I have some frame drops while playing BF3 as well as on some other games when playing at max settings. I'm wondering what the general process is in debugging.
I have just upgraded my PC with a GTX 670, and it has been running a E7400 at 3.3 Ghz with 4 GB of RAM.
When playing some newer games at max settings, I notice that I run at around 30-50 fps quite steadily at very high settings. However, I occasionally dip to 20 or so fps. I'm unsure whether I should attribute this to network latency or my computer. If it's my computer, I'm not sure how to determine if it's my processor that's just old or if I don't have enough memory. If it's my network I'm not sure what I should be looking for when I run network tests.
What do you guys do when figuring out how to make/fix a system so it can run a game at a smooth 30+ framerate?
I have just upgraded my PC with a GTX 670, and it has been running a E7400 at 3.3 Ghz with 4 GB of RAM.
When playing some newer games at max settings, I notice that I run at around 30-50 fps quite steadily at very high settings. However, I occasionally dip to 20 or so fps. I'm unsure whether I should attribute this to network latency or my computer. If it's my computer, I'm not sure how to determine if it's my processor that's just old or if I don't have enough memory. If it's my network I'm not sure what I should be looking for when I run network tests.
What do you guys do when figuring out how to make/fix a system so it can run a game at a smooth 30+ framerate?