Hey guys, I have the feeling that my computer might not function as well as it should. I have the feeling that there is a bottleneck in my computer since it does not perform the way i feel it should. a friend of mine has a comparable cpu and a somewhat worse gfx card but still gets highers framerates in games then me (same settings ofcourse) is my Motherboard holding me back( or any other part for that matter)? Specs: MOBO: GIGABYTE EX38-DS4 (Intel X38 chipset) CPU: Intel Core2Quad Q6600 (Stock @ 2,4 GHz, 1066 MHz BUS) GFX Card: ATI RADEON HD 5850 (1024 MB GDDR5 SDRAM) Memory: 4096MB (4x 1024 MB : Corsair CM2X1024-6400c4 @ 400 MHz) Harddisk: Hitachi Sata 500 GB Also i have the latest video card drivers yes help would be appreciated. oh and by the way, its not that my PC is full or has virus/adware/malware and shit, cause a clean install didnt make any difference.
Welcome to HWF It could be caused by the speed of your RAM or hard disk. Each motherboard can give a slightly different performance, but it won't really be noticeable.
Welcome to HWF It could be caused by the speed of your RAM or hard disk. Each motherboard can give a slightly different performance, but it won't really be noticeable.
Frixion, I wonder if you can say - was yr PC like yr friends and has just recently slowed-down? First thing is to Defrag the HDD (you don't mention this), -then check it for errors - if it's about to fail it might take ages searching for a decent part to write, hence the go-slow. - - - - - then look for a virus, perhaps.