Confused by Crysis and my Card.

[jonathanmay]

Video Card: evga GeForce 9800 GTX+
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad 6600 @2.40 GHz
RAM: 3Gb

Ran Crysis on high and got 3 FPS. Ran it on low and got 10 FPS. I've watched videos on youtube and people who have the same card and same processor ran the game perfectly. Why the big difference?

 

[jdbennet]

have you got the drivers installed

that card should run crysis well

 

[Kornowski]

Yeah, something is definitely wrong there...

You have the latest nVidia Drivers installed?

 

[DirtyD86]

we need more information than this

did you have any other programs running?

what resolution and AA settings did you have it on?

are all your drivers current?

 

[jonathanmay]

I'm running crysis on 1680 x 1050
AA was turned off
I have my video card's latest driver installed

When I rebooted my PC after having installed the driver, nvidia had a popup and told me that the video card does not have enough power and needs supplemental power. As a result, the performance of the card is lowered... I think this is the root of problems, but I have absolutely no idea which cord that the card comes with can give the card some supplemental power since I am no expert when it comes to computers.. T_T

 

[jonathanmay]

Problem solved! I have supplemented my card with more power; runs Crysis very smoothly now. average 30 FPS.

 

[Kornowski]

So, you added a new PSU?

 

[jdbennet]

or he just plugged in the 6 pin connector