New Graphics Card: Lag

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BarkingPup

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Hi, guys. I'm coming here to discuss an issue I don't have enough knowledge to fix yet.

The story:

My brothers computer's power supply died (was a cheap thing) so he sent it to the local computer people and they did their magic. According to the bill they gave him a Silencer PSU (is that even a brand)? He wanted to upgrade his graphics card so they gave him a new one and said he shouldn't encounter any problems with it. As soon as he tried to play a game (Skyrim, specifically) his FPS dropped to five. He tried what he could but couldn't fix it. After taking a look at his comp specs I'm thinking he's encountering a bottleneck from old components plus new card.

Computer:

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium x64

MOBO: Asus P7P55D

PSU: Silencer 750W

GPU: ASUS Nvidea Geforce 610 1GB

CPU: Intel i5-750 2.8Ghz Quad-Core

RAM 8gb (4 individuals) Kingston I think 1333

So what is going on, is there any way to salvage the computer, or should he buy new parts?
 
A GeForce 610 is NOT a powerful card whatsoever. That's why he's getting such poor framerates. You'll want to upgrade the video card to something like a 660Ti or so.
 
Yeah, if that's a PC P&C silencer 750W, which haven't been made in a few years. You got a overkill power supply and a low end video card.
 
Yeah the video card is pretty much worthless for any modern gaming. That's the problem.
 
Lol, I dont't get why people who want to play games even buy it, isnt it obvious how bad it is just by looking at its price?
 
Calin said:
Lol, I dont't get why people who want to play games even buy it, isnt it obvious how bad it is just by looking at its price?
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If you send it to a computer shop odds are you're hoping they'll know what they're doing, which is a totally reasonable expectation. It's more their fault than the OP's about getting a bad card.
 
Denther said:
If you send it to a computer shop odds are you're hoping they'll know what they're doing, which is a totally reasonable expectation. It's more their fault than the OP's about getting a bad card.
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I dunno, my boss would try and pass that off as a gaming card, even if I told him it wasn't. :cool:
 
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