pc slowing down im stumped

bigblokey0 · Sep 6, 2006

when playing games after about 5 min the game will slow down so much so its unplayable so ill quit the game itll go back to desktop but the pc will still be slow ive tried various things like virus check,defrag,spyware removal but still the problem occurs i thought it might be due to overheating however ive had the side of the pc off and a fan blowing in the pc to cool it down but still i get the problem ive also updated the driver for the graphics card but still it slows down, the pc will slow down on every game i try im at a bit of a loss so any input would be great im at the point of throwing the thing away

2.4 p4 celeron
512 ram
6600 gt
80 gig hd
windows xp home

TimW · Sep 6, 2006

As to spyware and such, it may use the same tricks as a virus, you need to be thorough in removing it, some mallware and spyware needs to be removed manually, not always fun, as long as you can identify its there though, you should be doing well; there is no single program I can name that will detect them all as well, and many will only remove some of the issue. Its possible you have an abundant amount of proccesses running simultaniously, check your task manager; of course programs like virus scaners and firewalls will slow things down, disabling these can help, most of them start on bootup and run in the background; for a check, incase it isn't spyware, start a game, alt+del out to minimise it, check your procecces under task manager, to see if anything else is very active, and see if your cpu is runing at 100%; the games you mentioned should not be taxing your system to much, any more recent games would crash that or may not even load up though. There are quite a few software issues that can account for this though, more ram as suggessted is always a good thing.

So, check your ram:Memtest
http://www.majorgeeks.com/MemTest_d350.html

and for safety sake:
http://www.activescan.com

bigblokey0 · Sep 7, 2006

seems i may have sourced the problem in the task manager there was a process called svghost which seemed to be taking up a lot of the process so i shut that down no probs then ran the game and bingo its worked however i have no sound now

TimW · Sep 7, 2006

There are usually a few instances of svchost running ....that is normal as long as they are running form the right source (ie: not virus) ..as in you got a bug:
http://www.hardavenue.com/startup/svghost.exe.php

Mada_Milty · Sep 7, 2006

I recommend that you follow these instructions to tweak your system for performance.

This covers about every software tweak I can think of, so if after following these instructions you are still not satisfied with your performance, then consider a hardware upgrade (RAM and CPU prioritized) or at least following the instructions in the Overclocking Guide (assuming of course, you aren't experiencing overheating issues)

bigblokey0 · Sep 7, 2006

having tried a few programs now it seems i got some trojans ive deleted them i think but im still having problems

TimW · Sep 7, 2006

Read and run first - Malware section
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35407

bigblokey0 · Sep 9, 2006

ok its all sorted ive deleted all the crap and its all working again thankyou everyone for the input thanks

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