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Hey so i purchased a graphics card a couple months ago for my computer mainly to run starcraft and such on ultra/extreme. I can get the exact name if i researched it but i lost the box for the card. it is a pny geforce of sorts and ran me $120. When i first bought it i could easily run ultra/extreme graphics on starcraft. I have since been playing LOL and just today went to run starcraft and now i can barely run on medium graphics (goes low, medium, high, ultra, extreme). Why is this?? do graphics cards wear down?

About the wearing down part I've been running a 9300Gs for 2 years and i can play WoW on Ultra so I don't know

Looks like you have some background processes hosing your computer. I'd look in your Windows Processes window and see what is taking up resources.

what sort of things should i be looking for? most the processes arent taking up much space, or the ones that are are being used

Have you recently installed any programs like an anti-virus? Also I would go to Nvidia's site and get the latest drivers for your card.

Clean out your video card/computer. I use a gaming laptop and if I don't clean out the vents/fans every couple months, my games will suffer a huge FPS drop randomly and jitter, making it basically unplayable. It could be the same problem for your computer as well. Just buy a can of compressed air, open your case up, and get to work.

Alright so i'll update the drivers, and clean that out. Would heating be a problem? I mean the graphics card has its own little fan etc but the tower still heats up after a while of gaming as well

So i just tried to install the driver update but it says its not compatible with this version of windows. I run a windows 7 64 bit, and that's the info that was inputted (and it auto detected the card). I is confused

You could always leave the case open and put a fan next to it, just to see. What wattage is your PSU? Is it sufficient for the card? Not sure if that could be an issue.