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Mar 20^th, 2005 at 10:53am

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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.

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Reply #1 - Mar 20^th, 2005 at 11:27am

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You tried re-formatting?

It solves all problems that ive had.

Cheers.

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Reply #2 - Mar 20^th, 2005 at 12:11pm

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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!!")

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Reply #3 - Mar 20^th, 2005 at 4:18pm

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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.

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Reply #4 - Mar 20^th, 2005 at 5:16pm

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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.

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Reply #5 - Mar 20^th, 2005 at 5:18pm

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

Thanks, im a big fan lol

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Reply #6 - Mar 21^st, 2005 at 2:20am

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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.

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Reply #7 - Mar 22^nd, 2005 at 12:43pm

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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.

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Reply #8 - Mar 22^nd, 2005 at 12:44pm

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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.

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Reply #9 - Mar 22^nd, 2005 at 4:54pm

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

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Reply #10 - Mar 23^rd, 2005 at 12:29am

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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.

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Reply #11 - Mar 23^rd, 2005 at 11:37am

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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.

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.

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Reply #12 - Mar 23^rd, 2005 at 12:43pm

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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.

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Reply #13 - Mar 23^rd, 2005 at 5:15pm

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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.

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Reply #14 - Mar 24^th, 2005 at 1:07pm

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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....

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Reply #15 - Mar 25^th, 2005 at 4:38pm

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unforunately it turns out i dont have a xp cd. Only a recovery cd, so I cant do a reformat. (unless my windows xp sp2 disc i got free in the posts enough?)

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Reply #16 - Mar 25^th, 2005 at 7:33pm

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The recovery cd can be used to refort your drive.

And no, the SP2-only cd won't work.

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Reply #17 - Mar 28^th, 2005 at 4:24am

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anyway for your information smartass, its a nVIDIA Geforce4 FX5500

Well, pop your spec into the performance chart here my knowledgeable friend.

You see now, everything is fine, you are right about where you should be. Nothing to worry about.

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Reply #18 - Mar 28^th, 2005 at 6:48pm

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Now that must be quite low settings or my ram is reallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly holding me back. 70 FRPs I don't think so, I have settings totally maxed with 4X AA and AF at 8X and we are averaging 10-20 FPS here, 30s if im not in a dense area.... those custom setts are lowww

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Reply #19 - Apr 3^rd, 2005 at 11:08am

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That ain't right then is it Gunnerman. Start over! Tongue

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Reply #20 - Apr 3^rd, 2005 at 6:39pm

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Hmm seems my RAm was th problem 30 FPS in Seattle Grin

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Reply #21 - Apr 3^rd, 2005 at 6:39pm

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Now that must be quite low settings or my ram is reallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly holding me back. 70 FRPs I don't think so, I have settings totally maxed with 4X AA and AF at 8X and we are averaging 10-20 FPS here, 30s if im not in a dense area.... those custom setts are lowww

No, those custom settings mean everything on high. Fs2004 doesn't have a generic high quality mode (like doom3's ultra or high modes), so its custom mode for fs2004. But trust me, they're very high.

It may be that your computer is different from their computer in terms of specs. The gfx may be the same, but something is different.

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Reply #22 - Apr 3^rd, 2005 at 10:58pm

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Yeah... well im happy now that I wont dip beow 20 Grin

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