Whats my problem??

[JE78]

Today I installed Need For Speed: Undercover which is kind of a dumb game. But I started it up for the first time and my graphic settings were set to medium and my resolution to 1024x780. I thought for sure my computer was capable of better settings so I turned the rez up to 1280x1024 and a few of the graphic options to high and AA to 2x. I started it and the game was almost unplayable it was so choppy. I turned just about everything down to low, no AA, and the rez back to 1024x780 and its now playable but when I get into the city and around cars it starts to get choppy again.

Here are my computer specs.

Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 @2.60GHz
Asus P5N-E SLI
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 800Mhz
Radeon HD 4850 512MB stock
Seagate 320gb SATA2
Vista Home Premium 32bit

So where's my problem and is it time to upgrade?

 

[TC91]

Should be no problems, the game is just horribly coded/ported. I had trouble with the game even on a 4870 1gb. Not sure how the nvidia cards run it but someone may chime in on that.

 

[Slugbait]

Yup...your problem is they got your money. This version got roundly slammed for performance issues for all platforms.

 

[JE78]

Well I'm glad i got it for $20 off of craigs list then.

 

[somethingsketchy]

The Nvidia card (GTX 280) on my friend's Core i7 desktop did not do much better. The game was a POS.

 

[JE78]

Thanks guys! I guess I don't have any reason for an upgrade. Its been a while since I bought a new game and I thought the technology stepped and I was going to need an upgrade.

 

[WaitingForNehalem]

Smooth as butter for me. Never had a single slow down. Honestly though, it's terrible game and you're not missing anything by not playing it.

 

[JE78]

I wasn't too impressed with the game either, it just got me thinking about newer games that will be coming out and I just want to make sure my systems up to snuff. I've had the same mobo/cpu/ram setup for a while now, just wondering how much longer I have before its time for something new.