ty for the reply.
im currently trying a very VERY stripped version of vista and i seem to of gained a very noticeable boost in gaming performance, though my gpu still only peaks at 45-55% usage.
its beginning to look like win7 was the culprit, but im still going to get a decent quad with...
ive gotten two "possibly" answers and no suggestions as to what else to try. no reason to get snippy about it.
not trying to push 1080p but ty for the reply.
as for the suggestions of cutting out variables.
xp or vista?
and which version of drivers? atm im running 9.9 catalyst.
yea, i know its a mess, but i just got this video card, and it should handle gw flawlessly, aswell as the cpu, but it doesnt.
so i was thinking bottleneck as the gpu never goes above 40% usage.
the cpu does have very little cache. and i know win7 is an rc, but its still more stable then vista...
i understand that.
what im wondering though, is my cpu bottlenecking my gpu?
no point in upgrading cpu to a decent dual/quad if it isnt going to help improve game play on the games i mentioned above.
bf2/guildwars/w40k
cant overclock, running an intel dq45cb motherboard.
was originally a home server pc, but since i started to paint my laptop, im using this.
was built by me.
when im running games, no matter what resolution or graphical settings, i get the same fps range or very little increase when i drop...
first, sorry if this is wrong place, but its gpu related so id imagine it goes here.
would an intel celeron e1200 dual core bottle neck an ati hd4670 video card?:confused:
i noticed in rivatuner that my gpu usage doesnt go above 40% even though i lag horribly in all games i run and get...