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Beelzejow

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I've recently switched computers and prior to this, my older (as in, 10 years older) computer could run a lot of games on low settings, but this computer, seemingly better and newer, can't seem to run the same games on low without getting 1-10 fps. I've tried everything I could think of and even though it's not that great of a computer, I should be able to play games such as: TF2, L4D2, HoN on low settings and have more FPS.

My current specs:
Windows XP 32-bit
Intel P4 3.2GHz HT
750GB HDD
Asus P5B SE motherboard
3GB DDR2 ram (unsure of the details)
9500GT 512mb card
ATX 500w PSU

Like I said, it's not much, but it's a lot better than what I previously used and I somehow have worse FPS on every game than my older computer, so I'm not sure on what's going on.

Thanks.

Okay, bit of an update:

I recently switched out the 9500GT and put in a GTX460 1GB card in, thinking it would fix my problem.

It made zero different; my FPS hasn't changed whatsoever. I really have no idea what's doing this, someone please help
 
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im actually facing the same problem. i have a GTX 660 with a thermaltake 80 bronze plus 850 watt PSU, i7-3770 3.4 Ghz, asrock Z75, 8 Gb of Ram. my system used to run games like metro LL at 60fps, but now its runs at 20-30 fps on every graphics setting. i have NO idea how this is happening since my specs are pretty good. my best bet is that it might be ur PSU or ur CPU, or ur HDD. this weekend i plan on buying new thermal paste for the CPU, a SSD, and a new power supply. this should fix my problems
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Beelzejow

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I know it's an outdated mobo, but the thing is, my system far exceeds the minimum recommended requirements for all of those games, yet I can't get beyond 10 FPS in any of them, which is why I think something else is limiting it besides the age of the system.
 
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lhaygood1983

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It's not the age of the system but the relative weakness of the components, particularly if their quality has degraded and they're not performing at their peak.

Let's take the minimum specs for HoN:

MINIMUM:
Processor - 2.8GHz Pentium 4 / 2.0GHz Core 2 / AMD 2400+ or faster
RAM - 1.5GB of RAM
Video Card - 128 MB GeForce 5 / ATI 9800 / GMA 950
OS - Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
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You're barely over the CPU requirement, and while you've got enough VRAM, your video card could be starting to go bad, overheating, etc. 3GB of RAM is double what it recommends, so if you're already using a lot of RAM just to run the OS, you're going to run into some slowdown there too.

This is on top of the fact that the "minimum" specs merely mean it will run, not that it will run at 24 or 30 fps.

You can't put in more RAM on your 32-bit OS, and your processor meets the specs, so if you can't do anything else, spend $50-$75 for a newer video card. Or just save up $400-$500 and follow one of the system builder guides on Tom's to build an entry-level gaming PC.

PS -- what resolution are you trying to play at?
 
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Beelzejow

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Card runs at 55C or under while in-game
HDD/System etc. all sit around 42C, everything seems normal.


I used the same card as I did in my previous system, yet my FPS is lower, despite having 2x more ram and a far better mobo. See where I'm getting at? I could probably use my friends' 9800GTX+ but what's the point if something else is going to limit my FPS? As I said above, my CPU isn't overheating (from what HWmonitor tells me, anyway) so I'm really confused as to what's causing this.

Running at 1280x1024, by the way.
 
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Beelzejow

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Okay, bit of an update:

I recently switched out the 9500GT and put in a GTX460 1GB card in, thinking it would fix my problem.

It made zero different; my FPS hasn't changed whatsoever. I really have no idea what's doing this, someone please help :(
 
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im actually facing the same problem. i have a GTX 660 with a thermaltake 80 bronze plus 850 watt PSU, i7-3770 3.4 Ghz, asrock Z75, 8 Gb of Ram. my system used to run games like metro LL at 60fps, but now its runs at 20-30 fps on every graphics setting. i have NO idea how this is happening since my specs are pretty good. my best bet is that it might be ur PSU or ur CPU, or ur HDD. this weekend i plan on buying new thermal paste for the CPU, a SSD, and a new power supply. this should fix my problems
 
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CPU for sure is the bottleneck. Just like he said, "the "minimum" specs merely mean it will run, not that it will run at 24 or 30 fps." You are better off saving up for an entry level gaming pc.
 
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