Massive Frame Rate Problems

[willg]

I've had terrible frame rates for ages on my computer, I've got no help from Advent or PCworld (where I bought the pc).

Does anyone here know what might be wrong with my computer? My frame rates rarely beat 7 or 8, my pc is slow to boot, the internets slow too, and the computer often locks up.

ive done hundreds of system recoveries and its still exactly the same, ive got no spyware, 98% free memory, and absolutely nothing running in the background (only 14 processes running).

everythings configured as it should be, ive got the latest drivers for everything, there really is no other reasons I can think off.

my specs are: 1024RAM 256MB Geforce4 gfx card 80gb hard drive, 3.07 ghz intel pentium4 ht processor, windows xp sp1 and directx9a.

[Jimbo]

You tried re-formatting?

It solves all problems that ive had.

Cheers.

Jimbo

[willg]

ah well, thats was gonna be last resort, the problem is, i dont have a clue how to do it, cud ya explain it to me please?

(by the way i like ur pic of Brian Potter lol, "alrite, shut your face!!")

[eno]

Have you thought of sending it back to PCWorld and telling them to make you a proper computer, out of proper parts, rather than the cheap stuff they  put in.

I think re-formatting is your best bet......


EDIT ..... have you checked that the Hyperthreading is on?

Ctrl+alt+delete then the performance tab .... there should be two diagrams for the processor. If not then you need to get into the bios and turn HT on.

[Jimbo]

Well when you purchased your pc, was you given a system restore disk, or a windows xp disk??
I have a toshiba laptop, when i bought it, it came with a recory disk, which basically wiped and re-installed xp.

Jimbo

[Jimbo]

(by the way i like ur pic of Brian Potter lol, "alrite, shut your face!!")[/quote]

Thanks, im a big fan lol

"is this the way to amarillo........"

[congo]

Tweaking.........

256mb GF4 Graphics.......... What the heck is that?

Is it a GF4 MX440, MX420, MX460, or a GF4 TI4200, TI4400. TI4600, or what?

Please be specific including any info on the card at all.

256mb of video memory on board the card is what it looks like to me, which isn't really going to help you much.

The huge amount of ram onboard is probably slower ram than a good card with a smaller amount, but we don't know that yet do we?

What I want to know is something like this:

Leadtek Winfast A350 XT TDH, G-Force FX 5900 XT 128mb DDR

The reason is because there is a great variation in the performance of GF4 cards, some will only output the FPS you describe above, others are quite ok, at certain settings.

[willg]

whatever the card, with my spec i shouldnt be getting this kind of frame rate, nor be expected to be satisfied with frame rates like this.

anyway for your information smartass, its a nVIDIA Geforce4 FX5500

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now, thanks for helping me everyone else, I was wondering how i enable HT  then? But surely even with HT disabled/off I shouldnt be getting fps like this.

[willg]

in fact im gonna phone up a computer expert i know and ask him if i can take my pc round to him so he can reformat it.

[Jimbo]

It would be cheaper in the long run if you bought a genuin xp disk.


Jimbo

[the_autopilot]

anyway for your information smartass, its a nVIDIA Geforce4 FX5500

There is no such thing as a geforce4 fx5500.

I think you mean geforceFX 5500. The geforce4 mx series is a dx7 card and the geforce4 ti series is a dx8 card. The card you have is a dx9 card. Huge difference.

[eno]

now, thanks for helping me everyone else, I was wondering how i enable HT  then? But surely even with HT disabled/off I shouldnt be getting fps like this.

I flashed my bios earlier this month and wondered why my FPS dropped from 20-30 down to 10-15 at their worst. I hadn't realised that the HT was switched off by default. Put it on and back to normal. Now I just need a better graphics card.

[willg]

how do i enable ht?

i wud get an xp so i cud reformat myself but i dont have a clue how its done and dont want to muck anything up.

[eno]

Hit F2 during startup and before the windows logo appears ..... this should get you into your setup. That's how it is for my system ...... it may be different for yours so contact PC World and ask them, if it isn't in your system manual.

[GunnerMan]

I think the reason he wanted to know your full specs of video ard was to make shure you were not trying to run full settngs on a MX440.... and for other settings that could be causng the problems....