I had the following system:
3.2 ghz northwood p4
2x 512 mb pc3200 dual channel ram sticks
ati radeon 9800 pro
asus p4s800d-e Deluxe
I'm just wondering, I have a friend that has the same specs with the exception of a 3.0ghz p4. We both play WoW among other games. The problem is that his WoW moves incredibly well, while mine ran like crap. I'm running minimum settings while he isn't. It doesn't make sense. CoD2 ran like crap too... while other games ran pretty well.
I recently upgraded to a eVGA GEFORCE 7800GS and it STILL runs like crap. Actually it runs as bad as when i had my radeon. I took careful steps to remove the ATI drivers using Driver Cleaner cause i learned from experience that brand swaps usually give you worse performance output if you only do a standard uninstall... I'm still running on minimum settings on both CoD2 and WoW.
My friends suggested i reformat. I haven't reformatted in forever. Could this cause slowdown? Another thing: could it be the ram that is faulty? Is there anything else that could be giving slowdowns? Please let me know, I'm incredibly frustrated and I simply do not have the cash for a new PCI-E right now...
3.2 ghz northwood p4
2x 512 mb pc3200 dual channel ram sticks
ati radeon 9800 pro
asus p4s800d-e Deluxe
I'm just wondering, I have a friend that has the same specs with the exception of a 3.0ghz p4. We both play WoW among other games. The problem is that his WoW moves incredibly well, while mine ran like crap. I'm running minimum settings while he isn't. It doesn't make sense. CoD2 ran like crap too... while other games ran pretty well.
I recently upgraded to a eVGA GEFORCE 7800GS and it STILL runs like crap. Actually it runs as bad as when i had my radeon. I took careful steps to remove the ATI drivers using Driver Cleaner cause i learned from experience that brand swaps usually give you worse performance output if you only do a standard uninstall... I'm still running on minimum settings on both CoD2 and WoW.
My friends suggested i reformat. I haven't reformatted in forever. Could this cause slowdown? Another thing: could it be the ram that is faulty? Is there anything else that could be giving slowdowns? Please let me know, I'm incredibly frustrated and I simply do not have the cash for a new PCI-E right now...