What's bottlenecking? Pretty harsh performance.

NeptuneUK · 17 Jan 2011 at 05:18

Revised:

Specs:
Windows 7 64-bit
E7400 Core 2 (2.8ghz)
2x2 Gb 800Mhz low latency ram
GTX 460 768mb
X-fi Xtreme music
Motherboard - MSI G31M3-F(MS-7528)

Temperatures are ok. Drivers are all latest.
I'm getting an average of about 35fps in bad company 2. Same performance on the lowest settings.
Would going quad solve my problems?

SouthEastBlue · 17 Jan 2011 at 06:41

You have a dual core, when Bad Company 2 prefers a tri/quad core especially if you wanna max it out.

NeptuneUK · 17 Jan 2011 at 06:45

Thought as much, but the thing is I'm getting a REALLY low fps whether it's on the lowest or highest settings (about the same give or take 8fps)
I FRAPSed again earlier and was still getting about an average of 35 fps on the lowest setting. It makes no sense. The CPU isn't THAT bad, right?
Looks like I'm gonna have to fork out for a quad core.

Edit: I'm going to save and maybe go for a 3ghz Athlon 2 X4 640, and go crazy and get 2x4gb of ram at 1333mhz. If that doesn't sort it out nothing will!

Puppetmaster · 17 Jan 2011 at 07:52

Wouldnt it be better to try to get a Q6600 second hand? Then you dont have to upgrade your motherboard and ram.

Tealc · 17 Jan 2011 at 08:25

BC2 does utilise the CPU quite heavily. I also think it's your CPU that is holding you back.

DJ_Hughesy · 17 Jan 2011 at 09:44

supposedly was a few problems with it on q6600's aswel... probbably lies though
but yea tricore atleast for bc2 gota remember it was made for the fail station n 360 then ported to pc

Blue160 · 17 Jan 2011 at 09:53

If the performance doesn't improve when you lower graphics settings, that's a definite indication that the CPU is the bottleneck. Basically the CPU can't feed frames to the graphics card fast enough. As said above a quad should help a lot.

seekdestroy · 17 Jan 2011 at 10:34

I play BC2 fine with my E8400, so I massive upgrade isn't needed. But I suppose it's an excuse

My E8400 is o/c'd to 4ghz though.

Blue160 · 17 Jan 2011 at 10:48

seekdestroy said:
I play BC2 fine with my E8400.......
My E8400 is o/c'd to 4ghz though.

Well that's going to help isn't it! Not everyone is comfortable with that level of overclocking though. No mention of PSU or cooler in OP's specs so I suspect that's not an option.

Ch3m1c4L · 17 Jan 2011 at 11:36

deffo cpu. Get a Q6600, runs better on my mates q6600 and 8800gt

Scougar · 17 Jan 2011 at 12:12

If the average is the same between higher and lower settings, something odd is going on.

Have you overclocked the CPU at all?

NeptuneUK · 17 Jan 2011 at 13:06

Puppetmaster said:
Wouldnt it be better to try to get a Q6600 second hand? Then you dont have to upgrade your motherboard and ram.

DAMN!! Not thinking right at stupid time in the morning. But yeah I have a nice excuse to upgrade... It's about time I modernised with DDR3 and new hardware anyway.
I was gonna try overclocking but now that I've got my mind set on a new purchase I'll give it a miss, and after viewing all your responses I think we know that I'll get an FPS boost.
It's only on the latest games (which all seem to be optmised for multicore) I seem to be getting a bottleneck effect.

edit: thanks for the responses guys