Is my Pentium D my problem??

[pleasehelp]

Hello everyone.
I have a Pentium D 3.00Ghz. What i am wondering is why is get only up to 12 fpson high settings on Crysis.
My specs are:
Pentium D
3Gb of 667 ddr2 RAM
XFX 8800gt XXX edition
X-FI fitality sound card
250Gb hdd

I was looking on Youtube and some people with a E8400 and a regular 8800gt were getting 25 fps with highest DX9 settings. Is my CPU the bottleneck? I am thinking about getting the E8400 just want to see what you guys say. Also i am going to get a new motherboard soon and later am going to SLI the 8800gt XXX.
Thanks for you help.

 

[customisbetter]

Make sure that AA is OFF when you play.

 

[pleasehelp]

yep i always have AA off in Crysis.

 

[customisbetter]

OH! Do you have EIST and C1E disabled in the bios? open up CPU-z while playing crysis and make sure its running at 3ghz.

 

[turboflame]

Yeah, your CPU is bottlenecking your 8800GT

 

[Malovane]

Heck, it would probably bottleneck an 8600GT.

 

[rodney_ws]

An C2D E8400 is a considerably faster chip than the one you're using now. Your CPU is doing you no favors when playing Crysis.

 

[mtyermom]

What is the exact make and model of your motherboard. Knowing that will tell us whether you can just drop in an upgraded processor.

EDIT: Also, what size monitor/resolution are you running?

 

[jonpaul37]

is the 3GB of RAM that you're using being used in dual-channel mode?
is it 3 X 1GB RAM sticks or is it something else?
am i correct in saying that you're using Win XP 32-bit?

 

[gamerk316]

ITs the pentium D.

Based on the speed, you have the LGA 775 version, so theres an outside chance your mobo at least supports Duo processors without an upgrade. List your EXACT make of mobo if you can.

 

[dechy]

Yeah, you definitely can't be comparing a Pentium-D to a C2D, pretty much no matter the speed.

My main PC is exactly that, an E8400 OC'ed to 3.6 and my second PC is a Pentium-D 940, even at stock speeds, my E8400 obliterates the 940 in anything with the same graphics card (both have 8800GTS 512, decided to give them both same thing so I could SLI once I upgrade one system)

 

[megamanx00]

Yeah... that CPU isn't gonna do it for Crysis. Check your board manufacturers website to see if it can support any of the Core 2s. In the mean time, lower your settings to medium, and if you have to even lower some of the more CPU intensive ones to low ^_^.

 

[mtyermom]

Excellent points mega, and that's a recurring theme I've been seeing lately.

"I turned everything to max and I get low framerate."

It's allllll about tweaking.

EDIT: that's a bit off topic.

On topic: we're still needing to know exactly what motherboard the OP is running...