possible bottleneck?

Discussion in 'General Hardware' started by Frxion, Dec 24, 2010.

  1. Frxion

    Frxion Geek Trainee

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    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.
     
  2. RHochstenbach

    RHochstenbach Administrator

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    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.
     
  3. RHochstenbach

    RHochstenbach Administrator

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    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.
     
  4. henry222

    henry222 Geek

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    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.
     

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