Hd3850 performance

[Duvan]

I play COD4 at 1024x768 at 2x antialiasing, 0 AF, 1024x768 and other settings at default (which is auto or normal quality).

When they test it in places like Tomshardware they have 50 fps with 1280x1024 and 4AF and 8 antistropic and max quality.

But I play my game at 20-40 fps about at my pretty low settings.
Of course, I have a AM64 3200+ and 1024 ram only too. I realize it's slow, but is it holding me back THAT much?

Been thinking about doubling my ram, but I wonder if it would give me a noticeable performance boost or not...
I've also run games like Stalker - Clear Sky and the game is not smooth even with ALL settings turned down to minimum. With anything higher it's a slideshow and eventually crashes to windows. According to Tomshardware, my GPU should be able to run it at max settings easily.

 

[Imprez04]

But I play my game at 20-40 fps about at my pretty low settings.
Of course, I have a AM64 3200+ and 1024 ram only too. I realize it's slow, but is it holding me back THAT much?

short answer: yes

longer answer:it is a bottleneck which is making you game on much lower settings, however do not put more money into that system.

for like 200 bucks you can get a much faster CPU/Mobo/Ram combo than the computer you have now. and buying more ram for an amd64 3200+is going to be quite expensive since it is ddr400 memory.

goto newegg, get an asus m2a, 2 GB of ram, and an X2 5000+ BE, and have a good time. or spend a little more and get a quad core ^^

 

[Seggybop]

I play COD4 at 1024x768 at 2x antialiasing, 0 AF, 1024x768 and other settings at default (which is auto or normal quality).

When they test it in places like Tomshardware they have 50 fps with 1280x1024 and 4AF and 8 antistropic and max quality.

But I play my game at 20-40 fps about at my pretty low settings.
Of course, I have a AM64 3200+ and 1024 ram only too. I realize it's slow, but is it holding me back THAT much?

Yes, I had an A64 at 2.2ghz (roughly the same as yours) with an X1950pro and performance was similar. The GPU is strangled by the CPU. When the same GPU was placed in a C2D system, it could run medium settings at 1680x1050 with good FPS.