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Dec 31^st, 2004 at 12:24pm

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I am having Massive computer slow downs..... my system specs are in my signature. For some reason Sim City 4 is getting Laggy BAD, and I run Norton antivirus every 3 days, spyware scans every 2 days or so and defrag a lot...... and still a slow computer. Does anyone know how I can fix this? I just Restored windows XP for the 3rd time. That seemed to make to worse. Also FS2k4 gets choppy even when I run high frame rates, Cheers, Gunny

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Reply #1 - Dec 31^st, 2004 at 1:21pm

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I would say it's your graphics, 64 meg just don't cut it these days, intergrated graphics are especially slow, other than that your machine seems pretty good.
Sim City 4 takes a lot of graphic power once your cities start booming, do yourself a favor and get at least a 128mb card and I would go 256 if you can swing it.

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Reply #2 - Dec 31^st, 2004 at 1:45pm

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I'd also run an external antivirus check as Norton is notorious for missing stuff. Try the following.

Housecall

It takes time but it's worth it for peace of mind. It's also free.

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Reply #3 - Dec 31^st, 2004 at 2:04pm

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I was thinking of a 5900 or 5950.... Maybe if I get lucky a 6800..... I know a 6800 would be perfect But I dont plan on keeping this comp for gaming for long, 8 months max prolly... after this its my dads to screw around with so I need something, but probably not the absolute best! Cheers, Gunny

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Reply #4 - Jan 1^st, 2005 at 2:18am

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Would it be JUST the graphics? or could it be something else, I doubt I have a virus, Though everytime I shut down windows forces something to turn off :/.... well if anyone has an Idea I'd be happy to know!!!!!!! Cheers, Gunny also heres a laugh for you guys, I got 7145 on a 3d benchmark (2000)! Sad

well its life with a MX 4 integrated that is defintatly going!

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Reply #5 - Jan 1^st, 2005 at 2:31am

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Its most likely to be the gfx card bottlenecking the system. Even a regular AGP geforce 4 mx would greatly increase performence.

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Reply #6 - Jan 1^st, 2005 at 12:54pm

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Yea, Just used the scanner recomended.... found 5 things! Deleted them and now my comp restarts peacfully, Adaware runs again and everything runs smoother. I just need to replace the graphics card Grin

Thanks for the help, Cheers, Gunny

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Reply #7 - Jan 1^st, 2005 at 2:02pm

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Gunny I would go for a 9800pro or 9800XT rather than a 5950 or the like.

Even better go for a 6600GT which go for the same price but are better still.

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Reply #8 - Jan 1^st, 2005 at 2:11pm

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Hmmmmm, money is going to be a huge problemish factor..... I have seen 6600s on Ebay for cheap but they are only PCI-E.......... the AGP seem about 170 to 200+ But I dunno what my limit is as of yet.... I prefer nvidia. Cheers, Gunny

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Reply #9 - Jan 1^st, 2005 at 3:38pm

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http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/copy_of_6600_GT.html

Top one. This week only about £145 I think inc VAT.

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Reply #10 - Jan 1^st, 2005 at 9:00pm

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Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am in US though.... that could cause problems but for 170USD You cant beat it! Roll Eyes

I'll look into this a bit further, Cheers, Michael "Gunny04"

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