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    PC noticeably slower

    i think so, and its probably caused by how i installed it. I usually use driver sweeper then install the drivers. For this i uninstalled it from the installer itself, went to safe mode and used driver sweeper there and finished up with Ccleaner and the installation itself.
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    PC noticeably slower

    GOOD NEWS!! i repaired broken files via Command Prompt and also rolled back my AMD Driver to 11.12 and everything worked out fine. i now get my regular FPS (50-65) in BF3 instead of the unbearably low (29-35) FPS i do still get the sense of sluggishness but not by much. I also realized that i...
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    PC noticeably slower

    if i clean install my OS it wipes everything right? ... i think im not that comfortable in doing that.
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    PC noticeably slower

    NullDC, thats it. um no
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    PC noticeably slower

    just games, skype and and emulator
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    PC noticeably slower

    how do you clean install and check voltages?
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    PC noticeably slower

    its at v12.1 ATM
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    PC noticeably slower

    i mean would NOT start windows :banghead: The GPU goes to 75-80C when playing BF3
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    PC noticeably slower

    yea i had alot of tabs (5) opened when i took that, yea temps are fine, the CPU never goes up 50C even under heavy load
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    PC noticeably slower

    i use 64-bit OS i took this a couple of minutes ago EDIT: i dunno if this helps or not but i had a power outage a couple of weeks ago and my PC would start windows. so i inserted the windows disk and repaired it there.
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    PC noticeably slower

    i basically run the same background programs for months, the only non-windows/Ati programs that runs in the background are always avast!, malwarebytes, fraps, steam/origin, rainmeter and coretemp and i always close web browsers when starting a game.
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    PC noticeably slower

    i dont know what subforum to post this in so sorry. Hi, i noticed that my PC has been running very sluggish lately. Programs take alot longer to open and games arent running as it should. I just played battlefield 3 today after several days not playing it and it was really, really slow. I run...
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    The AMD Phenom II OC'ers Club

    thanks i raised the voltage to 1.4 and also the NB multiplier to 2.4Ghz :) i did the small stress test and let it run till test 5, hasnt crashed or got any errors. oh and the CPU temp didnt go over 50C.
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    The AMD Phenom II OC'ers Club

    http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2090195 do you guys think this is a stable OC? it was in 3.6Ghz last time, i just bumped it up to 3.7Ghz today.
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    i got the "Application Install: Install Package failure" error while installing 11.7

    It works!!! thanks sneekypeet for the link :)
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