(I don't have much knowledge/experience with computer stuff, so bear with me)
I bought this computer with the thought that it'd be able to run games at a decent speed. From what I checked online, that is what should be the case. However, that couldn't be further from the truth. To use XCOM: Enemy Unknown as an example, it runs at 30 fps on the menu and on cutscenes, which then drops to ~20 during actual gameplay, and after a few minutes it plummets to an unplayable 5. If I try to push through it, my computer crashes, blue screen and everything. Even minimal games like Thomas Was Alone and Organ Trail have a tendency to lag, and I have no idea why. I've tried playing on really reduced setting, to no avail, and at this point, I just want to know what I need to do. My computer specs are below (I don't know if I missed anything important), so... can someone just give me an answer?
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2310 CPU @ 2.90GHz
Video Card NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
Chipset GeForce GT 520
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition Service Pack 1 (build 7601), 64-bit
I bought this computer with the thought that it'd be able to run games at a decent speed. From what I checked online, that is what should be the case. However, that couldn't be further from the truth. To use XCOM: Enemy Unknown as an example, it runs at 30 fps on the menu and on cutscenes, which then drops to ~20 during actual gameplay, and after a few minutes it plummets to an unplayable 5. If I try to push through it, my computer crashes, blue screen and everything. Even minimal games like Thomas Was Alone and Organ Trail have a tendency to lag, and I have no idea why. I've tried playing on really reduced setting, to no avail, and at this point, I just want to know what I need to do. My computer specs are below (I don't know if I missed anything important), so... can someone just give me an answer?
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2310 CPU @ 2.90GHz
Video Card NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
Chipset GeForce GT 520
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition Service Pack 1 (build 7601), 64-bit