Why is my performance so low?

johnb554 · 05-08-2008, 04:35 AM

Hey guys, Just joined the forums. Hopefully somoene will be able to help me with the problem I have been having for a while now.

My system's real life performance, and benchmark scores are extremely low for the hardware that is in it. I dont know whats causing it, but I have tried replacing numerous things, and it has not given me any changes. I am wondering if it has anything to do with the build of vista I am using, I have done all the updates, but maybe thats not enough?
Can someone elaborate?

My system specs are:

CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ @ 3.3 ghz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 - BFG OCX Overclocked Edition
Motherboard: ASUS CROSSHAIR M2
Ram: 4x 1GB Ballistix DDR2 1066
Sound: Creative X-Fi XtemeGamer
HDD: 6x SATAII 7200RPM Drives

3dmark06 currently rates my system at around 12400 3dmarks after running all of the tests. Crysis runs at around 15-17 fps on all max settings. SOMETHING IS WRONG! lol

TMM M45T3R · 07-08-2008, 01:52 AM

What is your PSU? I heard if it isn't powerful enough it can cause performance hit- you would need quite a big one for the GTX and 6 HDD's, if it's not that then I don't know

johnb554 · 07-08-2008, 03:12 AM

The PSU I was using before was a 500 watt. I thought of the same thing and dished out 250 bucks for a 1000 watt and there is barely any change. I ditched vista and started usin XP witch helped a bit, not much, but I will also try a july 2008 release of vista x64 today.

05-08-2008, 04:35 AM	#1 (permalink) Top
johnb554 Geek Trainee Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2 Status: Offline	Why is my performance so low? Hey guys, Just joined the forums. Hopefully somoene will be able to help me with the problem I have been having for a while now. My system's real life performance, and benchmark scores are extremely low for the hardware that is in it. I dont know whats causing it, but I have tried replacing numerous things, and it has not given me any changes. I am wondering if it has anything to do with the build of vista I am using, I have done all the updates, but maybe thats not enough? Can someone elaborate? My system specs are: CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ @ 3.3 ghz GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 - BFG OCX Overclocked Edition Motherboard: ASUS CROSSHAIR M2 Ram: 4x 1GB Ballistix DDR2 1066 Sound: Creative X-Fi XtemeGamer HDD: 6x SATAII 7200RPM Drives 3dmark06 currently rates my system at around 12400 3dmarks after running all of the tests. Crysis runs at around 15-17 fps on all max settings. SOMETHING IS WRONG! lol

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07-08-2008, 01:52 AM	#2 (permalink) Top
TMM M45T3R Geek Trainee Join Date: Apr 2007 Age: 20 Male Posts: 41 Status: Offline My Computer	What is your PSU? I heard if it isn't powerful enough it can cause performance hit- you would need quite a big one for the GTX and 6 HDD's, if it's not that then I don't know

07-08-2008, 03:12 AM	#3 (permalink) Top
johnb554 Geek Trainee Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2 Status: Offline	The PSU I was using before was a 500 watt. I thought of the same thing and dished out 250 bucks for a 1000 watt and there is barely any change. I ditched vista and started usin XP witch helped a bit, not much, but I will also try a july 2008 release of vista x64 today.

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