Cant play games need help please

[igodofwari]

Hello,
i have been having this problem for a long time now i just put a ati radeon 5450 hd 1 gig card in i have 6 gig of ram and quad core what could be the problem please help

 

[kilo_17]

Well, what do you mean by "Cant play games"? Help us out here, you need to be more specific.

 

[HostileDonut]

PSU, CPU, RAM, we need specs. When you say you can't play games, what do you mean? a HD5450 is not a gaming card either. Far from it to be exact.

 

[igodofwari]

well see idk anything about that the retailer said it was lol

 

[igodofwari]

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.3GHz
Memory: 6142MB RAM
Page File: 2945MB used, 12330MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 7.00.6002.18107 64bit Unicode

does this help at all?

 

[FlintIronStagg]

not really... if you are wondering why your pc cant play games and it lags alot and the games run like crap... its your graphics card. the 5450 is somethign used more for HD playback and not for real gaming. When you upgrade that card, you may need to upgrade your power supply as well

 

[igodofwari]

and i can play but in 800x600 and that sux

 

[HostileDonut]

Yeah, that does help. Your specs are good for some games. What games do you play, and what happens when you played them? The retailer didn't tell the truth, a hd5450 is better than integrated graphics, but not a gaming card at all.

 

[FlintIronStagg]

and i can play but in 800x600 and that sux

what is your budget? you definitely need a new graphics card, and most likely power supply.

 

[HostileDonut]

I would encourage you to look into a hd6850 or GTX 460 1gb.

 

[HostileDonut]

what is your budget? you definitely need a new graphics card, and most likely power supply.

+1

 

[igodofwari]

very choppy im trying to play cod:bo dead island l4d:2 stuff like that all dl thru steam so i should prolly take the card back

 

[HostileDonut]

I would upgrade it to a 6790 minimum.
If you have some cash a GTX 560ti or 6950 is a great option.

Did you check out his CPU, he would get bottlenecks. hd6850 or GTX 460 1gb is still going to give him small bottlenecks. 2.3ghz ain't much bro.

 

[igodofwari]

thanks all for the quick replies

 

[HostileDonut]

very choppy im trying to play cod:bo dead island l4d:2 stuff like that all dl thru steam so i should prolly take the card back

Yeah, those games won't run well with that card.

 

[HostileDonut]

thanks all for the quick replies

No problem! What PSU do you have? (power supply unit) How much money do you have to spend?

 

[HostileDonut]

He has a C2Q that can reach 3.0ghz pretty easily.

An OEM machine doesn't OC.

 

[igodofwari]

and where would i look for psu

 

[HostileDonut]

and where would i look for psu

In your case. Open the case, and then look at what has all of the cords coming from it. Look at the 12v rails. Tell us what they are.

 

[HostileDonut]

With software and depending on motherboard it is possible to oc the cpu.
However as you are at 2.3ghz and have 4 cores the limit would be a 6870 IMO.

Hm, I guess that could work. Also, I don't believe those games support more than 2 threads. 4 cores won't be used.

 

[igodofwari]

120w? idk if thats right tho 250w max

 

[HostileDonut]

With software and depending on motherboard it is possible to oc the cpu.
However as you are at 2.3ghz and have 4 cores the limit would be a 6870 IMO.

Do you mean unistall the MB drivers and install the new version so that it is not locked?

 

[HostileDonut]

120w? idk if thats right tho 250w max

Yeah, you would need a new one.

 

[igodofwari]

16.0a and 0.3a

 

[HostileDonut]

I would recommend this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027

His system would peek at around 300w. MAX, so this would do fine. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139026&Tpk=corsair%20430w