I don't understand my subpar performance. Please advise!

[C-BuZz]

FPS is still heavily depended on Graphic card first , cpu usages can be directed away from services to maintain programs first , thats software .
FPS won´t be higher cause you have beter CPU , its always foremost graphic card dependant .

Going to have to quote this again for LoLfactor...

I suggest you stop offering advice like this because you could not be any further from the truth.

[Zab]

Going to have to quote this again for LoLfactor...

I suggest you stop offering advice like this because you could not be any further from the truth.

I'd have to agree, If you have no idea what you're talking about don't bother pushing reply.

[soulman]

You are not going to get better then low to mid settings on a 9800 with this game....its pretty demanding on video cards..

[drake_hound]

FPS is heavily dependant on more than just your graphics card. Like i said above if he gets a higher end video card (GTX 480/560/570/580) he is going to be wasting a good chunk of his FPS because of his processor can't keep up.

Thats silly why should you buy something like that , with the rig he has ?
Honestly its a waste of money , go for the lower serie , he should see a lot more performance and stability and cost saving too .
Why buy freaking state of the art graphic cards when the freaking drivers never are out on time .
Thats the whole issue with the graphic cards , no company going to pay programmers to program newest drivers for a 1% usage .

Honestly he has a 9800 anything upgraded is already beter then that , the cpu is quad core , anything using so many cores for gaming ?
I don´t have problems on my duo core , let alone a quat core ..

Now like said I am not even bothered upgrade yet , simply put nothing on the market that I say can last 4-5 years for the money I am willing to spend .
But well people can keep throwing away money on hardware cause its a hobby .

But people here say so much but you got finally a professional system analyst build into the window .
While you might agree or disagree personally , it based on the STATE OF THE ART HARDWARE those scores.

[C-BuZz]

You are not going to get better then low to mid settings on a 9800 with this game....its pretty demanding on video cards..

Yes.. he will. I can easily run high with 1 x 8800Ultra Sli disabled & that's @ 1920x1200 resolution. So yes he will.

[soulman]

I really don't care what you say mate, I can really tell you don't really know what your talking about saying things like this "FPS is still heavily depended on Graphic card first".

I didn't tell him to throw anything away or even upgrade. I said IF he wants more FPS in Rift.

A new GPU in a system like that is not going to give you very good results. You can take that to the bank.

Sorry but your wrong about that ..His CPU is completly adequate for this game..thus he will see no performance boost by upgrading it. He will however see a major boost in perforamnce by upgrading his video card.. If his CPU was an old Pentium CPU..maybe then it would be lagging the game..But not a recent dual core or quad core.

[C-BuZz]

But people here say so much but you got finally a professional system analyst build into the window .
While you might agree or disagree personally , it based on the STATE OF THE ART HARDWARE those scores.

Again, quoted for LoLFactor. WEING is a POS bench which is random at best to be taken with a grain of salt.

[drake_hound]

Again, quoted for LoLFactor. WEING is a POS bench which is random at best to be taken with a grain of salt.

LoL postage on what ? on hardware you cannot get yet !!
Thats already in the warehouse piled up not sold yet .cause old garbage has to be dumped first .
So you saying you know beter then hardware deliverers .

[Zab]

Sorry but your wrong about that ..His CPU is completly adequate for this game..thus he will see no performance boost by upgrading it. He will however see a major boost in perforamnce by upgrading his video card.. If his CPU was an old Pentium CPU..maybe then it would be lagging the game..But not a recent dual core or quad core.

Sure he could upgrade his GPU to something like a GTX 275 and it would be fine for now IF he overclocks his Q6600. However the Q6600 can't handle much more than that and it is a pretty hard processor to overclock and keep temps in check. Basically if you want to play this game a GTX 275 should be fine, however after that your CPU simply wont be able to keep up with any newer GPU. At that point he needs to buy a new platform anyway so IF he can afford it he might as well just do it now.

[C-BuZz]

Sorry but your wrong about that ..His CPU is completly adequate for this game..thus he will see no performance boost by upgrading it. He will however see a major boost in perforamnce by upgrading his video card.. If his CPU was an old Pentium CPU..maybe then it would be lagging the game..But not a recent dual core or quad core.

You trying to convince me or yourself?

I don't care what you or anyone else says, I've owned a Q6600 before & I know for a fact that even at 3.6Ghz with a HD5870 I was still processor bound in a lot of games. Rift being the CPU hog it is the answer is obvious.

[Zab]

I still like my idea of parting out the system and building a new one. That's just me though

[soulman]

You trying to convince me or yourself?

I don't care what you or anyone else says, I've owned a Q6600 before & I know for a fact that even at 3.6Ghz with a HD5870 I was still processor bound in a lot of games. Rift being the CPU hog it is the answer is obvious.

lol..Sorry but NO...

Minimum System Specification

Operating system: Windows XP, Vista or 7
Processor: Dual Core 2.0 GHz or better
Memory: 2 GB
Hard disk space: 8.0 GB available
Video: Nvidia GeForce FX 5900, ATI/AMD Radeon X300, Intel GMA X4500 or better.
Sound: DirectX 8.1 compliant card
DirectX®: 9.0c, June 2010 update
Broadband internet connection (DSL, cable modem or other high speed connection)



Recommended System Specification

Operating system: Windows XP, Vista or 7
Processor: Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz or better
Memory: 4 GB
Hard disk space: 8.0 GB available
Desktop Video: Nvidia GTS 250 or better
Notebook Video: Nvidia GTX 200M series or better
Sound: DirectX 8.1 compliant card
DirectX®: 9.0c, June 2010 update
Broadband internet connection (DSL, cable modem or other high speed connection)

Don't be recomending to someone they need a processor upgrade when it will not help him even a small amount..

[C-BuZz]

Don't be recomending to someone they need a processor upgrade when it will not help him even a small amount..

I never said the OP has to do anything did I? Perhaps you need to re-read over the thread. Jesus christ stop making $hit you 2 goons..

Also why would you quote the minimum/recommended requirements? That's got nothing to do with my comment

[Zab]

min/recommended settings mean virtually nothing. I simply stated if he wants to buy a decent video card by today's standards he would NEED to upgrade his Q6600. Unless he does not care about the bottleneck that it will cause.

[drake_hound]

I still like my idea of parting out the system and building a new one. That's just me though

Ok zab build me a system money is not a issue ,
But FSB of mainboard memory and processor must match , so the gpu fsb must match or divided by that FSB coming out to a round number or 0,5 ,

Then I will buy that asap .