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Why is my computer is getting REALLY slow?

Posted by  in Sunday, September 5th 2010   7 comments already   

Here is my specs first-

OS: Microsoft XP Professional (SP3)
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 (3.00Ghz)
Memory (RAM): 1014MB RAM
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 series (256.0MB)

Ok so I just bought this computer and it’s slowly decreasing in it’s performance. I’m playing a graphically unintensive game and my computer is having a hard time with it with crowded areas. Currently I’m playing Tremulous, it’s an online multiplayer fps and if you look up screenshots you will see it’s definitely mediocre in graphics (but hey, it’s fun :P ). I’m really confused because I used to play this at lighting speed in any situation no matter how many people or elements were their. Now I can’t go into crowded areas or even turn around too fast when attacking someone because the game gets choppy. I’ve checked the temperature of my computer, at resting it’s about 40 degrees Celsius but while playing this game it got up to 70-80 degrees! This doesn’t seem right. Looking in my task manager processes I can see that to total memory this takes up is 50% of my computer. This shouldn’t be, it was never this hard on my computer, this game is very lightweight. What can I do to speed up my computer?

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7 Comments Already

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Edmond K Said,
September 5th, 2010 @9:34 pm  

Your computer is getting slow becaus eits a shitty ass comp

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Zach R Said,
September 5th, 2010 @10:30 pm  

so u just bought this computer? huh interesting. USUALLY i would say your computer is old but i’m baffled. u might have some irrelevants stuffs on ur hardrive. u might just wanna delete some stuffs.

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Apachahokee Said,
September 5th, 2010 @10:33 pm  

A fix that will cost you a bit (although not that much) is a heat shrink for your memory card(s). But when was the last time you cleaned your registry? Try C Cleaner, and, or Eusing Free registry cleaner- both easy and free shareware registry cleaning programs. Most times that will speed up a computers performance, because it cleans up the extraneous temporary programs that sites download as cookies, etc.

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durtyboy16 Said,
September 5th, 2010 @11:07 pm  

try cleaning up the inside and check for viruses and such and clean the disk drive windows has disk cleanup

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Gonzo79 Said,
September 6th, 2010 @12:01 am  

try system maintenance. there are free programs that can make it easy to do. i use glary utilities from http://www.glarysoft.com and advanced systemcare from http://www.iobit.com. they both work really well and could possibly solve your issue.

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james w Said,
September 6th, 2010 @12:07 am  

Well it is obviously overheating. Just open it up and get rid of the dust that clogs up the heatsinks with canned air. If overheating still get a new heatsink.

Also remove unwanted processes, scan for viruses, upgrade RAM to 2GB, and run a defrag.

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Jeff Said,
September 6th, 2010 @12:37 am  

There are a several reasons why your computer is freezing/slow. First question is when the last time you cleaned your registry. Having a corrupted registry can cause a whole host of errors and problems. Freezing up is one of them. If you have a lot of unnecessary registry keys that are hogging up your computer resources. Your computer is bound to choke. Scan your registry with a good registry cleaner. If you pull up more than 20 errors or duplication, clean your registry.
Go to:http://downloadlk.com/themosteffectiveregistrycleaner.htm get one to free scan your pc

2. Depending on your RAM specs and your computer usage. This could also be the issue. Having an insufficient amount of free space does not allow your RAM to function properly. If you are using a lot of RAM by net surfing or other activities without enough empty space your will get freezes. You don’t need to buy new RAM but you should increase your free space by removing unnecessary data and perhaps increasing your virtual memory. The below link will show you how.

3. Spyware could be the culprit, so do a scan and see if your computer is infected.
Get the best one from: http://toptenantispywareviews.com to scan your computer.

4. That last area is a hardware driver. This could be the problem if new hardware has been added to the system. So, the drivers should still be up to date. So try the first two suggestions and see if you can get your computer to stop freezing/speed up.
Check your drivers. Hope this helps.
Go to: http://downloadlk.com/WhyIsMyComputerSlow.htm learn how to fix it.

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