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    6860FX Slowing Dow to a Crawl!!!!!!!!!!

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by rot112, Apr 5, 2009.

  1. rot112

    rot112 El Rompe ToTo

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    Hello, it me ROT112.

    And i need help with my 6860FX.

    I has been slowly getting slower and slower.

    Programs are taking longer to start up and it is getting rediculous. I was thinking about reinstalling Vista x64 and see if that help.

    Crysis Warhead which used to run uber smooth and all my other games at MAX are now running slowly.

    Aside from all the performance decreases i have been getting higher temps.

    I have tried:
    Running CCleaner
    Disk DeFrag
    Auslogics Boost Optimizer
    Running MaleWare Bytes

    Everything humanly possible. And still no help.

    I need help on what to do.

    I am thinking to just reinstall my Vista and hope for the best.
     
    rot112, Apr 5, 2009
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  2. Danja

    Danja Notebook Evangelist

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    If it's games that run slowly, maybe you should check GPU-Z and see what frequency your gpu is running at... 625/925 is scary.
     
    Danja, Apr 5, 2009
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  3. rot112

    rot112 El Rompe ToTo

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    yeah...i have always ran my gpu at that OC setting. Now i am getting better temps since i have propped my laptop up.

    My max GPU temp is now 65C. Which is great.

    But now it is a problem throughout the whole computer. i really need help on this issue asap
     
    rot112, Apr 5, 2009
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  4. narsnail

    narsnail Notebook Prophet

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    format man, just happens, you need to re-install every 6 months or so
     
    narsnail, Apr 5, 2009
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  5. Kamin_Majere

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    How full is your hard drive? If its nearing max capacity it will get quite slow as it has to hunt for places to erase and restore information all over the disk.

    What processes are running in your background?

    Do you have it in powersave mode for some reason?

    Have you cleaned it recently (probably isnt an issue with speed but it never hurts to make the rig feel good :) )

    Also how large is your OS? Sometimes if your OS gets to big for itself it can cause slowdowns.

    Of course i reformat and reinstall everything about every 12-18 months as i like a fresh system and i hate when it all gets bogged down
     
    Kamin_Majere, Apr 5, 2009
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  6. rot112

    rot112 El Rompe ToTo

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    KK, ima just do what narsnail said. i am going to reformat. i will start the process now. i guess it is normal to do it every six months or so. KK will do.

    Will get back to you guys as soon as i am done.
     
    rot112, Apr 5, 2009
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  7. narsnail

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    vista is an easy reformat, takes an hour tops, i usually have all my stuff loaded and running within an hour.

    xp took up to two hours sometimes, bloody annoying,
     
    narsnail, Apr 5, 2009
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  8. rot112

    rot112 El Rompe ToTo

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    yep you are right. It is all up and running beautifully.

    Thanks guys. And now i will Game On!!!

    :)
     
    rot112, Apr 5, 2009
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