Bogging

[Kegwithlegs]

Hey everybody !
My kids sports have limited me to say 5-10 steps from cutting edge gameing lately ..."new video card+CPU >hockey for littleman ?money better spent,hockey first soon upgrade"
I'm bogging in games like F.E.A.R. on the higher settings can my old pals like LBJGH ect. have a peak at my rig (Sig) and give some suggestions AMD X2 or 7800 ,up to 2 gigs of GEIL ram ?
Thanx and Happy New Year

[cam124]

mostly likely its your videocard, everything else seems up to par, i wouldnt invest in X2 at the moment, AMD is going to release its new cpu technlology soon, so you will see a price decrease. Get a 7800, and wait on the cpu, you system is fine, just not the videocard!

[Kegwithlegs]

Ya? OK thanx for the thoughts ...$420 plus tax for the 7800GT ouch

[cam124]

yea, its alot but its worth the performance increase!

[lbjgh]

F.E.A.R. is actually one of the games that is optimized for dual core processors however I think the video card upgrade would be a better choice. The new video card and the X2 are going to be around the same price.

IMO, the combination of a new video card and a little o/c out of your 3500+ would do the trick. My current x2 4200+ is just two 3500+ processors. I'm very sure you could get your cpu to 2.5-2.6ghz without any drama.

Try overclocking your cpu before dropping the money on a video card... your current system may just do the trick for now. :)


I'm able to run the game on my rig at 1024x768 at decent video quality and no studdering.

[jamie]

What res are you playing FEAR at..1280x1024??
If so try 1024x768 it would run alot better at that res for your system specs..
Also try a little OC like LBJGH said.......BUT imo a new Vcard would show the most increase..

[Kegwithlegs]

Thanx for the input guys
I'm gonna bring down the res and o/c for now

[dumbo]

upgrade Vcard, processor, memory to the max, latest and greatest, and if playing online, have fastest net connection available.