Preformance drop recently

[Reaperman]

ok, heres the deal, at some point in the recent past, my computer could run Battlefield:Vietnam (the most graphicly advanced game i own) at a constant 60 FPS, down to 50 in heavy action.

Now then, when i came back from a vacation, my computer is having a problem even running Half-life well, i only get 30-40 FPS, and Vietnam dropped to less then 10 FPS

i dont know much about techie crap, so im posting here, if you need more info then what i put below, then tell me how to get it.

my specs: (as far as i know)
AMD Athlon XP 2800+
2.09 GhZ
1GB DDR Ram

 

[Bio]

that`s odd what about your video card, try re-install the drivers.

 

[Razak]

scan for spyware using spybot.

then defrag your HD.

Scan for viruses

Make sure there isnt many programs running in your system tray. If that doesnt work then i dont know.

 

[Reaperman]

video card: 256MB powercolor Radeon 9600 pro

ill do that other stuff now

 

[Direwolf]

On an odd chance: did the temperature in the room rise between you going and coming back?

 

[ailevation]

:hmph: Exactly, the hot seaons are a bitch for computers. I live in So Cali so it gets HOT, in Winter my CPU Idles around 28 C and load at around 39 C. But not in the spring time my CPU idles at around 35 C and load at 50 C.

I own a 2.8C, yeah I also experience FPS drops on my 9800 Pro, about -5 FPS. I'm not going to turn on air conditioning just to cool things down a bit, even when I myself isn't even hot, so yeah :dozey: .

 

[gh0st]

yeah mine normally idles at around 28-32, now its idling at 40

 

[Reaperman]

:-p the rest of the computer died, so i did a complete reload, and i was having the same problem...

installing new catlyst drivers fixed the problem, you can close the topic now...