BIOS settings that affect game performance?
 

Hi guys,

A couple of months back I had to reset the BIOS on my computer, and since then my frame rates have gone down by 50% and are constantly dipping below the 25fps threshold where you really start to notice it.

I don't have a great machine (Pentium 4 3GHZ CPU, 3GB RAM, Radeon HD 4600 graphics card with 1GB memory), but before the BIOS change I would get comfortable 25-40FPS on most maps with near-perfect in-game graphics settings. Now, even when I turn every quality setting to low, I can barely get 25 FPS when looking at the sky with no other planes or objects around, and single-digit FPS when looking at forests, cities, etc.

I eliminated all other possibilities (viruses, other programs running, etc) and am pretty sure it's caused by that BIOS change weeks ago. I disabled on-board sound which can be an FPS drag, that didn't help. I never used overclocking so it's not that. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Woke Up Dead

Just check that everything was detected.

Check CPU MHz, and that your memory is well configured.

I can´t believe that some BIOS change on your memory settings could bring your performance so low as 50% less. But it is the only other thing that could give slower performance because of a BIOS change.

Check your memory types, and look their settings on the manufacturer. Then see which of those are supported by your BIOS, and do all the changes you can do to fulfill manufacturer settings.