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Noticed that games that were fine seem to struggle a bit in recent days. L4D especially.
Ok compare this taken 23/03/08
11927 3DMarks
CPU Score 6266 CPUMarks
With
Today
8767 3DMarks
CPU Score 3234 CPUMarks
somethings not right. It's the exact same 3Dmark test and it's the exact same hardware as in March
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It's dual processor so wonder if one isn't pulling its weight
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I've been having troubles with fps too, maybe you're onto something with the whole hot blond twin thing. Don't forget hoovering dustbunnies neither or you'll end up with an extra carpet. 
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Was obviously having a bad day. Yesterday was done from a reboot.
Tonight was done from a cold start
14846 3DMarks
CPU Score 8679 CPUMarks
lol pissed all over March 08 aswell. I could see while the test was running that it was considerably better than yesterday but didn't know it was going to beat the previous best by about 2000
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quick bout of l4d and within a couple of minutes it's slideshow city again. run test again and back down to 8200.... possible overheating issues. I shall check and perform a system clean up
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Maybe L4D is leaking memory all over the place.
Do you still want me to post my upgrade costs?
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There was much dust caking the CPU possibly causing problems. I noticed WoW was not performing as well as usual and that doesn't tax my machine. I'm doing a disk cleanup then a defrag now. I just ran the 3Dmark test again and it's back up to nearly 15,000.
Yeah I did wonder if you'd looked into them. Be interesting to see how much an upgrade would cost. The only bad thing is Clare has my old machine and it is too old to use any parts I replace in this one so they'd have to be binned or stored.
Cheers 
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Jools, further to our conversation, here are the links...
Memory - £54.04 inc VAT
4GB (2x2GB) Corsair TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 4-4-4-12, DHX
http://www.scan.co.uk/product.aspx?ProductId=23802
CPU - £238.05 inc VAT
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550, Yorkfield Core, S775, 2.83 GHz, 1333MHz, 12MB L2 Cache, 8.5x, Retail
http://www.scan.co.uk/product.aspx?ProductId=23367
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that Memory has gone up massively in price now and the processor is no longer available from Scan.
I just priced up this upgrade from ebuyer
Qty Product QuickFind Stock Price Line Total
Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 DHX Performace Memory CL4 2.1V 142433 3 in stock £90.00 £76.59 £90.00 £76.59
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 Socket 775 3GHz 1333FSB 12MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor 148544 54 in stock £281.68 £239.72 £281.68 £239.72
BFG GTX260 OC MAXCORE 55nm 896MB (D) Dual DVI PhysX and Cuda ready PCI-E Graphics Card 169059 6 in stock £164.68 £140.15 £164.68 £140.15
Cart total inc vat: Cart total ex vat: £536.36 £456.46
I just wish I could know how that would compare to spending another £300 quid and getting an entirely new Windows 7 equipped PC
What do you reckon?
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that seems a lot of money m8 
have a look on overclockers ive just priced one up for 470 with mobo and ddr3 ram 1600,cpu and gfx m8
Last edited by vanish (11th Mar 2010 23:47)
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Been looking at lots on Overclockers. Especially their bundles (CPU,Mobo,Cooler,Memory)
What specific items did you go for?
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i got an i5 and gigabyte mobo and 4gig of ripsaw 1600mhz goes like stink
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