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M68MT-S2 Unable to function in games

M68MT-S2 Unable to function in games
« on: April 23, 2012, 01:02:02 am »
I got a computer kit from tiger direct a few weeks ago and had someone walk me through putting it together since it was my first time. I dont have a graphics card yet but from what everyone i talk to is telling me it should easly be able to play The Old Republic or World of Warcraft at a decent frame rate especially with all settings on low. well i tried that and i am lucky to get 3-4 fps. I dont know what I am missing. i instally Win 7 64-bit and then ran the install all drivers cd that came with the motherboard.

here is  my system info.

Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.120305-1505)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: M68MT-S2
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 830 Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 7934MB RAM
Page File: 1750MB used, 14116MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
 DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode

is there anything else you might need to know?
 is there anything I could try? is there some sort of default setting with this motherboard that is preventing it?

Vezina

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Re: M68MT-S2 Unable to function in games
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2012, 07:02:28 pm »
You need a "real" video card ,thats all :)
Price wise i would recommend you an ATI 5670 or 6670 with DDR 5.Excellent value and you can play even Crysis.
Your on-board video card is not enough to run the game simple as that.
The CPU is fine for casual gaming machine.

An AMD APU and a A75 motherboard would have been much better in your usage scenario.
« Last Edit: April 23, 2012, 07:05:29 pm by Vezina »
Over & Out !

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