laggy computer...I think its hardware related

[Computergeek]

Hello,

I just build a new computer and it choppy and laggy extremely bad i can't play any games because it so bad and i think its hardware related. I will tell you the specs of my computer and maybe someone might be able to point out a problem cause i sure can't

Asus P5K(Have the latest bios upgrade and last chipset i think...:S)
Intel E6750
Nvidia BFG 8500GT (Have latest drivers)
2 x Buffalo D2U667C-1G/BR 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2-667 CL5 240PIN DIMM Memory (Not on the QVL for the motherboard
OCZ 600Watt PSU
Western Digital WDC800BB Hard Drive
LG DVD-Rewriter (SATA)

I dont know what is causing my system to lag so much, and i hoping someone on here can tell me plz....

thanks
Computergeek

[Babrbarossa]

I don't see any obvious problems with the components-
Which operating system are you running?
Are there any processes in your task manager that are taking massive amount of memory?
Does it still do it when you are dosconnected from the net?

should also go into the bioc and have a look at the settings- what is the FSB set at etc...
what are the memory settings

[Computergeek]

Originally Posted by Babrbarossa

I don't see any obvious problems with the components-
Which operating system are you running?
Are there any processes in your task manager that are taking massive amount of memory?
Does it still do it when you are dosconnected from the net?

should also go into the bioc and have a look at the settings- what is the FSB set at etc...
what are the memory settings

I am running windows XP Pro SP2
No i shut everthing down before
Yes I play offline alot and it is worst
The FSB is 1333 and the memory is set at 5-5-5-15

[Babrbarossa]

And you're not getting any BSOD, crashing or restarts?

[Computergeek]

I just recently bought the motherboard and CPU. Before that i had the Graphics card and ram and hard drive in the old computer with a MSI and P4 Chip and i thought the game was laggin because of the small CPU. So i upgraded the motherboard and CPU and moved the harddrive, ram and graphics card overs and it is still doing the same thing so it makes me wonder that its 1 of those 3 things......you think thats safe to assume?

i posted this before i seen your reply and no, no crashes or anything just really choppy game play thats all.

[Babrbarossa]

Well- the problem is probably the drivers that are on the old hard drive- I would do a clean install of windows and load the motherboard and video drivers on all nice and fresh


Just noticed you started to separate threads for the same issue- :-o

[Computergeek]

where in the motherboard CPU section, yea i felt it was in the wrong section.

i have done a fresh install of windows 3 times and it hasn't fix it yet

[CMetaphor]

8500 could be a bottleneck for the system? Everything else in the system seems a step or two above it.

[Computergeek]

Yea i was thinking that also but a friends has the same video card and he is running the quad core q6600 and it runs perfect

[CMetaphor]

Well if thats the case then its time to eliminate some options. I'd say bring your system over to your friends place and spend an afternoon trying his parts in your system one by one (assuming theyre compatible) and seeing which bugger is causing the laggyness. I still think that Video card is a little underpowered for that system... but some things like weird ram can affect your systems speed, as well as bios settings... Which reminds me, do you have the latest bios installed on your motherboard?