Hey all, I'm new to these forums but I know they are the best source on the web for this kind of information.
I was just wonder if my current setup has major bottlenecks.
Here are my current specs...
Though when I played games like Crysis I didn't see a large performance jump. I only play 1440x900 with no AA and I didn't change any of my settings from the 8800gts and I only saw a 3-5 fps gain. This didn't seem right. Furthermore I play a game called WWII Online which runs on a very old graphics engine. The 8800gts could play the game at around 30-60 fps in the most hectic battles and 150+ when there wasn't a person around (the game is very CPU intensive). When I plugged in my card I can never seem to get above 60 fps in the very lightly populated areas and my fps drops to under 20 during the big battles and whenever I am in a city...
To further my case, when I upgraded from my 8800gts to my 4890 I actually had to lower settings in ArmA 2 to increase my performance.
This all made no sense to me. I regularly clean my computer, defrag, check for viruses, keep files nice and organized, and don't run tons of stuff in the background. I keep my drivers all nice and updated (currently at 9.12).
I have no idea why I don't see more performance from this card. In the benchmarks it destroys the old 8800gts from 2007, but on my PC I don't see it.
Could it be time to upgrade my PSU, CPU, and RAM? Or is the problem that I am expecting to much from this card?
Thank you very much.
I was just wonder if my current setup has major bottlenecks.
Here are my current specs...
- Gygabyte 956P-DS3
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4ghz OCed to 3.0ghz
- XFX ATI Radion 4890 1gb DDR5
- 520 watt Corsair PSU
- 4 gigs of A-Data DDR 800
- Windows 7 Professional 64bit.
Though when I played games like Crysis I didn't see a large performance jump. I only play 1440x900 with no AA and I didn't change any of my settings from the 8800gts and I only saw a 3-5 fps gain. This didn't seem right. Furthermore I play a game called WWII Online which runs on a very old graphics engine. The 8800gts could play the game at around 30-60 fps in the most hectic battles and 150+ when there wasn't a person around (the game is very CPU intensive). When I plugged in my card I can never seem to get above 60 fps in the very lightly populated areas and my fps drops to under 20 during the big battles and whenever I am in a city...
To further my case, when I upgraded from my 8800gts to my 4890 I actually had to lower settings in ArmA 2 to increase my performance.
This all made no sense to me. I regularly clean my computer, defrag, check for viruses, keep files nice and organized, and don't run tons of stuff in the background. I keep my drivers all nice and updated (currently at 9.12).
I have no idea why I don't see more performance from this card. In the benchmarks it destroys the old 8800gts from 2007, but on my PC I don't see it.
Could it be time to upgrade my PSU, CPU, and RAM? Or is the problem that I am expecting to much from this card?
Thank you very much.