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[SOLVED] Epic Lag of Doom. Please help.

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Okay, so I got my PC this past summer. it's an hp pavilion p6310f Desktop. Nvidia Geforce 9100 graphics card, AMD athlon 2 processor, 6 GB of RAM.

The PC was running great the first few months, running call of duty 1,2,4, Star Wars Battlefront 2, Republic Commando, perfectly, never lagging. and only the past 2-3 months i have been getting really bad, sporadic lag. I am playing Alliance of Valiant Arms and Medal of Honor Airbourne, and I can't go 10 minutes without lagging for 5. Alliance of Valiant Arms worked perfect just a few months ago with no lag! but it got gradually worse.
I have tried gamebooster, systemscare, defrags, deleting stuff, increasing virtual memory, turning down the graphics and stuff. even a system restore. no luck.

I don't know what to do. I just want to game in lagless peace.
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Re: Epic Lag of Doom. Please help.

Hello and welcome to TSF

Are AvA and MoH the only games that experience lag? Make sure that there are not many background tasks running, including an anti-virus scan.

Download PC Wizard and post a screenshot like the following attachment

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Re: Epic Lag of Doom. Please help.

Okay. Will Do. And I few other programs running while gaming.

And Call of Duty 1 will work fine,
but all of the rest will lag in the same way.
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Hard Disk 7 and 8 are also the same temp.

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Re: Epic Lag of Doom. Please help.

120 centigrade doesn't look healthy, never mind I don't think that is a proper reading. Are you sure the insides of your computer are clean of dust and dirt and proper airflow has been achieved? Normally I would suspect your PSU but you have integrated graphics so I don't think it is a problem.
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Re: Epic Lag of Doom. Please help.

120C is the point where the graphics chip throttles itself (reduces performance) to prevent damage from overheating. As Wolf says, open the case, clean out any dust and make sure all the fans are spinning.
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Re: Epic Lag of Doom. Please help.

i don't know much about that kind of thing, would i open while running or while it is off/ disconnected.

the latter i presume?
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Re: Epic Lag of Doom. Please help.

Turn it off to clean it. Use a can of compressed air to blow out any dust, especially around the heatsink, fans and card slots. Then turn it back on to see if the fans are all spinning, but don't touch anything inside the case.

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Re: Epic Lag of Doom. Please help.

you can also use a horse-hair brush to clean, if you're a painter you might have one handy
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Re: Epic Lag of Doom. Please help.

Okay. I got the spray today and i'm going to clean it. i'll tell you how it goes.
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Re: Epic Lag of Doom. Please help.

I remember seeing a bunch of people having overheating problems with the NVIDIA 9100, 9200, and 9300. Not sure if they fixed it by now, but it could just be the chip.
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Thanks! It was really dusty in there. that was the problem.
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Thanks for posting back with your solution. You just need to clean out the case and check the fans every couple of months to keep it running smoothly.
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