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by: BradleyOuimet November 23, 2004 7:27 PM PST

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Problems.. Gaming

by BradleyOuimet - 11/23/04 7:27 PM

Alright im really iffy on my computer cuase everyone says it should do real well, and im getting problems. I can run call of duty on high at 1024X 768, with my Amd 64 bit 2800 and 768 of ram and a geforce 5700 le with 256 of ram on the card. Now, when i play halo it runs horribley even at the lowest setting....


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Re: Problems.. Gaming

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 11/23/04 7:42 PM

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That's a respectable setup, but tell about the OS install, drivers (Microsoft won't do this for us) and how you deal with Spyware.

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Re: Problems.. Gaming

by BradleyOuimet - 11/23/04 10:11 PM

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I have updated drivers for mother board, and graphics. and Home edition xp not updated because service pack two clashes with things (i think). latest drivers for graphics. Im a freak about spyware, running spybot search and destroy, ad aware, and cleaning out disk and defragmenting everyday, plus i use firefox.


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The clue for my is your passage about SP2.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 11/24/04 4:48 AM

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I have yet to see any clash with hundreds of machines at the office.

Let me offer that we do however use AUTOSTREAMER to make a XP SP2 so we get SP2 in from the beginning.

The second clue is the constant defragmenting. That can be a sign that you must turn the drives to PIO and back to DMA. A BUG in XP shows the drive in DMA, but it is not. Here's the article -> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/IDE-DMA.mspx

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