Hello, I was wondering if someone could give me some addvice, I had a dell p4 2.8g with 120g WD drive and 1g ram, it was lagging when i Played wow so i heard that AMD's are better for gaming. ( proven by i build my son a AMD 64 setup (Biostar motherboard and the Socket 743) and his is running awesome, he is running windows xp pro 32bit but runns good) Now after i seen all that i figured I would get me one and it should cure my problems. No!!! I used my old harddrive when i got the new system and come to find out still lag. (Btw i bought a barebone system from a local retailer came with motherboard CPU 256mb memory powersuply and case, I added 512mb memory and new PCI 16 Video Card 128mb.) So i figured it had to be the hard drive cause everything else was new. So i went and got me a SATA II 250g WD hard drive. And yet still lag. So if there is something that I am missing or something I nedd to do that somone else can think of your advice would be great. Btw i had Windows XP home on my pc when i started this venture i downloaded the trial version of x64 XP thinking it need a 64 bit OS but nope thats not the problem. Ok I'll leave it at this and see if anyone can help.
Thanks Again
CJW

It would help if you listed your specs. Apparently you have a VIA based board? An nForce4 would have been a better choice. 768MB DDR400? Is it detected as running in dual channel mode or not? Tell us about the power supply (brand, wattage, amperage on the +12v rails) & also tell us about that video card. Did you format & do a fresh install of WinXP on the old HDD? I wouldn't advise running x64 XP due to driver issues...it is getting better though.

Here goes...

Power Supply = Fortrex ST-400W
Voltage - 115V~ / 230V~
Current - 6/4A For 250W
10/6A For 400W
8/4A for 300W,350W
Frequency - 60~50Hz

Video Card = Asus En7300GS
PCI Express 128MB DDR2
NVidia GeForce7300gs

Yes i reformated and Fresh installed XP home on old hard drive. But i have reformated that hard drive probably about 45 times so i figured it was time fro a new one.

ok got this info but not sure if it will help but here goes.

OS Name Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Professional x64 Edition
Version 5.2.3790 Service Pack 1 Build 3790
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name Mine
System Manufacturer System manufacturer
System Model System Product Name
System Type x64-based PC
Processor AMD64 Family 15 Model 47 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~2000 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS A8V-E SE ACPI BIOS Revision 1010, 1/13/2006
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.2.3790.1830 (srv03_sp1_rtm.050324-1447)"
User Name CHRIS\Administrator
Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Total Physical Memory 766.31 MB
Available Physical Memory 504.71 MB
Total Virtual Memory 1.82 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.61 GB
Page File Space 1.13 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Conflicting / Sharing

I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 PCI bus
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 Direct memory access controller

I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF VIA PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

IRQ 21 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
IRQ 21 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
IRQ 21 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
IRQ 21 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
IRQ 21 VIA USB Enhanced Host Controller

Memory Address 0xD8000000-0xDAFFFFFF VIA PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
Memory Address 0xD8000000-0xDAFFFFFF NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

I/O Port 0x0000B000-0x0000BFFF VIA PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
I/O Port 0x0000B000-0x0000BFFF Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller

Memory Address 0xC0000000-0xCFFFFFFF VIA PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
Memory Address 0xC0000000-0xCFFFFFFF NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF PCI bus
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF VIA PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB VIA PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

Hope this helps.
Thanks again for any Help

You didn't answer all of my questions but I'll do the best I can.

I'm not familiar with Fortrex PSUs but I did some searching & found that the ST-400W sells for $16? My advice is to replace it ASAP with a name brand unit! And plan on spending at least $50.

http://www.infotechnow.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=3768

The 7300GS is a weak gaming card that uses a 64-bit memory interface. It will definitely struggle with high detail settings at high resolutions. Best to keep the AA/AF turned off, the resolution & detail settings low (possibly medium).

XP Pro x64 is probably not the best choice for an OS. I suggest you stick with WinXP (32-bit).

Nothing useful about your memory above, but my guess is that you're running it in single channel mode rather than dual channel?

" i have reformated that hard drive probably about 45 times"

Why would you have to do that? I've been running the same HDD for at least 2 years & it's only been formatted once (the day I installed it).

Internet connection??? its gonna lag on dial up or 256 broadband wireless with average connection.. i would atleast recommend at least 512.. i have 1.5mb and every now and then i lag a bit...

Nobody has stated this and i think it may be the problem. and your 1st machine should have been fine