Computer running slow..?

Question

I don't understand.

My computer specs

3.0ghz intel pentium 4 processor
1.5gig of RAM
256MB Nvidia Gforce fx 5200

no viruses
no adware
ive cleaned the registy recently
i clean it regularly.

15Gb space left on HD (could that be the problem?

anybody know why my computer is running slow? specially when playing games.

I have all the updated drivers for all my harware too.


ergh...help? :)

sorry forgot to mention, yes i have done a defrag.

OS is windows vista home premium

Answer 1

You need to upgrade your graphics card as it is quite low spec for medium/high end gaming. Also check your computers windows experience base score,none of the scores should be below 3.0 if any are your better of upgrading, Nvidia GForce 6150 just scrapes a 3.0 so you'd be better off upgrading to a better graphics card.Hope that helps.Nvidia 7600Gs or 7600GS good gaming cards.
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Answer 2

It could be whats running in the back ground when windows loads, hear is what to do to find out what is, start>run, in the run box type msconfig>enter, a window will appear, look for start up tab and click that, here you will see a list of items, you can disable some start up items by unticking them, do not disable anti virus/antispyware/firewall/Internet connection, you need these to run all the time for obvious reasons, other items can be disabled if your sure they are not needed on start up, also when you have finished there, look for the services tab, and click that, here if you look to the bottom put a tick in the "hide all Microsoft services" you will be left with a list of non Microsoft services running, again do not disable the vital stuff, but have look see what is left, and do the same as you did before, basically the more you can stop from loading, the more memory is freed up, give that a look see if things improve.

Answer 3

Have you scanned for Spyware? If not download, update and scan with Spybot and Adaware. How long since you ran a diskcleanup? Is your drive free from fragmentation? This disease can slow things down. Keep a check on frag levels and also on the free space.

Answer 4

Are you sure you have no viruses? what are you using to scan for them?
Your processor is fast and you have plenty of ram and a seperate graphics card (not onboard) so your system should be quick.
Go to: start/run then type in msconfig then press ok, go to start up and disable the things you dont need like messengers when you are not using them tec.

Download spybot search and destroy and scan your pc again, i am sure there are some hidden nasties.

Answer 5

Sounds to me it maybe a video card issue. If you already updated your video driver, you may want to try a newer card.

Check your CPU processes when it's running low to see if anything is eating it all up as well as checking your memory levels... there might be a memory leak with the game you are playing (if only one game is giving you the problem)

Good luck!

Answer 6

What operating system
Check Task manager.

Answer 7

Have you tried a defrag?

Whenever I have that problem its always spyware. AVG have a great spyware free download. Found loads of stuff that my other detector Spywaredoctor didn't pick up on.

Answer 8

thanks for mentioning the configuration,first remove the RAM from socket clean it ,and place it again,check it has properly placed or not. provide some more free space on ur hard disc, do u hav DirectX games version CD.

Answer 9

well thats a low end graphics card, so that prbly y it running slow wen playing games. other than that idk y its running slow. it does not matter stuf u have on ur hd.