Dual core Upgrade problem

[cactusnic]

Please help me if you can. I have just upgraded my Vista PC's processor from an AMD Athlon 64 XP 3000 to an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 2.2GHz. This is on an Asrock 939 Dual Vsta motherboard. Initially everything looked fine, the driver updated upon 1st booting and everything seems fairly snappy and performs fine when encoding mp3s etc. However I noticed when running Guild Wars I was in Jerko Vision at 3fps. This was previously humming along on max settings. I then tried 3DMark 05. My score has plummeted from an already modest 4000 to 1200. The CPU score is down to 667 with the new chip from 3300 with the old one. Most games are now unplayable, although Portal seems to run ok.

I have tried clearing cmos, Updating the graphics driver, checked the bios is up to date and installed the latest. I have tried Using a virgin install of Vista and also tried swapping the processor for another AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 2.2GHz. All to no avail. I have also tried AMDs optimizer. If anyone has any ideas where I am going wrong i would be very grateful for any help. My specs are listed below:

Processor

Model : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+

Speed : 2.20GHz

Model Number : 4200 (estimated)

Cores per Processor : 2 Unit(s)

Threads per Core : 1 Unit(s)

Type : Dual-Core

Internal Data Cache : 64kB, Synchronous, Write-Back, 2-way set, 64 byte line size

L2 On-board Cache : 512kB, ECC, Synchronous, Write-Back, 16-way set, 64 byte line size

System

System : To Be Filled By O.E.M. 939Dual-VSTA

Mainboard : 939Dual-VSTA

Bus(es) : AGP PCI PCIe USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus

Multi-Processor (MP) Support : 1 Processor(s)

Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : No

System BIOS : American Megatrends Inc. 8.12

Total Memory : 1023MB DDR-SDRAM

Chipset 1

Model : Acer Labs Incorporated (ALi/ULi) ULi M1695 K8 Northbridge with PCI-Express and hypertransport

Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 800MHz (1600MHz data rate)

Chipset 2

Model : Acer Labs Incorporated (ALi/ULi) ULi M1689 K8 Northbridge with AGP and hypertransport

Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 800MHz (1600MHz data rate)

Chipset 3

Model : Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Athlon 64 / Opteron HyperTransport Technology Configuration

Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 800MHz (1600MHz data rate)

Total Memory : 1GB DDR-SDRAM

Memory Bus Speed : 2x 129MHz (258MHz data rate)

Video System

Monitor/Panel : Generic PnP Monitor

Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

Imaging Device : Canon MP150

Physical Storage Devices

WDC WD3200KS-75PFB0 (ATA) : 298GB (C (D

USBest USB2FlashStorage (USB) : N/A (G

PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 (ATAPI) : 1.5GB (E

TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H552B (ATAPI) : N/A (F

Logical Storage Devices

Hard Disk (C : 103GB (60GB, 59% Free Space) (NTFS) @ WDC WD3200KS-75PFB0 (ATA)

Hard Disk (D : 195GB (19GB, 10% Free Space) (NTFS) @ WDC WD3200KS-75PFB0 (ATA)

Final Sub BB Add (E : 1.5GB (CDFS) @ PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 (ATAPI)

CD-ROM/DVD (F : N/A @ TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H552B (ATAPI)

3.5" 1.44MB (A : N/A

Removable Drive (G : N/A @ USBest USB2FlashStorage (USB)

MultiMedia Device(s)

Device : Unsupported Standard Game Port

Device : Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS (WDM)

Power Management

Mains (AC) Line Status : On-Line

Operating System(s)

Windows System : Microsoft Windows Vista Home Media Center 6.00.6000

Platform Compliance : Win32 x86

Network Services

Adapter : ULi M526X Ethernet Controller

Many thanks for any ideas

 

[Rastalovich]

I`m kinda in a rush atm, but looking at the text there, it identifies the chip and it`s 2.2Ghz rating, then further down I see 1.6Ghz.

Not sure if I`m reading that wrong, but the memory looks like it slow too.

Wonder if this is something to do with the AMD efficiency thingy u can turn on/off in the bios.. can`t remember what it`s called now.

Gets to a temperature, then slows things down to cool off.. bah can`t remember.

EDIT: Cool&Quiet technology it`s called I think.

 

[cactusnic]

Thanks for your reply. I have tried cool and quiet both on and off with the same result. The CPU is running at 55 deg C.

 

[BigFatCat]

Download and run CPU-Z, what speed does it say the RAM is running at? Then compare it to what it's rated at.

 

[cactusnic]

Thanks Big Cat. I have checked that and it is all as it should be.