Performance for a AMD Athlon 3200+ (Need help!)

[nick3318]

Well, im a big gamer, i recently purchased a new video card, a nvidia geforce 6800 GS.
Well, ive noticed ive been getting...sub par performance, or at least not what i expected. Well, when i launched a game that i just bought (Fable: The Lost Chapters) It said that my computer was not running fast enough for the game, and i noticed it was reading my CPU was running at only 1000 megahurtz, im curious, could this be my problem? Could something somehow be holding my computer back? Do any of you know a way to fix this if this is the case? Or if not, any ideas on what my performance problems could be?

Ive defragmented, everything, even reformatted, i still have performance.
I apologize if this is in the wrong section, i wasnt sure where to post it.

 

[The_Abyss]

Check your BIOS.

Have you got Cool n Quiet enabled? That will throttle back the CPU on the desktop, although I'm not sure it drops down to just 1 ghz.

You may need a BIOS update to get running at full speed, but with a relatively old CPU like a 3200+ I dbout you'd need to flash the BIOS to properly recognise it.

 

[nick3318]

What would i check in the bios? And im not sure what cool n quiet is.

 

[Action_Man]

Disable cool and quiet through the bios or change the power scheme in power options to anything but minimal power management.

 

[nick3318]

Also, my computer is HP manufactured, and i remember my bios being..somewhat crappy, and the bios update on the main HP site didnt help. Is there anywhere else to get a BIOS update? Or am i so screwed that i need a new motherboard? -.-

 

[Action_Man]

Follow my other advice.

 

[nick3318]

Follow my other advice.

My power scheme was already set to Energy Star.

 

[dunklegend]

I don´t know how did your speed got so low but I agree that it should be something in your bios. If you don´t know how to change all the options in the bios, you can load the default settings, and there are some bios that have a way to load optimal settings also.
Try that.

 

[sirheck]

your cpu and your video card should be able to play
the game just fine,
check your bios, go to start menu, right click my comp
and click on properties
it will tell you what your cpu is running
should be 2.0,

also what is your memory
512
1 gig?

 

[nick3318]

your cpu and your video card should be able to play
the game just fine,
check your bios, go to start menu, right click my comp
and click on properties
it will tell you what your cpu is running
should be 2.0,

also what is your memory
512
1 gig?

It says 997 MHz
And i have 1 gig of ram. Here ill take a screenshot.

 

[Action_Man]

In the control panel, power options change the power scheme.

 

[sirheck]

where it says 997mhz it should say 2.0ghz
or 1.9 ghz

go into your bios and check
your fsb and memory and every thing else

see what your multiplier is and all

 

[nick3318]

In the control panel, power options change the power scheme.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. Man. It now says 2.00 GHZ.

Seriously, thanks so much. Best forum community ever!