Jgabany Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 So i'm totally bummed. I just recently started playing the game and was getting crappy fps with my old geforce 9800 so i went out today and bought a new 550 ti with 1 gig vram. I was under the impression from what I've read on the forums that if you hit ctrl+shft+F and the number is green it means you card is whats lowering your fps and if its red its your processor. So i installed the new card and....nothing. Not remotely better. It's exactly the same. And i hit ctrl shift f and the number is still green and just as low as before. My comp is running xp 32 bit. 2gigs ram, athalon dual core 4400+ . If you want any other info ill supply it. I know its old but really no difference whatsoever with a much later gen card? I get like 15 fps in fleet and even less in pvp . And like i said the number is still green which i THOUGHT meant a gpu problem. If anyone can help at all I would appreciate it. If this isn' t the right section im sorry. Im just bummed and dont even wanna play with it like this. Thanks -James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jgabany Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 Oh i should add that that's 15 fps with EVERYTHING turned down or off. Its at the lowest possible settings available. Everything short of lowering my resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkshinoda Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Both your ram and your CPU is holding you back immensly you barly have the bare minimum to play this game, going to take more then a simple GPU upgrade to get this going with more fps i'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnomz Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Poor game engine... Set all settings to max but keep shadows and AA off, you should have better FPS than on low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kabaal Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 (edited) The problem is the rest of your system, it's really really old. 2GB RAM is barely enough for even the game never mind whatever your Operating System and any other apps are using meaning you're probably into page file. A 4400+ CPU is also really old and by todays standards pretty crap. The game is pretty CPU dependant, i went from a chip more powerful than yours, a heavily overclocked Core 2 Duo to a new 2500k also overclocked and my FPS pretty much doubled. With a system that old you're not going to be able to get any meaningful upgrade without replacing the whole thing. Edited March 4, 2012 by Kabaal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackZoback Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 (edited) You should probably get some more RAM, its usually cheap and its going to give you the most bang for you buck. If that doesn't work buy a better Cpu. Edited March 4, 2012 by BlackZoback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jgabany Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 Yeah i was afraid you guys would say that. Ty for the quick replies. I knew it wasn't going to be like amazing but i thought maybe just a little better I would be content with just so i could play. Is there any truth to the whole green vs red fps #? If its my processor shouldn't it be red? Idk i know it needs a total overhall. If you guys can make any recommendations that would be appreciated too. Thanks again-James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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