Low FPS dont get it

[Tragedy]

i get a steady 99-100 fps.. sometimes it drops down to 60.. there should be no reason for this i have a Radeon HD 5770 1gb card... phenom 3 core chip, 4 gigs of ddr2 ram, my motherboard is a Nforce... powersupply is only 400w.. my friend shrugs who has a worse pc then i do.. gets close to 200 fps.. is there anything i am doing wrong? could it be my powersupply bottle necking my card? i think i am in need of a new one... could it be my processor? this game is kinda outdated now.. i just really dont understand lol oh and my OS is win7 64bit. also have a badass 24inch LG flat screen hd monitor. anything else u need to know just ask im just saying all this off the top of my head.

Edited March 2, 2010 by Lawrence 1st MRB

[St-Denis]

This can be cause by heat from ur CPU or Graphic Card, itcan slow down ur Stuff.

[Tragedy]

touched side of my heatsink its rather cool.. its winter in canada my rooms always freezing i have the side open like most normal computer geeks to let air flow inside.. my graphics card fan is set to 65% with a stable 39 degree temperature :S

what do u suggest any home remedies i can do to lower my cpu temp? i close almost every program cept virus scan and steam when playing games :S maybe its time to can of air the fans maybe thats causing it. but its been like this since i got my new card i was told id have amazing FPS once i got this radeon... and it isnt any better then my old shitty 512mb...

[Collazo 1st MRB]

Well I have the same card you do and I get 200-300 fps anywhere pretty much. I don't know why your having this problem actually.

[Tragedy]

i know its seriously driving me nuts.. i think honestly its my powersupply bottlenecking it.. the recomendations were atleast a 450watt where as mine is only 400.. or its my who rig set up all together.. new parts in a older pc.. well 2 year old. i think if i had even a i5 setup with a bigger powersupply i wouldnt be having this prob with my card.

[Greco]

There still isnt enough information. I need to know all your in game settings. Also yes that PSU is way too small for crossfire. for 1 card it might be fine but not for 2. I suggest a 650watt or greater. I get around 200 FPS which varies greatly based on what im looking at and how much smoke and everything there is showing. Iv got 2 x 4850's crossfire, but I play at 1920x1200 resolution and all in game settings maxed out.

[Tragedy]

AMD Phenom 8450 Tri Core 2.10 ghz, 4gb ddr2, 64 bit win7 OS, Radeon HD 5770 1gb, my board is a Nvidia Nforce. i aint crossfiring only using the 1 card. and i agree that the PSU is way small for it..

my ingame settings are set too...

Resolution - 1920x1080 16:9

Model Detail - High

filtering - 2x

texture detail - very high

shader - low

water - reflect world

shadow - low

color correction enabled

antialising - none

motion blur- none

high dynamic - full

multi-rendering - enabled

v-sync - disabled

Edited March 2, 2010 by Lawrence 1st MRB

[Greco]

AMD Phenom 8450 Tri Core 2.10 ghz, 4gb ddr2, 64 bit win7 OS, Radeon HD 5770 1gb, my board is a Nvidia Nforce. i aint crossfiring only using the 1 card. and i agree that the PSU is way small for it..

my ingame settings are set too...

Resolution - 1920x1080 16:9

Model Detail - High

filtering - 2x

texture detail - very high

shader - low

water - reflect world

shadow - low

color correction enabled

antialising - none

motion blur- none

high dynamic - full

multi-rendering - enabled

v-sync - disabled

Yea that is low FPS for sure with those cards. Those 2 cards are better than mine. Id say its your psu...400watts is already pushing it just to run one 5770, let alone 2. Get a 650watt or better then try again. CPU and everything else looks just fine.

Just saw your on one of the original phenoms. I had a phenom 9950 for a while, and it was better than my dual core 2.2, but the original phenoms were not that great. This is just a side note but when you get some spar money I suggest picking up a newer tri or quad core cpu. As long as your motherboard is AM2+ they should be backward compatible.

Edited March 2, 2010 by Greco 1st MRB

[Tragedy]

thanks greco and St-Denis ive been thinking it was the PSU since i got the card :S it was only ment to be a temp one until i could afford a better one.. looks like imma have to cave and just get one next pay.

its not like really even noticeable while im playing... but i just know my card is bottlenecked and can be doing so much better.. i played modernwarfare 2 no choppiness on full graphic settings.. no reason why a game from the early 2000s should be running like shit LOL

[Greco]

thanks greco and St-Denis ive been thinking it was the PSU since i got the card :S it was only ment to be a temp one until i could afford a better one.. looks like imma have to cave and just get one next pay.

its not like really even noticeable while im playing... but i just know my card is bottlenecked and can be doing so much better.. i played modernwarfare 2 no choppiness on full graphic settings.. no reason why a game from the early 2000s should be running like shit LOL

Sorry for some reason I thought you mentioned two in crossfire. Still...one 5770 will perform about the same..maybe a tad slower than my setup. So I still believe that fps is low. Like I said try a new PSU, that should hopefully do the trick.

[Tragedy]

yah lol thanks

and a BIG THANKS TO COLLAZO for his wisdom truely inspires me!