Can a video card get old and slow?

[SportyGuy220]

Im not sure if its maybe that time to buy a new one, however you all tell me if this is usuall.
I play counterstrike which doesnt take much to run. I have a 9800pro, the game used to run fine, now all the sudden i was playing yesterday and the game was video lagging. Im wondering if the card is old and cant perform like it used to. I just dusted the whole system. and within 6 months again i took off the heatsink and put some artic silver 5 back on it. its not overclocked with the newest drivers. LMK

Thanks

 

[Ebenol]

Probably not hardware related. I'd say you've got some opengl setting that CS doesn't like. Perhaps you have turned on/off vsync?

 

[Sunin]

Probably not hardware related. I'd say you've got some opengl setting that CS doesn't like. Perhaps you have turned on/off vsync?

Try a fresh install of windows xp... most likely you junked up your system with too many programs etc... fresh installs are a good starting point. I do it about every 3 mos.

 

[texuspete00]

3 months..... yipes thats nuts!

 

[ClearM4]

1. Format hard drive
2. Reinstall windows
3. Update windows
4. Installed most used programs
5. Create hard drive image

If your computer ever gets slow or virus/spam infested you can now restore your computer with the HD image in 5-10 mins to perfect condition.

 

[Toboggan]

dust worked for me.

 

[Brent_Justice]

The hardware doesn't 'get slow', it either works or it doesn't work. What does get slow is software, namely Windows. And of course new games pushing the hardware harder.

 

[PWMK2]

Try a fresh install of windows xp... most likely you junked up your system with too many programs etc... fresh installs are a good starting point. I do it about every 3 mos.

Whoa... while a fresh install for XP is good, I usually only do it once every two years...