Need help with Comp Issues

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[Dubyateef]

Hey guys, Talked to xpertz about this already and he hasnt got a clue, so thought id make a post see if any1 can help me

Basically, I have had the same comp for 3 years now, I have run WoW, Devil May Cry 4, CSS, Portal etc all on high settings all perfectly fine of getting 60-80 fps.

The other day i went back to wow for a bit to talk to some old mates and i was really bored. They asked me to help out so i did, but the issue is i was Disconnecting at random times, it only happened when a lot of things were going on (ie everyone fighting a boss, or something requiring high graphics). We did the same thing 6 times, 4 times it Disconnected me throughout the fight and other 2 just made me lag A LOT. I closed all programs running, including Ventrilo, MSN, Steam, AVG, anything i could see i closed it, I am not capped nor was any1 in my flat downloading (no1 was even on a comp apart from me).

I was questioning the internet but it would only disconnect me from WoW itself not the Ventrilo server i was on, so leads me to believe something is wrong with my comp. 6 months ago when i sold my account I could handle all of the high end stuff with settings on full. there were no issues at all. I come back, settings on lowest possible and disconnects me for reasons i can only assume that my comp is unable to handle.

Here are my comps specs (dont laugh at me!)
OS: Vista
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ 3.00GHz
Memory (RAM): 2.00GB
System Type: 32-Bit
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT (PCI Express x16)
If there is anything else that might be helpful let me know.

But does any1 know why it would do it? or can suggest ways of speeding up my comp?

[Dark//Virus]

Buy more ram, remove vista, install 7

If your with Smelecom they are having issues atm

[Dubyateef]

Nah im with Vodafone for net, i was looking at buying more ram, how much u think would be good? im not looking at making my comp ultra awesome just so it doesn't s*** out.

[Dark//Virus]

Umm, Ram 4gb is all you will need with that rig

\I have the same graphics card, they arent that good, but good enough.

Did you exp. any other problems with games like CSS? if not id say maybe wow updates killed your gfx?

[xpertz]

Nah im with Vodafone for net, i was looking at buying more ram, how much u think would be good? im not looking at making my comp ultra awesome just so it doesn't s*** out.

Don't foget Vodafone run through the same exchange as Telecom. What kind of Issues are they having DV?

[Lenny]

Nah im with Vodafone for net, i was looking at buying more ram, how much u think would be good? im not looking at making my comp ultra awesome just so it doesn't s*** out.

Don't foget Vodafone run through the same exchange as Telecom. What kind of Issues are they having DV?

I'm with Vodafone and I'm not getting any issues

[Dubyateef]

The net dropped out other night, but not when this was going on, i was connected to ventrilo the entire time and ventrilo was giving no lag of speech or anything, hence why i think its more of my comp not being able to handle it so well any more. gonna get an external harddrive and get rid of heaps of s***.

Umm, Ram 4gb is all you will need with that rig

\I have the same graphics card, they arent that good, but good enough.

Did you exp. any other problems with games like CSS? if not id say maybe wow updates killed your gfx?

4gb total? or 4gb extra? when playing CSS i have had no issues with lag or disconnections (have a little spaz sometimes when im killed and it goes instantly to the spec of where u just died? it doesn't like that sometimes but only for that 1 sec of rapid change)

[GRIM]

do you clean the inside of your case regularly?

[Dark//Virus]

4GB total,


They are having some routing issues, lots of pages in text only etc.

Duby, internet issues can be international only, so you NZ Vent server could be fine, it may only be routing to America etc. or like long long routes the wrong way around the world, meaning ping and lagg outs

[xpertz]

do you clean the inside of your case regularly?

can that be an issue?

[Stephens]

do you clean the inside of your case regularly?

can that be an issue?

At least he could sleep well knowing his computer is clean on the inside

[Ð]

Dust in your computer is a silent killer!

Lol but seriously, it can f*** s*** up if your not careful.

[GRIM]

well sput said it ran high specs and was running fast, so im just thinking about all areas that can effect PC speed.

[xpertz]

^^ I see, must be time for me to clean mine out.

[charlie]

yeah i cleaned out my fan for the first time in a year and went from 40 to 60 fps to 100 constant haha my cpu was over heating.



Sput happens to me and jake when we raid (jakes comp is really good)
its the internet ae, cant do 25mans when more than one person is using the net.

[Dubyateef]

yeah i cleaned out my fan for the first time in a year and went from 40 to 60 fps to 100 constant haha my cpu was over heating.



Sput happens to me and jake when we raid (jakes comp is really good)
its the internet ae, cant do 25mans when more than one person is using the net.

with the same comp i done 40 man raids AV is fine with everyone in 1 spot, same with WG.
4 months ago it handled 25 Uldar + ToC with ease, no issues involved.

Might give it a clean, but yeah looking at getting 2x2gb sticks for around $160-$170.

[GRIM]

answer my question

[Dubyateef]

No i do not clean it that much

[GRIM]

clean it = problem fixed

[faze :O]

i needa clean my pc soon 

[Dubyateef]

Might be odd question but how do u clean it? like is there something ur def not meant to do or something u should look/do etc?

[GRIM]

dont spray and wipe haha

usually alot of people use air compressors, or even those cans of air you can get nowa days

i just vacum the front of my case very regularly so no dust enters teh case at all

[xpertz]

You still having issues bro?

[Dubyateef]

buying 2x2gb ram sticks tomorrow and chucking them in. Seems straight forward they just slot in and out, do i need to install or anything or something special? never done it, but hoping its just shove in and let it do its thing? same time ill semi-clean it

[GRIM]

lol do you know how many pins the RAM you need is? also the type of RAM your motherboard supports do some research before shoving something into your PC haha