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Offline Oogly50

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I need some computer help
« on: May 10, 2009, 11:08:22 AM »
I recently downloaded warhammer online but my computer is painfully slow.  I know its not my internet connection because even in the menu, the framerate is extremely low.

I updated my video driver but that only worked a little bit.  I think I just need a new graphics card.  However, when I play guild wars (A much more graphically demanding game IMO) my computer runs like a charm. 

So whats up? 
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Re: I need some computer help
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2009, 11:41:07 AM »
Whats your memory, processor, OS?
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Re: I need some computer help
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2009, 11:41:43 AM »
How do I check those...

Sorry, I'm not computer smart by any means. 
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Re: I need some computer help
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2009, 11:44:28 AM »
XP or Vista?
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Re: I need some computer help
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2009, 11:48:05 AM »
2048 MB of memory, processor is AMD Athlon 64X2 Dual-Core Processor 5000+, Windows Vista. 

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Re: I need some computer help
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2009, 11:52:08 AM »
Quote from: Oogly50 on May 10, 2009, 11:48:05 AM
500gb of memory, processor is AMD Athlon 64X2 Dual-Core Processor 5000+, Windows Vista. 



I think you gave your hard drive size. Memory would be RAM, which would be more like 1 gig.
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Re: I need some computer help
« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2009, 11:53:59 AM »
Oh, my mistake.  2048GB of memory is what it says. Fixed
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Re: I need some computer help
« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2009, 12:26:36 PM »
I have the same PC, but with XP.  How many processes do you have running?
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Re: I need some computer help
« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2009, 12:35:05 PM »
Quote from: Rich46yo on May 10, 2009, 11:52:08 AM
I think you gave your hard drive size. Memory would be RAM, which would be more like 1 gig.

2048 MB is 2 Gig  :aok
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Re: I need some computer help
« Reply #9 on: May 10, 2009, 12:37:04 PM »
Quote from: Oogly50 on May 10, 2009, 11:53:59 AM
Oh, my mistake.  2048GB of memory is what it says. Fixed

2048GB is 2 terabytes.....I'm thinking you don't have that much memory....HD maybe.
You probably have 2 gig of memory
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Re: I need some computer help
« Reply #10 on: May 10, 2009, 02:07:27 PM »
Quote from: USRanger on May 10, 2009, 12:26:36 PM
I have the same PC, but with XP.  How many processes do you have running?

At this exact moment, with nothing but Firefox open, 81... all of which do absolutely nothing... I think.  The only ones actually using CPU are dwm.exe, firefox.exe, and task manager.

Want me to delete some? 

<<Edit>> I deleted all the ones I thought I didn't need... luckily I dont think I messed anything up... The ones I have left are csrss.exe, dwm.exe,explorer.exe(which I learned the hard way never to delete),firefox.exe, rundll32.exe, schtasks.exe, taskeng.exe, taskmgr.exe, winlogon.exe

Those are the ones that are showing, but I still have 58 processes up... with only 9 visible. 
Still no noticeable difference. 
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Re: I need some computer help
« Reply #11 on: May 10, 2009, 03:08:14 PM »
58 is still a lot of processes. Granted its vista.

But in XP I typically get to low 20's before I consider myself set and ready to fly.
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Re: I need some computer help
« Reply #12 on: May 10, 2009, 03:13:05 PM »
What is your video card?
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Re: I need some computer help
« Reply #13 on: May 10, 2009, 04:12:37 PM »
My video card is NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE...
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Re: I need some computer help
« Reply #14 on: May 10, 2009, 04:15:29 PM »
Quote from: Oogly50 on May 10, 2009, 04:12:37 PM
My video card is NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE...

On-board video?
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