Is my performance lower than it should be?

[Extelleron]

I've just started playing the retail version of Crysis and I'm just past the spot where the demo ends. I'm playing on DX9 with high settings expect for shadows/post-processing which I have at medium, at 1680x1050 resolution, and my performance is pretty bad at times. Most of the time my FPS is aroudn 20-25FPS, or ocassionally 30~, but in really intense scenes and combat it'll often dip down to 15-20FPS. I know Crysis is a real resource-hog, but I'm wondering if I'm getting lower performance than normal for my setup:

AMD X2 3600+ @ 2.8GHz
2GB DDR2 @ 800MHz 5-5-5-15
eVGA 8800GTS 640MB @ 612/1950
Windows Vista 32-Bit

With the performance I'm getting now, I'm probably just going to wait until I get a faster card to actually play Crysis. The game really isn't enjoyable at this speed, and I don't want to lower my settings any further.

Thanks.

 

[videogames101]

yeah, try all medium settings at that res

 

[Patt]

I used pretty much the same settings, but got a bit higher framerates than that ... of course I do have the GTX and a dual core. I just finished the game, and near the end I was dipping into the teens. If I set my rez lower than 1680x1050 it upped things a whole lot, but I honestly couldn't notice the difference between 30-40 and 60-70. Try it with medium settings to see how it looks instead of being steadfastly against lowering settings. Still a great game.