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KarmaPeltry

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I would consider my computer to be good enough to run any game at high setting but it does not, it struggles at 10-20 fps. I'v tried with multiple games (Far cry3, fallout3 and fallout:NV) and it's still laggy even at lowest settings. Any advice would be appreciated.

Computer specs:
Processor AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1055T Processor, 2800 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 6 Logical Processor(s)
8gb kingston ram
gtx550 ti
Antec VP550P 550W Power Supply Unit
Mother ASRock N68-GS3 UCC
 
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Based on this, you should be getting much better performance (at least on Fallout games - I played them smoothly on an old 8800gtx and a 6770 with a 2.66 dual core):
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-550-ti-gf116-radeon-hd-5770,2892-4.html
The only thing I can see is that the CPU in the tests is an overclocked 2500K which is several steps above a 1055T. Still, shouldn't be that big of a gap. Have you checked the CPU and GPU temps while gaming?
 
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Seems to be close to the max CPU temp you should run at based on:
http://www.overclock.net/t/1076548/max-temp-1055t/10
But that shouldn't be enough to seriously throttle it.

Can use OCCT or GPU-Z to check your GPU temperatures. Do you regularly use compressed air to clean out the CPU, GPU, and PSU fans/heatsinks? May be part of the problem.

Drivers are another thing to consider. Are the chipset and GPU drivers up to date? Have you recently switched to nVidia from AMD? Might look at downloading driversweeper (free), uninstalling nvidia drivers, rebooting into safe mode, running driver sweeper, then rebooting and installing the latest from nvidia.

 
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While 10-20 FPS definitely is lower than it should be, your computer is NOT good enough to play any game at high settings. You need about 4x more GPU power than you currently have to pull that off. It should, however, get you at least playable framerates (provided you don't mind dips into the low 20s or upper teens) in medium-high in most games.

The first thing I'd do is update your drivers. Chances are that will get things working well again.
 
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60c is about 30 degrees shy of where you'll encounter any kind of reaction to the temperature. Definitely not throttling, not even a little. CPU overheating isn't going to cause games to slow down anyway, it will just crash your computer. Games slow down when the GPU throttles, not the CPU.
 
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I'v installed new drivers and there's not a noticeable difference, far cry ran at 12fps so I lowered the settings to low and it runs smoothly. I'll just deal with it until I get a better computer. Thanks for all the help anyway!
 
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