Hello,
My little brother recently built his own simple gaming rig, with the following components:
Nvidia GeForce GT 240 1024m DDR3
AMD Phenom IIx2
2g DDR3 ram
Windows XP 32 bit
450w power supply
Now the problem he's having is that any game he plays, be it tf2, Killing floor, even things like simple flash games on the internet, occasionally the frame-rate will drop to -10 FPS. We've tried anything that comes to mind, conducting virus scans, cleaning up processes, and whatever else may be causing it, but the problem persists. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
EDIT:
Thank you for all the information, everyone! I would like to add though, we have considered the possibility of the outdated OS bogging it down, and we plan on upgrading to Windows 7 64 bit. Another thing, in any game the computer runs, even things like Dead Space, the framerate usually stays above ~80 FPS on mid-high settings. We have also taken shortage of ram into account. The hard-drive is a 7,200 RPM, 1TB drive and fares nicely. After checking, it seems that all the drivers are still up to date.
Whenever it happens, it seems to be framerate only, but maybe it could be CPU.
My little brother recently built his own simple gaming rig, with the following components:
Nvidia GeForce GT 240 1024m DDR3
AMD Phenom IIx2
2g DDR3 ram
Windows XP 32 bit
450w power supply
Now the problem he's having is that any game he plays, be it tf2, Killing floor, even things like simple flash games on the internet, occasionally the frame-rate will drop to -10 FPS. We've tried anything that comes to mind, conducting virus scans, cleaning up processes, and whatever else may be causing it, but the problem persists. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
EDIT:
Thank you for all the information, everyone! I would like to add though, we have considered the possibility of the outdated OS bogging it down, and we plan on upgrading to Windows 7 64 bit. Another thing, in any game the computer runs, even things like Dead Space, the framerate usually stays above ~80 FPS on mid-high settings. We have also taken shortage of ram into account. The hard-drive is a 7,200 RPM, 1TB drive and fares nicely. After checking, it seems that all the drivers are still up to date.
Whenever it happens, it seems to be framerate only, but maybe it could be CPU.