Mediocre Far Cry Performance

[stevieboy21]

I am trying to get a frame rate of above 30FPS with Far Cry (the original game) @ High settings (not Very High). My machine specs are in my signature.

Here is what I have it at now:
2X MSAA
8X AF
Particle Medium
Shadows Medium
everything else on High

The FPS is between 24-30. Interestingly, I have the same card specified on the high end of the recommended requirements. I don't understand why I am getting such poor performance. Should I think about OCing my CPU? Buy more RAM? What?

FAR CRY
Minimum

Supported OS: Windows® 98SE/2000/XP (only)
Processor: AMD Athlon? 1 GHz or Pentium® III 1 GHz
RAM: 256 MB
Video Card: 64 MB DirectX® 9.0b-compatible graphics card
Sound Card: DirectX® 9.0b-compatible PCI card
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0b (included on disc)
CD-ROM: 4x DVD or 16x CD-ROM
Hard Drive Space: 4 GB
Multiplayer: Broadband with 64 Kbps upstream to play (512 Kbps upstream to host 8 players)



Recommended

Supported OS: Windows 98SE/2000/XP (only)
Processor: AMD Athlon 2400-3000+ or Pentium 4 2-3 GHz
RAM: 512-1024 MB
Video Card: 128 MB GeForce 4 128 MB to GeForce FX 5950; ATI Radeon 9500-9800 XT
Sound Card: Sound Blaster® Audigy® series
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0b (included on disc)
CD-ROM: 8x-16x DVD or 32x CD-ROM
Hard Drive Space: 4 GB
Multiplayer: Broadband with 64 Kbps upstream to play (512 Kbps upstream to host 8 players)

 

[da3ndorphin3]

Like you said- more ram and cpu.Your Pentium 4 is only @ 1.70ghz but recommended is 2-3ghz.You have only 512 RAM,recommended is 1gb.Your GPU should be ok.
Maybe turn down/off MSAA and AF,you should see increase in fps.
Try experimenting little with settings