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Cornholio77

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I have an Compaq Presario SR5120SC Desktop PC. (Note: I have changed the Hard-drive and DVD Player.)
And I recently a few days ago I reformatted it.
First I reformatted to Windows 7 x86. After a while I realised that my PC only has drivers for Vista, and it supports x64. (It came originally with Vista to)
Even though, when I tried to play games, such as Company of Heroes, which my computer is above recommended hardware. It runs slow as hell and loads forever, its not playable. And I had 1 out-of-date driver for Display.

I reformatted again to Vista x64. This time, all the display drivers are up-to-date, but its the same result when I try to play Company of Heroes.

Driver Detecive says my NVIDIA is out of date, Driver Navigator says its up to date.
I have downloaded the driver from NVIDIA homepage. I doubt the problem lies on this.

I have no Idea what's going on. Please help, I really want to be able to play my games again.

Specs.
DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo E4400, 2000 MHz (10 x 200)
Dual DDR2 SDRAM, (1gig RAM)
NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
 

My Computer

System One

Cornholio77 said:
I have an Compaq Presario SR5120SC Desktop PC. (Note: I have changed the Hard-drive and DVD Player.)
And I recently a few days ago I reformatted it.
First I reformatted to Windows 7 x86. After a while I realised that my PC only has drivers for Vista, and it supports x64. (It came originally with Vista to)
Even though, when I tried to play games, such as Company of Heroes, which my computer is above recommended hardware. It runs slow as hell and loads forever, its not playable. And I had 1 out-of-date driver for Display.

I reformatted again to Vista x64. This time, all the display drivers are up-to-date, but its the same result when I try to play Company of Heroes.

Driver Detecive says my NVIDIA is out of date, Driver Navigator says its up to date.
I have downloaded the driver from NVIDIA homepage. I doubt the problem lies on this.

I have no Idea what's going on. Please help, I really want to be able to play my games again.

Specs.
DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo E4400, 2000 MHz (10 x 200)
Dual DDR2 SDRAM, (1gig RAM)
NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
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I can say now that the problem does indeed lie with your hardware, you don't have much RAM, so an extra stick might not go amiss, 2GB is recommended for gaming, also, your GPU (graphics processing unit) isn't really gaming standards, it maybe for the casual gamer (built in games, older games), i'd consider getting a better Graphics card, sorry for the bad news, i know it wasnt the news you were expecting but you are limited with your hardware.
 
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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q6600 @ 2.8GHz
    Motherboard
    Evga NF78-CK-132-A 3-Way SLI
    Memory
    8Gb DDR2 Corsair Dominator @ 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA 560 GTX SC FTW 1GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC888 7.1 Audio, Logitech G35 7.1 Surround Headset
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell S2409W 16:9, HDMi, DVI & VGA
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 7200rpm 250Gb SATA, Samsung 7200rpm 750Gb SATA, WD 7200rpm 1TB SCSI SATA.
    PSU
    Xigmatek 750W Quad sli quad core 80% eff
    Case
    Antec 900 Gaming Case
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS9700-NT NVIDIA Tritium, Dominator RAM cooler
    Mouse
    Razor Lachesis Banshee V2 Blue, 4000DPI
    Keyboard
    Logitech generic keyboard
    Internet Speed
    16Mb Sky bb
    Other Info
    Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows, Wireless Xbox 360 Pad, Wireless Xbox 360 Les Paul Guitar
I to agree with Mr Needs.

You're barely getting the specs. Try turning down the game and see if things improve.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
Can't barely run that on 3D games. Decent hardware. Try upgrading your RAM and graphics card. You could probably last that on games provided by Microsoft or Internet Games such as..... Runescape.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Nirv Pro SLI (shipped to NZ)
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 Extreme 980X (Six-Core) 3.33GHz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte X58A-UD5 - SLI, Crossfire, SATA 6Gbps & USB 3.0
    Memory
    12GB G.Skill Ripjaws High Performance Low-Latency DDR3
    Graphics card(s)
    2x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 3GB GGDR5
    Sound Card
    N/A
    Monitor(s) Displays
    23" Samsung XL2370 Monitor and 23" Benq V2410 Monitor (extended monitor)
    Screen Resolution
    1,920 x 1,080 (on both monitors)
    Hard Drives
    2TB Western Digital Caviar SATA (7200rpm) 600GB VelociRaptor SATA (10000rpm)
    PSU
    Silverstone Strider Plus Modular 750-Watt SLI
    Case
    Corsair Obsidian 800D System Chassis
    Cooling
    Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev. 2
    Mouse
    Razer Mamba Gaming Mouse
    Keyboard
    Logitech G19 Gaming USB Keyboard
    Internet Speed
    Max - 1.8MB/Sec (DSL) provided by Telecom NZ
    Other Info
    iPhone 4 Black 16GB, iPad 32GB WiFi+3G, iPod Touch 2nd generation
DeanP said:
Can't barely run that on 3D games. Decent hardware. Try upgrading your RAM and graphics card. You could probably last that on games provided by Microsoft or Internet Games such as..... Runescape.
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Its a laptop, only a select few can upgrade gpus, and they all are quite expensive models... This one isn't so he can't change gpu's
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
Patonb said:
DeanP said:
Can't barely run that on 3D games. Decent hardware. Try upgrading your RAM and graphics card. You could probably last that on games provided by Microsoft or Internet Games such as..... Runescape.
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Its a laptop, only a select few can upgrade gpus, and they all are quite expensive models... This one isn't so he can't change gpu's
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sorry patonb but i think you need to read the original thread starters first post again :-)
Cornholio77 said:
I have an Compaq Presario SR5120SC Desktop PC.
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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q6600 @ 2.8GHz
    Motherboard
    Evga NF78-CK-132-A 3-Way SLI
    Memory
    8Gb DDR2 Corsair Dominator @ 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA 560 GTX SC FTW 1GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC888 7.1 Audio, Logitech G35 7.1 Surround Headset
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell S2409W 16:9, HDMi, DVI & VGA
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 7200rpm 250Gb SATA, Samsung 7200rpm 750Gb SATA, WD 7200rpm 1TB SCSI SATA.
    PSU
    Xigmatek 750W Quad sli quad core 80% eff
    Case
    Antec 900 Gaming Case
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS9700-NT NVIDIA Tritium, Dominator RAM cooler
    Mouse
    Razor Lachesis Banshee V2 Blue, 4000DPI
    Keyboard
    Logitech generic keyboard
    Internet Speed
    16Mb Sky bb
    Other Info
    Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows, Wireless Xbox 360 Pad, Wireless Xbox 360 Les Paul Guitar
^Woahhhhhh, where the hell did i see a Dell Laptop??? Yup, now i'm reading non-existant words.

My bAd....
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
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