I get TERRIBLE performance in COD4.

[MBrown]

First off here are my specs.

4400x2@2.4GHz
8800GTS 640MB
2GB of Ram
160GB HD
Vista
22" Widescreen

Now I should be able to play this game maxed out @ 1680x1050 judging by the performance everyone else is getting but its not the case. When I play I just cannot get above 30 fps in outdoor environments. Its like its capped or something. And just for kicks I turned the resolution down all the way to 1024x768 and I had NO change in frame rates. I turned off AA...NO change in frame rate. I have the latest drivers from nvidia (they are betas though..) Does anyone know what the problem could be? This is just driving me up the wall.

 

[JPB]

What drivers are you using ? I don't know if there is any relevance, But I was using the 163.44's and my average frame rate was 5.

I updated to 163.77's and now I get an average of 40-55 or there abouts at 1440x900 res with all settings up. And I only have one gig of ram.

Edit: And another thing, did you let the install of the game ( reinstall ) DirectX ? On my initial install, I skipped that part since I already had it installed. But talking to my dad, when he skipped it, the game didn't know where to look for the DX files. So I reinstalled the game, let it reinstall DX9 and updated the drivers, and all is sweet. Just a little FYI.

 

[kentsfield]

Turn Vsync off.

 

[Coldkilla]

Ive got insane preformance. A solid 80+. Q6600, 8800GTX, 4GB, Vista. You shouldn't be experiencing all of this trouble with your specs.

 

[RaptureMe]

I have no clue!!
I wish I could help.
It runs great on both of my systems with everything maxed out I never drop below 80+ frames..
Maybe try turning AA off and Vsync off oh and turn body count to low and maybe try turning shadows to low or off??