Video Card Problem?

[BombaTwist]

Well anyways heres the deal, when the first couple months i got my new computer, i played Counter-Strike: Source and got around with 40-60 FPS. now when i play it i get 10-20 fps... could it just be my comp getting older? by the way i got my comp like September of this year.

Specs:

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice Core

40GB Western Digital ATA 100 2mb cache

NEC Dual Layer DVD+/- 3540

DFI nF4-DAGF mobo

ATi Radeon x300 128mb hypermemory

Corsair Valueselect 512mb

MSI Tv@nywhere TV tuner

XCLIO 480W Power Supply

Aspire X-Plorer steel black case with 2 fans, 1 on the back and 1 on top.

[ripken204]

when was the last time you defragged? and how hot is it running? clean out the inside from dust if you need to.

[Vitalix]

Have you updated drivers? Sometimes new drivers are horrific for certain games.

IF you have, try rolling the drivers back to what you had when you first installed the machine (the CD that came with your vid car). Any difference? If so, then new drivers no good for CS:S.

If not, check if you have apps running in background like anti-virus.

I know in my other P4 PC, I have Norton AV 2002, and for some reason after about 4 hours, it just consumes 50% of my CPU just sitting there. Everything runs like crap if it is on...

Too lazy to uninstall, have to get Trend soon...

[BombaTwist]

when was the last time you defragged? and how hot is it running? clean out the inside from dust if you need to.

i defragged last month, its running around 30C. and ill clean out the fans later, since now i see some dust.

Have you updated drivers? Sometimes new drivers are horrific for certain games.

IF you have, try rolling the drivers back to what you had when you first installed the machine (the CD that came with your vid car). Any difference? If so, then new drivers no good for CS:S.

If not, check if you have apps running in background like anti-virus.

I know in my other P4 PC, I have Norton AV 2002, and for some reason after about 4 hours, it just consumes 50% of my CPU just sitting there. Everything runs like crap if it is on...

Too lazy to uninstall, have to get Trend soon...

i havent updated any drivers at all. im using the drivers that were from the cd. I have NOD32 running, MSAntiSpyware, and adaware running but they always run even when i used to get 40-60fps.