Having problem with HL2

[sl4vik]

My system:

Barton 3200
Ram 1 gb Corsair XMS 2.5-3-3-6
Geforce 6800nu at 350/800 with 16pipes and 6 vertex

However, I am playing at recommened HL2 menu stuff, which is maxed everything, 2Anti-aliasing and 4x Ani filtering @ 1280x1024, the 9800xt's seem to get way better frames then me. For instance I am usually at 60, but a lot of time it will dip into 24-30 during battlescenes, and will stay at 30 at the scene where u drive the water buggy thing.

Why am I getting low frames? Can anyone offer some advice here? Considering the 6800nu should spank the 9800xt especially with unlocked pipes. THanks for help.

 

[sl4vik]

I forgot to mention V-Sync is on..But that can't lower it to 24-30 right?

 

[Herr Rogers]

Kind of off topic, but are you Matt Vaclaviks brother? Sorry to drop names.

 

[cre8]

I think it does drop the frames down alot.

 

[DaWiper]

I think you are bottlenecked by your cpu...

 

[Damenshon]

have u tried turning off v-sync? if that doesnt work try turning off aa and af, if that doesnt work turn everything on low. if its still choppy then it might be heat? check ur temps

 

[sl4vik]

Kind of off topic, but are you Matt Vaclaviks brother? Sorry to drop names.

No, I'm not.

My temps are perfectly fine, it seems to run better after I used TuneXP.

So far i'm getting 60 frames constant. Have yet to get into a big gunfight though.