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DunklenEins

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Hi everyone,

I enjoy my gaming, and I've been able to run most games at a desirably high graphics setting, pretty much all the time, but recently I've been running into a lot of FPS hitching, it runs at a good rate, then will freeze for five-ten seconds before going back to previous rate, and I'm pretty sure it's due to the CPU. One these notable games is Planetside 2. For example it will be running high textures just fine, and then say a high amount of explosions happen and everything locks up for a second, but it won't do it for a while after that. It almost seems like it takes it a while to process something the first time, but then after that it will run fine for a while.

I've got a budget of between $50-$100, and I'm willing to buy what I might need to get the performance back to normal levels, not extremely high, just playable. I've retyped all the important information I can think of for the DxDiag results:

Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Direct X Version: DirectX 11
Display Name: AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
Chip Type: AMD Radeon Graphics Processor
Approx. Total Memory: 2798mb

If any more information is needed to help solve the issue, I'll gladly submit it. Thank you in advance for any help received.
 
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coozie7
Sounds like the system could do with a bit of a clean out: http://www.wikihow.com/Speed-Up-a-Slow-Windows-Computer-for-Free (follow the advice, don't click on the download, a lot of these 'apps' are, at best poor and many come loaded with unwanted stuff or even malware/virus code.)
Also here: http://www.which.co.uk/technology/computing/guides/speed-up-a-slow-computer/how-do-i-speed-up-my-computer/
Notes:
If you haven't already got some installed, install anti-virus and anti malware software and run both to get rid of any infections before you start the cleanup.
Do the defragment last, or it'll just need to be done again once you've finished uninstalling/deleting/moving stuff on the HDD.
The second link mentions Ccleaner, download it...
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DunklenEins

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Hmm, alright. What about a new CPU? Because I can really feel my comp struggling to function sometimes, opening up a new tab will freeze the monitor for a few seconds, general slowness all around. Any fix for that?
 
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I don't know what HD 7700 series card you have now, but if it is less powerful than the HD 7770 one, you could run mid settings at 1080p with this slightly OC'ed one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121632
If you game at a lower resolution, you can increase settings accordingly. For gaming the card will make all the difference. But I'm only guessing because you never told me what HD 7700 card you had. Or if you had a PSU that was capable of running it.
 
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Sounds like the system could do with a bit of a clean out: http://www.wikihow.com/Speed-Up-a-Slow-Windows-Computer-for-Free (follow the advice, don't click on the download, a lot of these 'apps' are, at best poor and many come loaded with unwanted stuff or even malware/virus code.)
Also here: http://www.which.co.uk/technology/computing/guides/speed-up-a-slow-computer/how-do-i-speed-up-my-computer/
Notes:
If you haven't already got some installed, install anti-virus and anti malware software and run both to get rid of any infections before you start the cleanup.
Do the defragment last, or it'll just need to be done again once you've finished uninstalling/deleting/moving stuff on the HDD.
The second link mentions Ccleaner, download it directly from the Piriform website, nowhere else, like a lot of good freebies there is plenty of other sites carrying it, and their downloads are often riddled with nasties.
I like Ccleaner, run it every time you log off the 'net or before you shut the system down.
 
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