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Cirion · 04-16-2008, 07:51 PM

Hi, I used to be able to play games relatively well on my computer, at least being able to get 30 fps in UT2004 and in equivalent detail level games. Now however it has been getting worse and worse and now I can't even play Unreal 1 on this computer let alone UT2004 or the like. I would like to remedy this but no matter what I have seemingly done it doesn't seem to help. At least not the conventional methods such as defrag, de-antispyware, or what ever.

I'm sure, however, that I do have alot of spyware. But most of these programs that actually catch this stuff cost a lot of money, the free ones are okay but don't quite do the trick. It's not just spyware either. I don't know. Things are just clogging it up in general but I can't quite put the finger on what. My brother was telling me that you can run all sorts of programs to really analyze a computer's problem in great detail. Can any of you guys help me out with this? It'd be really appreciated, I would like to be able to play games on this thing again if possible.

core Specs:

XP Pro, 2002, SP2
Dell INSPIRON 5150
P4 3.06GHZ, 1.25GB RAM

04-16-2008, 07:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
Cirion Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2 OS: WXP SP2	Dell INSPIRON 5150 performance woes Hi, I used to be able to play games relatively well on my computer, at least being able to get 30 fps in UT2004 and in equivalent detail level games. Now however it has been getting worse and worse and now I can't even play Unreal 1 on this computer let alone UT2004 or the like. I would like to remedy this but no matter what I have seemingly done it doesn't seem to help. At least not the conventional methods such as defrag, de-antispyware, or what ever. I'm sure, however, that I do have alot of spyware. But most of these programs that actually catch this stuff cost a lot of money, the free ones are okay but don't quite do the trick. It's not just spyware either. I don't know. Things are just clogging it up in general but I can't quite put the finger on what. My brother was telling me that you can run all sorts of programs to really analyze a computer's problem in great detail. Can any of you guys help me out with this? It'd be really appreciated, I would like to be able to play games on this thing again if possible. core Specs: XP Pro, 2002, SP2 Dell INSPIRON 5150 P4 3.06GHZ, 1.25GB RAM