Help me increase my fps please!!

[lee18041990]

Hello, i am lee and i am a bit of a noob on computers,

i want to get my fps higher on call of duty 2, as mine ranges from 30-60 normally (normally hovers about 40 :S

i know a little about disabaling v-sync but canto find the option on my computer,
also i know you can overclock your graphics card/cpu, but yet a gain i dont know how to do it??

Money is not really a problem but i dont want to spend loads really :/

mayb upgrade the graphics card/cpu?? any sugestions would be great

This is my spec:

BASIC SYSTEM DETAILS

System Info

Model : Dell Dimension 5150/E510
Chassis Type : Mini Tower
Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Processor

Number Of Processors : 1 Hyper-Threading Enabled
Type : Intel Pentium 4 640 3200 MHz
Processors Bus Speed : 800 MHz

Motherboard

Manufacturer : Dell Inc.
Model : 0RD203 Rev. Not Available
CPU Slot/Socket Type : LGA775
Chipset Vendor : Intel i945G/GZ Rev. A2
Bios Manufacturer : Dell Inc.
Bios Version : A02
Graphics

Model : nVidia PCIE NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE
PCIE Speed : 16x
Monitor : Plug and Play Monitor
Storage

Hard Drive 1 : SAMSUNG HD160JJ/P
Size : 152.59 GB
Memory

Total RAM Installed : 2048 MB
Type : DDR2 Regular UDIMM PC3200
Used RAM Slots: 4 of 4


MORE ADVANCED SYSTEM DETAILS


Processor


Number Of Processors : 1 Hyper-Threading Enabled
Type : Intel Pentium 4 640 3200 MHz
Package : LGA775
Manufacturer Codename : Prescott
Clock Speed : 3192 MHz
Clock Multiplier : 16.0
Front Side Bus (FSB) Speed : 800 MHz
L2 Cache Size : 2048 KBytes Stepping : N0
Trace Width : 0.09
Microcode : 5h
Instruction Sets : MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, X86-64
Processor Throttling : Enhanced SpeedStep+
Memory

Total RAM Installed : 2048MB
Type : DDR2 Regular UDIMM PC3200
Used RAM Slots: 4 of 4
Memory Bus Frequency: 199 MHz
Memory Timings: 3.0-3-3-8
Graphics

Brand : 0000
Model : nVidia NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE
Slot : PCIE
GPU Core: NV10
GPU Speed : Not Available
Video Ram Size : 256 MB
Video Ram Type : SDR
Video Ram Speed : Not Available
Driver Version : 6.14.10.9131
DirectX Installed : Version 9.0c
Available Slot : PCIE
Storage

Hard Drive 1 : SAMSUNG HD160JJ/P
Serial Number : S0DFJ10YB28542
Size : 152.59 GB
Buffer : 8192 KB
Hard Drive Type : SATA
Current Transfer Rate : UDMA-100
Max Transfer Rate : UDMA-133
Volumes :
c :\ Size : 147.76 GB (65.2 GB Free)


Optical Drive 1 : TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S182D
Type : DVD-RW drive
Current CD Read Speed : 48X ( Max 48X )
Current CD Write Speed : 48X ( Max 48X )

I would greatly appreictae any help!!!

I have all my settings on the minimum and my moniter/graphic refresh rate is 75Hz (max) which it is set at

I cant think off anything else. I HOPE YOU CAN HELP ME THANKS lee

 

[Geoff]

The first and most effective step to increasing your FPS is to lower the settings. I see that you said you have everything on minimum, so what I would do is lower your resolution. What resolution are you running it in anyways? And 30-60fps isnt bad for framerates in CoD2. If you are expecting to run 60+ you would need a better video card.

You have a Dell so overclocking your CPU is out of the question. You can overclock your video card, however since it's a low-end card, it wont really do to much.

 

[lee18041990]

Cheers

thanks that helps quite a bit, ive just downloaded atitool 0.26 n am about to play that now, could you recommend a good graphics card for around a £100
thanks

 

[lee18041990]

Cheers

thanks that helps quite a bit, ive just downloaded atitool 0.26 n am about to play that now, could you recommend a good graphics card for around a £100
thanks
ohh n im running 640x480!! (ps i downloaded my config for cod2 from here n it helped quite abit now running at about 50-70)

 

[12-Gauge]

could you recommend a good graphics card for around a £100

I would recommend a 7900GS. It may not be up there with the new DX10 cards but it can still play all the new games on medium to high settings with virtually no lag. If you wan't to spend a bit more, obviously go for the GT or GTX but in terms of value for money, I would say the GS is the best. That's just my opinion.

Edit: Or, if you want something a bit more future proof, maybe an 8600. I forgot about that.