OK so i bought vista and installed and it worked great until i went to play counter strike source. My frame rate went from 100+on XP to below 25 on Vista. Is my current hardware the problem or is it something else, i have p4 prescott, 1.5gb ram, ati all in wonder x1800xl pci-e 256, dvd burner, 80gb hdd, 320gb hdd. Is this normal for this type of hardware or is the problem somewhere else?? I got a 4.2 on the user thing in Vista dont know if thats any help. iIm pretty sure i have the latest drivers any help will be greatly appreciated
2007-03-27 14:09:29 · 4 answers · asked by p8ntballkid2008 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
If you have a USB Flash drive, you can increase the performance of your system with Vista's ReadyBoost memory expansion feature.
2007-03-28 18:53:45 · answer #1 · answered by Mitshi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vista is a resource eatin mofo...512mb of ram just for Vista. Your computer should run the thing fine though even in Vista...saying Vista is the problem is a bit premature even though it does suck. Your 4.2 rating is pretty good though.
1st thing I would do is reinstall the driver. Remember if your going from 32bit windows XP to 64bit Windows Vista there is a different driver for your video card. Thats probably what the problem is. Google "Radeon support x1800xl" make sure that you download the 64bit driver...if it's even compatible.
2nd thing I would do is get an overlcock program for your video card. I have ATI Tools Tray...it's pretty easy to navigate once you look around the program. I have my Radeon ATI 9550 256mb running at 360mb.
3rd thing...Drop Vista or Dual boot with XP. You have enough space for XP.
So...hit me up with those 10 points :)
2007-04-03 08:16:14 · answer #2 · answered by Jared W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the problem is vista itself:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/01/29/xp-vs-vista/
Getting a little more ram might help some (2gb total), but still limited. Vista may never be fixed for "gaming". just keep checking for drivers, or go back to XP.
2007-03-27 14:14:30 · answer #3 · answered by computertech82 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your hardware is ok. the problem comes from vista
2007-04-01 10:10:09 · answer #4 · answered by Daniel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋