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Question

Upgrade or buy new one?

Jan 23, 2014 4:49PM PST

This is a link to my computers info http://tinyurl.com/l5q6du7. I use it for gaming. At the start it was great i was able to run multiple games at the same time with no lags what so ever. Now I can barely play 1 and its with lags. IF the game requests a close up i go down to 3 fps. Any tips would be appreciated

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Re: upgrade or buy new one
Jan 23, 2014 4:54PM PST

The simple thing to do: clean install of your OS, back to factory conditions. Then it's just as fast as it was the first time. If that was fast enough, you're done.

Kees

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Bugs
Jan 24, 2014 12:22PM PST

Chances are it is laden with bugs, if he is running interactively on line...I cleaned one up about a month ago, a gamer, NO security software to speak of, full of Trojans and tons of other crap. It was sort of running, sort of.