| Shinobi-san said: I had an idea it was the cpu :( Im getting 1-4 fps in the cpu test on 3dmark11...well below the average fps. From your experience would overclocking it to 3ghz make a substantial difference in performance? I dont know much about overclocking apart from moving a few sliding bars up and down in a utility program :/ Il look into overclocking though...Im also planning on upgrading to windows 7 64bit and adding an additional 1gb ram...and im gona do away with the IDE hdd although from the research ive done that shoudnt make a big difference. Thanx for the advise smbu2000 :) |
The IDE hdd is probably just slowing all everything down(windows, etc.) I hope you don't have the game(s) installed on it?
Increasing the clock speed will definitely help, especially when games require more cpu power (e.g. GTAIV), but as you increase the resolution/effects, it puts it more on the gpu and less on the cpu.
Some games are still demanding on current hardware. For example, Crysis: Warhead ( http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-560-ti-review/14 ) still puts a hurt on modern gpu's especially running on Enthusiast settings.
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