TDU suddenly decides to have issues

BanditoBurrito · November 16, 2010

(If this is in the wrong section feel free to move it, haven't been on this forum in years lol)

Okay, so about a couple weeks ago I got a new AMD Phenom II X4 945 processor. I put it in and played some TDU and it ran great! I was able to max out every setting at 1600x1200 resolution and still pull off 70fps. Well, I ordered a new CPU cooler and put it on, but in a moment of sheer stupidity I used WAY too much thermal compound and ended up gluing the CPU to the heatsink. I tried to pull it off and *pop* it pulled the CPU out of the socket.

Today, my replacement came in the mail - a Phenom II X6 1055T. Plugged it in, overclocked it using AMD Overdrive to 3.2GHz and started it up. There was a noticable drop in FPS (I was only managing 30fps tops) as well as some weird graphics issues. Immediately I went back to the desktop and reduced my CPU back down to stock speeds, but that didn't fix it. The same thing happened in Left 4 Dead when, where I would normally get 60fps steadily, I would get 30.

Could I have damaged the motherboard socket somehow, or something on the motherboard itself? Or is it a known issue with the new Phenom II X6 cpu's?

Here's a video of what's happening (game audio muted because it accidentally recorded a friend's voice thru Skype)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COS7ccE7AJ0

Andreas¹ · November 16, 2010

I have a hard time believing that a CPU would have such an impact on performance. :confused: Are you sure everything is okay with your GPU as well?

BanditoBurrito · November 16, 2010

I have a hard time believing that a CPU would have such an impact on performance. :confused: Are you sure everything is okay with your GPU as well?

Well, it would explain a lot, since I just came from an Athlon X2 4450e that would give me 45fps on lowest settings, and then I could get 70+ fps at max settings with just a processor upgrade. Nothing's changed with my GPU.

Sponge · November 16, 2010

You may have damaged a few sockets on your motherboard. If the CPU Heatsink has pulled out the CPU, without undoing the processor clip, then it's a good chance you've bent/disfigured a pin or two. Normally, though, the entire socket would fail if it had broken.

BanditoBurrito · November 17, 2010

That's what I would think, too. After a restart, it seems to be running at a stable 55fps... granted less than the X4 but still doable, maybe in part to the lower clock speeds?...

EDIT:

Alright, it seems to be doing alright in games now, back up to 70fps. But when i record video with Fraps 3.2.3 it absolutely KILLS my framerate, when the only things I have running are MSN, Skype and Winamp. During recording the game becomes unplayable and I'm lucky to reach 10fps. And for whatever reason, my GPS has a blue haze over it. Look.