matthyewclarke99
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Hello All
First off all. I have made the assumption that this is a CPU problem.
Recently I have been having unusual performance issues with my PC so im hoping someone with some technical knowhow could aid me please.
Firstly let me explain what’s going wrong. In the past my PC, while not being the best PC in the world, has been dead smooth running games (yes I only use it for games music and movies) such as world of warcraft (which is what I spend most of the time on) and even the notorious Crysis (on high settings). This was the case up to about 2-3 months back. The pc slowed right down and began running very slow and the CPU usage would spike randomly from about 50% right up to 98% for no apparent reason. This has now created a stuttering in games which, as you can imagine, ruins the fun. Reducing graphics to low has not resolved this.
So, at this stage I assumed it might be spyware, virus or something similar. A multitude of scanners picked up nothing but windows was running an unusually high amount of process. After scanning failed to produce any results, I decided it was time to reformat completely. I formatted and installed windows 7 (genuine). Naturally, I updated the drivers for all the hardware and they are now windows 7 64bit compatible.
This produced some results. The PC booted far quicker with runs almost 50% less process. But, as soon as I start to put the system under any pressure, I get the same problem that I had before.
The next step was to check temperature and any dust build up. I stripped the PC right down and sure enough it was dusty. I got rid of the dust (there was a lot on the CPU fan), re built it fired up windows and all was smooth until I began gaming (exactly the same problem). Having checked the temperatures the CPU runs at 43-53c and the GPU is running at 50c. Motherboard is also pretty cool and the ram is also not overheating as it has its own cooling unit.
So I have come to a dead end. Its not temp, dust or spyware. Can anyone suggest any more steps to resolve this? Or is it time for the old girl to go in the bin
Spec of the PC is:
Core 2 Duo 2.66 (no over clocking)
4gb corsair ram, cooled. (unsure of speed)
Nvidia GTX 260 gpu (mild over clocking)
OS – windows 7 ultimate 64bit
A few more points that might help – NIC is running smooth so no probs here, its defiantly the CPU spiking
Windows seems to only pick up 3.2 of my 4gb even on a 64bit os
Paging is set to the recommended 4798mb with a max of 5gb (again the ram runs smooth at about 60% on crysis)
The PC is custom built but the CPU was installed professionally (as mentioned, this is a recent problem, not one I have had since purchase)
Internet Connection is 13gb with a 24ms ping so I don’t think the problem is here.
I use Bullguard antivirus (not the gaming verions as there is no windows 7 version). Im on a free trial so I could be persuaded to change this.
Many thanks in advance
Matthew
First off all. I have made the assumption that this is a CPU problem.
Recently I have been having unusual performance issues with my PC so im hoping someone with some technical knowhow could aid me please.
Firstly let me explain what’s going wrong. In the past my PC, while not being the best PC in the world, has been dead smooth running games (yes I only use it for games music and movies) such as world of warcraft (which is what I spend most of the time on) and even the notorious Crysis (on high settings). This was the case up to about 2-3 months back. The pc slowed right down and began running very slow and the CPU usage would spike randomly from about 50% right up to 98% for no apparent reason. This has now created a stuttering in games which, as you can imagine, ruins the fun. Reducing graphics to low has not resolved this.
So, at this stage I assumed it might be spyware, virus or something similar. A multitude of scanners picked up nothing but windows was running an unusually high amount of process. After scanning failed to produce any results, I decided it was time to reformat completely. I formatted and installed windows 7 (genuine). Naturally, I updated the drivers for all the hardware and they are now windows 7 64bit compatible.
This produced some results. The PC booted far quicker with runs almost 50% less process. But, as soon as I start to put the system under any pressure, I get the same problem that I had before.
The next step was to check temperature and any dust build up. I stripped the PC right down and sure enough it was dusty. I got rid of the dust (there was a lot on the CPU fan), re built it fired up windows and all was smooth until I began gaming (exactly the same problem). Having checked the temperatures the CPU runs at 43-53c and the GPU is running at 50c. Motherboard is also pretty cool and the ram is also not overheating as it has its own cooling unit.
So I have come to a dead end. Its not temp, dust or spyware. Can anyone suggest any more steps to resolve this? Or is it time for the old girl to go in the bin
Spec of the PC is:
Core 2 Duo 2.66 (no over clocking)
4gb corsair ram, cooled. (unsure of speed)
Nvidia GTX 260 gpu (mild over clocking)
OS – windows 7 ultimate 64bit
A few more points that might help – NIC is running smooth so no probs here, its defiantly the CPU spiking
Windows seems to only pick up 3.2 of my 4gb even on a 64bit os
Paging is set to the recommended 4798mb with a max of 5gb (again the ram runs smooth at about 60% on crysis)
The PC is custom built but the CPU was installed professionally (as mentioned, this is a recent problem, not one I have had since purchase)
Internet Connection is 13gb with a 24ms ping so I don’t think the problem is here.
I use Bullguard antivirus (not the gaming verions as there is no windows 7 version). Im on a free trial so I could be persuaded to change this.
Many thanks in advance
Matthew
