem?

Thanks in advance.
 
You had your E8400 at 3Ghz or 4Ghz (in your sig)? Is it stable?

How does it crash? BSOD? crash to desktop? freezes?

Might be the RAM but can't be sure. Try memtest86+ see if it comes up with any error.
 
I downclocked the CPU a while ago but there was no change. When it crashes, it simply quits to desktop straight away. This only happens when i enter a loading screen, finish a mission etc. After the crash the computer runs slowly for about 30 seconds, takes a while to just load firefox up for example.

Will google memtest, thanks for the help so far :)
 
Hmm, there are a lot of version of memtest86 it seems.

We do however have some old DDR2 memory that came with a dell computer about a year ago. Will swap to that later tonight when the pc is free and see if that helps. i think it is quite slow tho, maybe 633Mhz or something.
 
E8400 at stock has 333FSb so the minimum DDR2 you need is DDR2 667 PC5300.

The one most people use are the memtest86+ (need to burn cd image to run at boot up) or the memtest by hci design that runs in windows (can only address 1Gb max so you'll need to run 2 instances for 2Gb).
 
If not memory or ati drivers have you checked your HDD settings, made sure the settings are correct (jumbers on the drive if any, cable secure, latest chipset drivers, page file settings, not running in any sort of compatiblity mode, etc)

You problems are constent with data loading errors possibly from the disk or to the card from ram
 
I was thinking harddrive too, run HDTUNE or HDTACH to see if it shows any errors, but memtest is also a good test as others have mentioned :)

Hope you get it sorted
 
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