Video Card slows down over months time

chrisrj89 · 06-21-2009, 06:56 AM

Hello there.

I've always wanted to post about this on a forum somewhere and finally I'm doing so.

It seems to me that my PC hardware, especially my video card slows down after months of using it. When I first bought my laptop which has a GeForce 9200M, I was getting 60+ FPS on CoD4 with medium settings. Now, after 8 months of use of my laptop, I only get about 30 FPS on low settings. I don't understand this. I tried formatting my laptop just in case if I had something running thats taking up performance but formatting didn't fix this. I didn't think it would since I take care of my PC very much to make sure it doesn't get viruses or anything. This has also happened to my old Dell desktop which had a Radeon 9600 Pro, when I first upgraded my old Dell by buying it the Radeon 9600 Pro, I got good FPS with games back then, but after a year of using the card, I noticed a performance decrease.

Now, I'm buying/building a new desktop PC which is a quad core processor, 4GB RAM, and a GeForce 9800 GT. I would very much appreciate any discussion about this so I can find out why my laptop and my old desktop has been doing this cause I don't want this to happen to my new PC.

Please help me out guys. It would be great.

Btw, I keep my video card drivers updated and I have always left my PCs on 24/7 as to I hate booting up my PC cause I hate waiting. Just thought this info would help.

Riskyone101 · 06-21-2009, 07:36 AM

Hello and Welcome to TSF,

Laptop GeForce 9200M graphics driver: (vista 32bit)
http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce...6.03_whql.html

Dell desktop Raedon 9600 PRO driver: (xp pro)
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownloa...4&lang=English

Note: disable antivirus, after installing the driver, make sure you reboot pc.

List your new system you are planning to buy for an opinion:
M/B
CPU
9800GT
4GB of RAM
PSU - this is the most important item here.
Note: Go with a Corsair psu.

Actually after solving the video problem here go here and post a new thread
in this forum:
http://www.techsupportforum.com/hard...port/building/

06-21-2009, 06:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
chrisrj89 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1 OS: Windows Vista	Video Card slows down over months time Hello there. I've always wanted to post about this on a forum somewhere and finally I'm doing so. It seems to me that my PC hardware, especially my video card slows down after months of using it. When I first bought my laptop which has a GeForce 9200M, I was getting 60+ FPS on CoD4 with medium settings. Now, after 8 months of use of my laptop, I only get about 30 FPS on low settings. I don't understand this. I tried formatting my laptop just in case if I had something running thats taking up performance but formatting didn't fix this. I didn't think it would since I take care of my PC very much to make sure it doesn't get viruses or anything. This has also happened to my old Dell desktop which had a Radeon 9600 Pro, when I first upgraded my old Dell by buying it the Radeon 9600 Pro, I got good FPS with games back then, but after a year of using the card, I noticed a performance decrease. Now, I'm buying/building a new desktop PC which is a quad core processor, 4GB RAM, and a GeForce 9800 GT. I would very much appreciate any discussion about this so I can find out why my laptop and my old desktop has been doing this cause I don't want this to happen to my new PC. Please help me out guys. It would be great. Btw, I keep my video card drivers updated and I have always left my PCs on 24/7 as to I hate booting up my PC cause I hate waiting. Just thought this info would help.

06-21-2009, 07:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
Riskyone101 Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Chicago, IL. Posts: 3,754 OS: XP Pro SP3, MCE 2005 sp3, Vista Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate My System	Re: Video Card slows down over months time Hello and Welcome to TSF, Laptop GeForce 9200M graphics driver: (vista 32bit) http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce...6.03_whql.html Dell desktop Raedon 9600 PRO driver: (xp pro) http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownloa...4&lang=English Note: disable antivirus, after installing the driver, make sure you reboot pc. List your new system you are planning to buy for an opinion: M/B CPU 9800GT 4GB of RAM PSU - this is the most important item here. Note: Go with a Corsair psu. Actually after solving the video problem here go here and post a new thread in this forum: http://www.techsupportforum.com/hard...port/building/ __________________ Last edited by Riskyone101; 06-21-2009 at 07:39 AM.