• Is this the performance I should get in Battlefield 3 with my current hardware?
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This is an old computer so I'm not expecting really high framerates. Still, I want to be sure there's nothing wrong with this setup, lowering the performance. The average framerate I get is around 30-40 on low at 1080p and it might even rise up to 60 FPS. Usually though, it drops down to 20 and stays there in most busy parts, like in the middle of Strike at Karkand. Makes the game pretty unplayable. I'd be happy if the framerate stayed at 30 FPS. My specs are below. [CODE]Summary Operating System MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1 CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz 53 °C Kentsfield 65nm Technology RAM 4.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 449MHz (5-6-6-21) Motherboard Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-N650SLI-DS4L (Socket 775) Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Hard Drives 488GB SAMSUNG SAMSUNG HD501LJ SCSI Disk Device (ATA) CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Cores 4 Threads 4 Name Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Code Name Kentsfield Package Socket 775 LGA Technology 65nm Specification Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz Family 6 Extended Family 6 Model F Extended Model F Stepping B Revision G0 Instructions MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T Bus Speed 300.0 MHz Rated Bus Speed 1199.9 MHz Stock Core Speed 2400 MHz Stock Bus Speed 266 MHz Average Temperature 53 °C Caches L1 Data Cache Size 4 x 32 KBytes L1 Instructions Cache Size 4 x 32 KBytes L2 Unified Cache Size 2 x 4096 KBytes Core 0 Core Speed 2700.0 MHz Multiplier x 9.0 Bus Speed 300.0 MHz Rated Bus Speed 1199.9 MHz Temperature 55 °C Thread 1 APIC ID 0 Core 1 Core Speed 2700.0 MHz Multiplier x 9.0 Bus Speed 300.0 MHz Rated Bus Speed 1199.9 MHz Temperature 55 °C Thread 1 APIC ID 1 Core 2 Core Speed 2700.0 MHz Multiplier x 9.0 Bus Speed 300.0 MHz Rated Bus Speed 1199.9 MHz Temperature 51 °C Thread 1 APIC ID 2 Core 3 Core Speed 2700.0 MHz Multiplier x 9.0 Bus Speed 300.0 MHz Rated Bus Speed 1199.9 MHz Temperature 50 °C Thread 1 APIC ID 3 RAM Memory Type DDR2 Size 4096 MBytes Channels # Dual DRAM Frequency 450.0 MHz CAS# Latency (CL) 5 clocks RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD) 6 clocks RAS# Precharge (tRP) 6 clocks Cycle Time (tRAS) 21 clocks Bank Cycle Time (tR?) 26 clocks Command Rate (CR) 2T Motherboard Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Model GA-N650SLI-DS4L Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Memory 1024 MB Memory type 2 Driver version 8.17.12.9036 [/CODE] I bought the GTX 460 to replace my old 8800GT. I've tried to overclock the processor but couldn't do more than 2,7GHz. Otherwise my computer would freeze. I've read some stuff on the internet and my conclusion is that it's some shitty feature of my motherboard. [editline]26th December 2011[/editline] Maybe I could've posted this to the quick questions thread.. oh well.
I think it's your CPU that's bottlenecking you. Your card may have enough power, but it's going to be held back if your processor can't keep up with it.
Yup, processor bottlenecking.
I have the same processor (Q6660) clocked at 3.4Ghz and an ATi HD4870 and got the exact same problem. It probably really is the processor. I would love to upgrade, but upgrading processor means a new motherboard and everything except the hard drive and GPU with it...and I really don't have money for that.
I guess I'll have to wait until I build my next computer. Unless there's a cheap LGA-775 processor that might increase the power.
[QUOTE=Akasori;33907984]I guess I'll have to wait until I build my next computer. Unless there's a cheap LGA-775 processor that might increase the power.[/QUOTE] Nothing better will be worth it, most likely.
I would've bought 2500K but it would've required too much upgrading so I decided to wait until I got more money. And now Ivy Bridge is coming. I guess I'll have to wait, wait and wait...
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