Decent computer, but poor performance

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  1. TurtlePerson2

    TurtlePerson2 What's a Dremel?

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    My rig is as follows:
    AMD Athlon 64 (socket 939) 3200+
    EVGA nVidia 7600 GT
    US Modular 1 GB DDR RAM PC3200
    Biostar 6100-M9 mobo

    Why do I get such an awful frame-rate playing certain games? I turn all of the features off on Battlefield 2142 and I still get 30 FPS or below (running at 1024x768).

    Any help would be much appreciated.
     
    TurtlePerson2, 19 Dec 2006
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  2. DMAthlon

    DMAthlon What's a Dremel?

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    Darn, I'd prolly just say your computer hates you. Sorry but thats the only 'splanation.
     
    DMAthlon, 20 Dec 2006
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  3. keir

    keir S p i t F i r e

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    Its 'coz you have 1gig of ram, BF2142 really needs 2gig
     
    keir, 20 Dec 2006
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  4. Guest-16

    Guest-16 Guest

    What else have you got running in the background?
     
    Guest-16, 20 Dec 2006
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  5. DougEdey

    DougEdey I pwn all your storage

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    I reckon you have an IM app running in the background with AV and music player.
     
    DougEdey, 20 Dec 2006
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  6. Glider

    Glider /dev/null

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    Can't resist :) Because you run windows? ;)

    No, seriously, you can have the best of the best, and clog it all up with various applications...

    Also, have you installed the AMD "driver" for Dual Cores (or isn't that needed anymore?)
     
    Glider, 20 Dec 2006
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  7. TurtlePerson2

    TurtlePerson2 What's a Dremel?

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    I only run xfire in the background which uses 18 MB of RAM. Occasionally I'll quit everything before playing, but that doesn't seem to help much. I was actually able to run BF2 quite well, but I can't seem to get BF2142 to get a good frame rate.

    And my processor is single-core.
     
    TurtlePerson2, 20 Dec 2006
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  8. Ramble

    Ramble Ginger Nut

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    All drivers installed?
     
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  9. TurtlePerson2

    TurtlePerson2 What's a Dremel?

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    The new v1.1 has improved performance by quite a bit, especially on Titan mode.
     
    TurtlePerson2, 20 Dec 2006
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