Hey there,
I just bought a brand new 1.3GHz computer from Dell. I've noticed when I play games such as Max Payne, Project Eden, and Red Faction about 5 minutes into the game the framerate steadily gets lower and lower. Sooner or later it nearly stops refreshing and I'm forced to quit. When I quit the game and restart it the same thing happens. It starts out with a fine framerate and then slows to a near stop. Does anyone have any idea how I could fix this problem?
PS- I do not use the CD for any of the games (they are on my hard drive)
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Specs

Dell 8100
Intel Pentium 4 1.3GHz
128MB Ram
GeForce 2 MX 32MBRAM
WindowsME
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I'm not worthy for a minute of your time.

What kind of heatsink do you have on the 1.33, you might need a bigger heatsink, try looking at your cpu temps through the bios should be around 50c idle and about 55 load.

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Sledgehammer will save the day!

I'm not sure what type of heatsink I have, though I pretty sure that is not the problem. My computer has 2 fans already, the room is very cool, it is not up against a wall, so I am pretty much ruling out that it's getting too hot. Thanks for the suggestion though...

Any other ideas?


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I'm not worthy for a minute of your time.

I would check the video card's heatsink for proper seating. I just had to rig extra spacers on mine to achieve full contact...I cleaned the chip and re-applied thermal compound as well. It does sound heat-related or maybe driver-related.

If this is new definitely utilize the online support at Dell Support (http://support.dell.com/) I have used it quite often just to find answers in the FAQ etc. Have your service tag or express service code handy.

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Flush 'N' Forget
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Also check to see what and how many programs are running in the background.

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mjc
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(same person that started topic, diff account)

I always quit every unecessary background program before playing games, so that's not it...

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-Slave-

Have you tried connecting a chicken to your hard drive?

- Joe

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I'm not worthy for a minute of your time.

I tried connecting a Christa to it, does that count?

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-Slave-