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Here are the specs, OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 7 CPU TYPE: Intel® Core™ i5 CPU 650 @ 3.20GHz CPU SPEED: 3.22 GHz SYSTEM MEMORY: 8.51 GB VIDEO CARD MODEL: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 VIDEO CARD MEMORY: 4.25 GB VIDEO CARD DRIVER: nvd3dum.dll PRIMARY DISPLAY RESOLUTION: 1920x1080 SECONDARY DISPLAY RESOLUTION: 1680x1050 HARD DISK SIZE: 500 GB HARD DISK FREE SPACE: 99.71 GB (20%) DOWNLOAD SPEED: 7.01 MB/s (56.1 mbps) .
When I first upgraded the system I replaced the power supply and video card and it was working amazingly, I had 60+ fps on any game I played for a long time. Specific examples would be a solid 60 fps on diablo 3, skyrim and battlefield 3 all at fairly high settings. However now when I try to play any of the above games I can maybe, if I'm lucky get 60 fps on the lowest settings in 1900x1080. Skyrim is just unplayable because it will not go above 60 fps. The only major changes I have made to the system was replacing the hard drive, what happened was the system started sort of "stalling" or freezing and I remember running a diagnostic or something from start up and it said it was failing. I am not that educated when it comes to stuff like this so I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on what it could be or what I could do to find out. Here's a list of what I have tried to fix the problems:
-Factory reset, installed latest drivers same problem occurred
-Dusted out machine completely every month or so
-Eliminated all background programs
-Tried new save files on the games
I am almost certain it is something in my setup under performing, I'm just not sure what. I saw a similar problem on a different post that said it could be a problem with the hard drive but there were too many discrepancies for me to want to just go and buy a hard drive. Also the computer is about 5 or 6 years old now and, it gets a lot of use. More then I'd like to admit. Any one who can point me in the right direction is god sent, and sorry if this isn't the right section or there's an obvious answer.
When I first upgraded the system I replaced the power supply and video card and it was working amazingly, I had 60+ fps on any game I played for a long time. Specific examples would be a solid 60 fps on diablo 3, skyrim and battlefield 3 all at fairly high settings. However now when I try to play any of the above games I can maybe, if I'm lucky get 60 fps on the lowest settings in 1900x1080. Skyrim is just unplayable because it will not go above 60 fps. The only major changes I have made to the system was replacing the hard drive, what happened was the system started sort of "stalling" or freezing and I remember running a diagnostic or something from start up and it said it was failing. I am not that educated when it comes to stuff like this so I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on what it could be or what I could do to find out. Here's a list of what I have tried to fix the problems:
-Factory reset, installed latest drivers same problem occurred
-Dusted out machine completely every month or so
-Eliminated all background programs
-Tried new save files on the games
I am almost certain it is something in my setup under performing, I'm just not sure what. I saw a similar problem on a different post that said it could be a problem with the hard drive but there were too many discrepancies for me to want to just go and buy a hard drive. Also the computer is about 5 or 6 years old now and, it gets a lot of use. More then I'd like to admit. Any one who can point me in the right direction is god sent, and sorry if this isn't the right section or there's an obvious answer.
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