Hello my desktop started acting weird a while back. i've tried everything. new vid card drivers. over clocking my vid card. closing almost all processes while i run counterstrike(1.6). ive even formatted my hard drives and installed a bone version of windows xp. after about 2 minutes into the game it slows down to about 3 frames per second. then after about 2 mins of that horrible fps. it will go back to fine working order for about 30 seconds and start all over again. it didn't used to be like this back in the day. its not that beautiful of a game but i just cant give it up. it does the same with any 3d game or with any flash animation or when i watch a movie, but old *** starcraft works ,but that **** gets boring after a while. Any HELP PLEASE?!?! it would be GREATLY appreciated.
Heres my specs.
processor : Intel Pentium 4 1.60Ghz
video card : Riva Tnt 2 model 64 pro
384 mb ram
2007-02-07 11:22:39 · 2 answers · asked by gamer4allmylife 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Pentium 4 processors have a safety feature that when they overheat, they will slow all processes down to a minimum to prevent it burning out.
Download this program http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php
it will show you your processors temp and hard-drives temp as well (the processor usually has the highest temp) Your processor shouldn't climb over 70 degrees, should be at about 20-30 when idle.
Your fan on your processor maybe insufficient and it may be causing your processor to overheat. Try replacing the fan and heatsink and add a couple of case fans to keep the temp down.
2007-02-07 11:39:10 · answer #1 · answered by Sean K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could be running into high temperature or power supply limit problem. Try to check these two things.
2007-02-07 19:42:00 · answer #2 · answered by jimmymae2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋