Lagg problems with new computer

[adoNix]

Hi.

A month ago i baught a new computer i put it together and it preforms bader than my old one.

The speccs are:

CPU:AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 2.4GHz Socket 939, 512KB
MOTHERBOARD: MSI K8N NEO4-F, nForce4, Socket-939, ATX Raid, Lyd, 4xSATA, GbLAN, PCI-Ex16
RAM: 1gb pc3200
GFX CARD:Radeon X700PRO 256MB GDDR3, PCI-Express

My old pc was:

CPU: intel pentium 2.66 GHz
MOTHERBOARD: Some cheap MSI one.
RAM: 1gb pc2700
GFX CARD: G-force 4 ti 4800 128 mb.

Any ideas why the new computer preforms bader than the old one?
I got up to date drivers for evrything on my new computer. but still my FPS ingame sux.

Thank you in advance.

 

[Cwini]

Obvious things to check ...

Have you set the BIOS correctly ? The default settings are usually on "safe" settings.
Have you installed the motherboard drivers ? Forgotten GART drivers are the bane for me
Have you reinstalled the OS just to check nothing weird happened when you installed the new hardware ?

Edit: I also hope you are using Windows XP .. won't matter too much if you are not, but it helps a lot with all that modern hardware you lucky git

 

[Twist]

You don't actually say if your CPU is dual core or not (there's 3800 versions of single & dual core AMD chips). If it is go into the task manager and set the affinity for the "game.dll" task to core 1 only, should solve the problem.

 

[confused]

Well i'm guessing as the MSI a8n doesn't infact support dual core, I doubt he has one...

 

[Tualatin]

in what way does it perform worse?

- loading times ?
- fps ?
- ping / lag ?

Could be a zillion reasons.. Ow, and can you post your BRAND of memory and kind, (eg Kingston 256MB DDR400 ECC Reg) and same for your hard disk.
- Some mobo's or CPU mem controllers don't go well with certain memories, or hard disks for that matter.

 

[confused]

Might want to check benchmark to see whether anything obvious is wrong, try www.futuremark.com

 

[adoNix]

Fps is the problem.

oh btw this is my ram: Corsair Value S PC3200 DDR-DIMM 512MB Unbuffered, Non-parity, 64Megx64, CL2.5
running 2x of those

i dont know if my cpu is dual core or not webby doesnt say either (where i ordered it from)

 

[SkarIronfist]

Well you bring up the Task manager, do you have 2 windows for the processor. If yes, then you are dual core.

Is the FPS bad in all games.

Is your CPU at max while DAOC is running ?

Need more info.

 

[confused]

i dont know if my cpu is dual core or not webby doesnt say either (where i ordered it from)

If it was dual core it wouldn't be working, as the mobo doesn't support dual core processors...

 

[MaCaBr3]

I sure hope you formated ur HD when u installed ur new hardware