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Title: Tech support
Post by: Spawny on July 25, 2011, 11:05:52 pm

I have a tiny problem with warband:

Massive decrease in fps. Since I can play for a while without any problems, I thought my pc was overheating.
I opened it up, cleaned it out completely, removed all dust and stuff, but that didn't work.

According to speedfan, just about every component in my pc is overheating, but my fans aren't even working at full capacity and I haven't changed anything in my pc.

The trouble started about a month ago, but it's getting worse over time. Before it started, I could run M&B on the highest settings with 120 fps no problem.

Any advice?

Title: Re: Tech support
Post by: H4rdn3ssKill3r on July 25, 2011, 11:10:12 pm

First try getting to a PC specialist, I think they give you whats wrong for free, but to fix it you have to pay, now then tell us whats the problem then we can check how to fix it without spending a fortune on specialists ;)

Title: Re: Tech support
Post by: RagnarLodbroke on July 26, 2011, 03:58:40 am

Are u playing on a laptop?

Title: Re: Tech support
Post by: Spawny on July 26, 2011, 06:18:24 pm

Not playing on a laptop. I just got a new laptop, tried playing M&B on it and even though the specs are more than enough I can't play with more than 20 fps.

I'm talking about my desktop PC.

Title: Re: Tech support
Post by: Digglez on July 26, 2011, 10:03:02 pm

are you skimping on AC?  Room temp should be 78° or lower
Does desktop have 6 inches or more space in all directions to ventilate?
does it overheat in other games as well?

are you using vsync & maxfps (60~) in warband video options?

When starcraft 2 was release it was running video cards so hard that it caused many to burn out.  If you arent not enabling these options, you are putting your video card at risk of running itself too hard

Title: Re: Tech support
Post by: Spawny on July 27, 2011, 12:15:57 am

Quote from: Digglez on July 26, 2011, 10:03:02 pm

are you skimping on AC?  Room temp should be 78° or lower
Does desktop have 6 inches or more space in all directions to ventilate?
does it overheat in other games as well?

are you using vsync & maxfps (60~) in warband video options?

When starcraft 2 was release it was running video cards so hard that it caused many to burn out.  If you arent not enabling these options, you are putting your video card at risk of running itself too hard

Great suggestions, but the trouble is, I didn't have any problems before and my computer hasn't moved in 6 months.