3.0ghz p4

[cheddahboy777]

i just got a new mobo and processor. i got a p4 3.0 and an abit is7-e. after i got everything running i noticed the cpu temp is up a little its running in the high 40s and low 50s, then i installed m games i play like ut2003, raven shield, and halo and the games arent running much if any better than my old p4 1.8a.what should i do to get the temp down and y arent my games runnin good i know my ram isnt good i have 512 pc2100 but i dont think that should slow me down that bad and could that ram be bad cause with my old comp games didnt run very good either. i know my vid card is fine its 5900 nu. so any help would be appreciated cause ims startin to get mad that my computer never runs better than any of my friends even though mines better

[thekingofpain]

How do your new benchmarks compare to your older ones?
(You must have run benches before this swap---right?)

Edit---> your old system exceeded all the minimum requirements to run those games by far---what did you expect?

[thekingofpain]

dang thing----wouldnt allow my edit---went for a new post, and my edit shows up---

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[cheddahboy777]

im stupid i forgot to run some benchmarks but ill run 3dmark03 and 01 and see what i get, but a lot of times with my new cpu i drop int he 20s fps in raven shield, and i runs just like my old system, and my friends got a 2.8 p4 and a 9200 and his frame rates never drop below 40

[cheddahboy777]

just ran 3dmark 03 and i got a 5465 and with my old processor i got 4903 so i guess it helped me but games still run like crap and are barely playable when ur getting 20 fps and my friends got a 2.8 9200 and and nevedr gets below 40 with same settings so im downloading 3dmarl 03 on his computer and see if he gets 40,000

[Uncle Bob]

I'm running a P4 3.06 ghz 533FBS CPU. I use a Cooler Master fan/
heat sink combo. It's the twenty dollar one. Temps are consistently
38C- 45C depending on room temp. I'm told by a good source that you needn't worry until you hit 50C. My rig is a micro atx with raid 0. My next step is a new power supply with multiple fans.

[VHockey86]

do you have the latest drivers installed for the video card?

[cysus]

perhaps your bios multipiers are off. I had this problem, my 8x agp was running at 2x and my cpu had a fsb of 133 instead of 800.

[Bizkitkid2001]

Also check your temperature throttle back control. I know that on P4 chips if it gets to hot it will throttle back in mhz to cool it off. I'm not saying your chip is too hot, but the setting for when it throttles back might be set to low in the bios.

EDIT: my asl grammer is messing up my english grammer >_<