COD4 running slow?

Yes my cpu appears to be overheating, not sure what to do about it. sitting at 63 atm

it seems to go very high under load then it will cool down to say 42.

And i'm not even overclocking.
 
thats not throttling

one of my system fans on my Core 2 Duo rig fell of, as a result there was no push / pull of the air over the cooler

things were running fine, but it was dropping to about 15fps in TF2, which isnt a very demanding game. Did some digging and my CPU temp was showing as 83

and that was throttled back to 2ghz from 2.4ghz

thats overheating :D
 
What! You think an X2 4800+ is limiting Cod4 at 1024 x 768?

There is always a limiting factor.
Its generally both the Res you play at and the game you are playing that will play the part. An RTS will be heavily CPU dependant where as a FPS like COD4 is GPU dependant.Supreme Commander will hammer a CPU at 1280x1024 but a 8800GTX will be fine, if you run the game at 1920x1200 then the 8800GTX will take more of a hit. The Fight Sim LOMAC saw a massive boost when i went from a AMD 3700SD@ 2.6 to a C2D [email protected] but only a marginal improvement when i added a 8800GTX (replacing a 7800GTX).
If you game at over 1600x1200 (im at 1920x1200) and have loads of AA/AF then you are taxing your GFX card a lot.
A CPU does the same work irrespective of the Res but as the Resolution rises and the graphical quality required increases then the GFX card will become the limiting factor.
This is not strickly true of absolutely all games but generally correct.
 
There is always a limiting factor.
Its generally both the Res you play at and the game you are playing that will play the part. An RTS will be heavily CPU dependant where as a FPS like COD4 is GPU dependant.Supreme Commander will hammer a CPU at 1280x1024 but a 8800GTX will be fine, if you run the game at 1920x1200 then the 8800GTX will take more of a hit. The Fight Sim LOMAC saw a massive boost when i went from a AMD 3700SD@ 2.6 to a C2D [email protected] but only a marginal improvement when i added a 8800GTX (replacing a 7800GTX).
If you game at over 1600x1200 (im at 1920x1200) and have loads of AA/AF then you are taxing your GFX card a lot.
A CPU does the same work irrespective of the Res but as the Resolution rises and the graphical quality required increases then the GFX card will become the limiting factor.
This is not strickly true of absolutely all games but generally correct.

I don't believe you answered my question!
 
Well, i didnt accept what you said about me being cpu-bound so i rolled back the nvidia drivers to the latest WHQL one on their www. instead of the beta one.

Awesome! Silky smooth with all on max and at 1152 x 864!

Sorted.
 
Well, i didnt accept what you said about me being cpu-bound so i rolled back the nvidia drivers to the latest WHQL one on their www. instead of the beta one.

Awesome! Silky smooth with all on max and at 1152 x 864!

Sorted.

If you had a faster CPU the game would run even faster at that (low) res, stick in a 8800gtx and it probably wouldnt at that res.

If you had 2 8800 Ultra's in SLI and a Q6600@4ghz but only 1 gig of RAM then COD4 would be limited by the RAM.

If you run at 1920x1200 then your CPU would be fine cos your 7900GTX would be getting smashed.
 
Well, i didnt accept what you said about me being cpu-bound so i rolled back the nvidia drivers to the latest WHQL one on their www. instead of the beta one.

Awesome! Silky smooth with all on max and at 1152 x 864!

Sorted.

Hey could you please tell me what drivers you used. Still having problems here :(
 
If you had a faster CPU the game would run even faster at that (low) res, stick in a 8800gtx and it probably wouldnt at that res.

If you had 2 8800 Ultra's in SLI and a Q6600@4ghz but only 1 gig of RAM then COD4 would be limited by the RAM.

If you run at 1920x1200 then your CPU would be fine cos your 7900GTX would be getting smashed.


I take your point. But it is rather stating the obvious!! Thanks anyway.:)
 
What! You think an X2 4800+ is limiting Cod4 at 1024 x 768?

I don't think it is the CPU, I get about 30 min fps going up to 100 odd fps and that is 1280 x 1024 high settings (but I have shadows off, dynamic lights low no AA and I think one or more of these options took a fair amount of pressure off the 7900 GTO)

Try the above and see what you get, your card is even faster along with your CPU so you should be able to run it with a good amount of eye candy.

I use 169.25 drivers
 
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I don't think it is the CPU, I get about 30 min fps going up to 100 odd fps and that is 1280 x 1024 high settings (but I have shadows off, dynamic lights low no AA and I think one or more of these options took a fair amount of pressure off the 7900 GTO)

Try the above and see what you get, your card is even faster along with your CPU so you should be able to run it with a good amount of eye candy.

I use 169.25 drivers
I dont think you understand what im saying. As long as you have enough RAM, either your CPU or your GPU will limit your performance unless you are using a realy old App.
Lower Res will tax the CPU, higher Res will tax the GPU.
To be honest, id say in MTW2 my 3.4ghzC2D is holding me back.
in COD4 my 8800gtx is holding me back.
Thats at 1920x1200 of 24 inch goodness for < £240 baby :cool:
 
I dont think you understand what im saying. As long as you have enough RAM, either your CPU or your GPU will limit your performance unless you are using a realy old App.
Lower Res will tax the CPU, higher Res will tax the GPU.
To be honest, id say in MTW2 my 3.4ghzC2D is holding me back.
in COD4 my 8800gtx is holding me back.
Thats at 1920x1200 of 24 inch goodness for < £240 baby :cool:

yes, I understand the point you are making about bottlenecks - the question is to what degree the CPU (or GPU) is a bottleneck.

I suspected that for my old system the 1.7ghz P4 processor was a bottleneck for the 6600GT that was coupled with it.
 
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