Poor performance after upgrading

[Ollie1990]

Hello.

I recently had my PC upgraded but it seems to perform worse than before.

Previously my specs were:

Sempron 3100
1 gig RAM
Radeon X1600XT

Now my specs are:

Athlon 3700+
2 gig RAM
Same card as before.

I also got a new motherboard, A8n-sli deluxe.

What I'm wondering is why my PC seems worse now, in gaming especially. I used to be able to play BF2142 at medium and get 30 FPS, now I have to play it at all low settings or it's unplayable. Any help would be appreciated.

Ollie.

 

[Ollie1990]

Anyone? I really need help here. I really don't know what is causing the problem.

 

[schultzy]

Did you do a reinstall of windows. cause when you do such a big change as the mobo and processor windows most likely doesnt start or go sluggish

 

[Ollie1990]

Yep, format and re-install of windows

 

[Meithan]

If the problem is mainly in games, it may be a video card driver thing. Did you install the same drivers as before? If not, try going back to the previous drivers. You should definitely see a performance boost with such upgrade.

 

[Ollie1990]

That's what I thought too but the drivers are up to date, catalyst 6.12 etc.

 

[Meithan]

It is really weird... Have you compared benchmarks?

 

[U-Toast]

Did you install your chipset drivers? If not, that could cause serious performance issues.

 

[Ollie1990]

Yeah I did...Nvidia 6.65 I think.

 

[U-Toast]

Run some benchmarks, and see if you get what you would expect. And in what order did you install your chipset/drivers?