Strange frame change

Tyleal

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Jul 5, 2014
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Today I went to boot up Tombraider, I got in game and noticed that my frames were incredibly sub-par to the standard. I thought nothing of it until I went into different games and all of them had lower frames. The night before my computer shut itself down, so that may have something to do with it. I tried a system restore to a day or so before and it failed (I tried 3 times). I've had this computer for 3 years or so....Any ideas?

SYSTEM SPECS:
Model: Pavilion p7-1003w
Rating: 7.2 Windows Experience Index
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 650 Processor 3.20GHz
Installed memory (RAM): 8,00 GB
System type: 64-bit Operating System
GPU: Radeon HD 6770

So I did what you asked and the average temperature during high GPU intensive scenes is around 65-70. I opened my system up and cleaned some dust from it and when I booted it back up, it started working again. I have no clue if that was the from the dust or not but the frames have increased to where the were before. Thank you so much, but I will keep you informed if it reverts back to the low frames again.
 
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Slow frame rates could be for several reasons. 2 of the main reasons is out dated drivers and heat. First and foremost make sure your your GPU has the latest drivers. Be sure to uninstall the old drivers, in safe mode preferably, before installing the newest ones. As for heat, open up your case, boot up, start a game and make sure your GPU fan is spinning up. Also make sure the other case fans are spinning up. If they are, make sure the components in the case aren't covered in dust. You would be amazed how dusty a pc can get and how quickly it gets dusty. If it us dusty, take a can of compressed air to it. Hold the fans still while you use the air so you dont wind up damaging the fan bearings. Good luck and let us know what...

thunderdan602

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Sep 9, 2013
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Slow frame rates could be for several reasons. 2 of the main reasons is out dated drivers and heat. First and foremost make sure your your GPU has the latest drivers. Be sure to uninstall the old drivers, in safe mode preferably, before installing the newest ones. As for heat, open up your case, boot up, start a game and make sure your GPU fan is spinning up. Also make sure the other case fans are spinning up. If they are, make sure the components in the case aren't covered in dust. You would be amazed how dusty a pc can get and how quickly it gets dusty. If it us dusty, take a can of compressed air to it. Hold the fans still while you use the air so you dont wind up damaging the fan bearings. Good luck and let us know what you find out.
 
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