cpu bottleneck ??

[joedeath332]

Need some help to try to get my Bro's system working good with COD5 for the lowest budget as poss

Problem : everyone else has the new map loaded up and playing it for like near a min before he gets into the game,sometimes the game just goes black screen.

I got him to start task manager ,and the run the game,, it was using both cores ok,, and both were maxed to 100% but ram being used was low

I would have thought that the system would be up to the job. but maybee not ?

Motherboard : Asrock ALiveNF6G-GLAN
Cpu : amd athlon 64x2 4200+ socket am2(940)
Ram : pc2-5300 333mhz
Gfx card : powercolor ati hd 4870 1gb gddr5
Psu : Tagan 480W


Would a cpu upgrade fix the problem ..Is it a cse of CPU bottleneck ,, or should the above run it fine,,and is maybee some other issue ?

 

[Happy]

You will have a massive bottleneck from that CPU. You could try to OC to around 2.8/3Ghz or you could buy this which would run it silk smooth. I have included 4GB since it's cheap as chips, however if you feel that 2GB is enough then scrap that

Edit:- didn't read the OP very well . Sounds like the reason he's taking so long to join is because he's running out of ram and the OS is having to cache loads of data into the pagefile, which if on the same hard drive as the game is installed will cause huge slowdowns.

 

[95thrifles]

Try this

 

[MagicThighs]

I think the PSU could well be the problem. When I got a 4870 I went from the same Tagan 480W to a 700W as I felt the 28A was not enough. Does he have problems with any other games?

 

[joedeath332]

Try this

K got him to run the program,,and says just above min.

I think the PSU could well be the problem. When I got a 4870 I went from the same Tagan 480W to a 700W as I felt the 28A was not enough. Does he have problems with any other games?

Is there anyway he can test to see if the psu is under strain?

 

[Happy]

If the PSU was at fault his rig would reset when placed under stress. So to place the rig under maximum stress run something like prime95 on the CPU and then run ATI tools artifact scanner on the graphics card at the same time. If it doesn't restart/crash/freeze then the PSU is fine. Also remember that when doing that under real life usage you will never put anywhere near that much load/stress on the system

 

[Plec]

Follow Happy's advice, the above will really punish the psu and should identify whether it's man enough for the job.

 

[joedeath332]

He ran another test program from a site that tested his pc stats to see if it could run cod5 , and here were the results

and here is a ss of his task manager after he closed down cod5. the cpu spike was when cod5 was running