Where is my bottleneck...?

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Renegade722

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Hi all,

Firstly I am new to this forum and so apologise in advance if I don't get all the smaller points of etiquette first time round...!

I was wondering whether anyone could give me any help identifying where the likely bottleneck is in my system please, I have a sneaky suspicion it is the graphics card that is slowing me down but I'll wait ti hear what you guys have to say.

My problem is this: I play quite a lot of different games on my machine, from fps to flight sim to space sim etc, but I find that quite often my framerate drops to a level that is just unacceptable (less than 10 fps) making the games often unplayable. Most of the time I have the games in 1024*768 which is not the max my graphics card can support, and quite a lot of the detail settings at medium or low. Also I've found that on Counter Strike: Source, the new HDR maps which they keep introducing are very jumpy which means my favourite game is now nearly unplayable.... :(

The specs of my machine are as follows, could I please ask for advice on what might be the best component(s) to upgrade (or perhaps its time to do a complete upgrade of the entire system?!):

Asus P4R800 VM motherboard
Intel P4 chip 2.8 Ghz (no H.T.)
1Gb RAM (budget RAM)
C: 40Gb with Windows XP SP2 installed on it 5400 rpm
D: 120Gb with all games, photos and music installed on it 7200 rpm
NVIDIA G-FORCE FX 5700 LE (128Mb)
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4

Ummm, I think thats everything. I don't really want to spend more than £150 because then I may as well save up for a new system. All I really wany is to play games with the detail maxed and not get a jumpy game (I also play online).

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you very much in advance :)
 
Instead of spending the £150 now, you might as well save that and put it towards your new system. There isn't really much you can improve major from your rig with £150.
 
If your computer is PCI-E, then upgrade the video card. If not, then just save the money like nffc10 said.
 
Asus P4R800 VM motherboard
Intel P4 chip 2.8 Ghz (no H.T.)
1Gb RAM (budget RAM)
C: 40Gb with Windows XP SP2 installed on it 5400 rpm
D: 120Gb with all games, photos and music installed on it 7200 rpm
NVIDIA G-FORCE FX 5700 LE (128Mb)
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4

alot of bottleneck right now, faster drive should be the boot drive. card isnt good for current games basically this setup we have in our office computer :) so i would say you should buy a new computer when you have the money.
 
Thanks for the advice guys. Its a pity because I was hoping I could get something like a Sapphire Radeon X1600 PRO AGP 512Mb card and stick that in. They're only about 90 quid, are you sure that wouldn't help at all?!
 
It would help, but it would be a waste because it's crap. Look into a 7600GS or GT if you want to get one.
 
Bobo said:
It would help, but it would be a waste because it's crap. Look into a 7600GS or GT if you want to get one.
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If you are really itching to spend your money on your computer, then go more towards the 7600GS like Bobo said. I really wouldn't (save it!), but it is just an option if you feel you really need to.
 
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