Since installing GTX 670 my computer starts up really slow

[Antoni]

i5 3570k
8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz 9-9-9-24
ASRock Z77 Pro4

I was running off that for three months, boot-up and speed of the system was very fast, I wasn't gaming just browsing, media, general use. I installed my MSI GTX 670 Power Edition in late January, install the nVidia drivers/updates, and my computers boot-up speed is a LOT slower, considerably slower, not even just double, a lot slower. About 3x slower at least, more even.

I was happily playing GTA IV on complete maxed out setting at 1080p, literally all the draw distances at 100, every type of quality on the highest setting possible. I was getting about 55-65 FPS. About a month ago I just had a feeling the gameplay was going much slower than before, it wasn't moving so instantly as if it was real life like before. I installed Fraps, and it was about 55 FPS max and at a lot of points dropping down to 35 FPS. I could swear at some points my game was going as slow as 25 FPS though...

I don't know if my problem is getting worse/the PC is getting even slower, I really don't know.

One possible reason could be the SATA cable doesn't exactly fit comfortably into the HDD, it looked like there was a little bit of strain on it from the angle. I'm wondering if maybe my HDD isn't connected right. I did adjust the cable when I installed the GTX 670, I don't think it made it better than before, maybe slightly worse.

 

[Antoni]

What is DOS?

 

[notea]

What is DOS?

DOS = Disk Operating System

 

[Urawally]

In case you aren't aware of this, a possible reason for your poor start-up speeds could be that the MSI Power Edition will spin backwards for 30 seconds on start-up. This is to flush any dust that has gathered inside the GPU.