Gaming Problem

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huskinatorr2

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I have been playing Counter-Strike: Source for a long time now, and a few days ago, the game has been going very slow. From the looks of it, i think it has to do with my Graphics Card.

I don't think this has anything to do with it, but it started happening just after i had installed my new internet with Bigpond. I read the minimum system requirements on the back of the cd case and it said:
  • 256MB RAM minimum
  • 150MB hard disk space

This is my Graphic Card Info:
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And here is general info on my computer:

Processor Information:
Vendor: GenuineIntel
Speed: 2800 Mhz
1 logical processor
1 physical processor
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

Windows Version:
Windows XP (32 bit)
NTFS: Supported

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
DirectX Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.11.7519
DirectX Driver Version: 6.14.11.7519
Driver Date: 16 May 2008
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 75 Hz
DirectX Card: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
VendorID: 0x10de
DeviceID: 0x322
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
No SLI or Crossfire Detected
Primary Display Resolution: 1024 x 768
Desktop Resolution: 1024 x 768
Primary Display Size: 11.54" x 8.66" (14.41" diag)
29.3cm x 22.0cm (36.6cm diag)
Primary Bus: AGP 8x
Primary VRAM: 128 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x


Sound card:
Audio device: Realtek AC97 Audio

Memory:
RAM: 1535 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
Microphone: Not set
Media Type: DVD
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 267101 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 51123 Mb
OS Install Date: Mar 19 2008
Installed Packages: Firefox,Windows Firewall

If you want me to explain more about my problem, or gather more information, just post a comment.=]
 
You have AGP slots, yes you need a better video card. The rest of you system is awesome. 1GB, 2.8ghz, you are set. What is your price range for a new AGP card?
 
You have AGP slots, yes you need a better video card. The rest of you system is awesome. 1GB, 2.8ghz, you are set. What is your price range for a new AGP card?
whats an AGP Card?
if you're talking about a video card, my maximum price range would be about $70

btw.
is it good that i have 0mb of system video memory and shared system memory?
coz i think that may be causing the problem to the lagginess of my game.
because before my gaming was fine.=]
 
whats an AGP Card?
if you're talking about a video card, my maximum price range would be about $70

Yes i meant video card. So it says you have agpx8 and You said 70 dollars, well here are a list:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000380048 1069609639&name=AGP 4X/8X

Just look carefully on the left side and start looking around for a great card.

btw.
is it good that i have 0mb of system video memory and shared system memory?
coz i think that may be causing the problem to the lagginess of my game.
because before my gaming was fine.=]
When i was using XP, sometimes using certain drivers it will show the data incorrectly.

You know you should download GPU-Z and CPU-z, it shows that cpu you are have and what your video card/gpu-z is showing.

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1281/TechPowerUp_GPU-Z_v0.3.0.html

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

Btw, what you mean " before ", before what? Changing Drivers?

You know before you do anything, sometimes its best to use older drivers with older cards. Try out the 81.98 or the 56.64 with your FX5200 and see does the performance change.
 
You know before you do anything, sometimes its best to use older drivers with older cards. Try out the 81.98 or the 56.64 with your FX5200 and see does the performance change.
do u mind giving me a link to download the driver?

And when i said "before", i meant after i had installed Bigpond onto my computer.=]
but i doubt that has anything to do with the problem.
 
umm this is just a screenshot of info i received from using GPU-Z.
(i just posted it incase u needed any more info.)=]
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Your card should be able handle the game just fine. hmmmm, you said it was working fine. Alright let me ask you this, what do you mean by slow, fps/performance is bad? what settings do you have it on, and how many fps do you get? you can see how many fps you get by using fraps
http://www.fraps.com/
wen i say slow, yea, i mean fps performance.
For some strange reason it only goes 10fps per/second.=]
 
That isn't a strange reason. That video card was bottom of the line when it was released several years ago. It wasn't even good when it came out, and now it is 4 generations old. The card is quite lacking and isn't really capable of good performance in CS:S.

It's hard to find good AGP cards these days, because AGP was replaced by PCI-Express in... 2005 I believe. But any of those Radeon HD 3850 cards in the link General sent you should work wonders. A Radeon HD 3850 is about 15x faster than what you have, maybe more. Get one of those, and your FPS will be skyrocketing in CS:S :)
 
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