bad FPS

ok so here are my specs b4 i say anything
win xp home
amd athlon xp 3200+
ati radeon x800 pro
2x512 ddr sdram pc2600 (not sure about this could be 1300...im not an authority on ram and dont know where to find out exactly wat it is)
WD 80gb 5200 rpm (cache no clue.

ok so im playing mostly world of warcraft and COD2 atm. cod is fine, but in a heavily populated area in WOW my fps drops down to like 3 or even, on occasion 1 fps. the most ive ever got was 60 but thats when im looking at the sky with no detail or anything. everything i have seems to be well able to handle a game like WOW, cept for one thing...wel im thinking it may be my hard drive that is creating the bottleknek and i have a maxtor 250gb 7200rpm 16mb cache coming from newegg tomorow. what everyone opinion on this? could i be right in thinking my HD was the problem?

 

Yes you're right the HDD could be a problem in terms of speed.

As for the memory, I think you mean PC2700, which is adequate for your system.

 

small or windows managed page file could kill your fps too.

 

how di i alter that....what do i do?

 

I'm having FPS problems in COD as well. I've tried everything.
I increased my pagefile using diskeeper too, but still can't get 3 digit frames rates.
Any help would be appreciated.

AMD 4000+
2 x 512 OCZ pc 400 2,2,2,5
eVGA GF7800 GT 256mb (PCIe)
ASROCK 939 Dual Sata mobo
Maxtor 300 GB HD (runs at 60mb/sec)

 

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