Crysis CPU Performance

These threads are done till dead I realize, but I still need some help here.

AMD Phenom(tm) II X3 710 Processor (3 CPUs), ~2.6GHz
3326MB RAM OCZ Sli ram
1 TB WD Greenpower
ATI Radeon HD 4870
Windows Vista™ Business (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.090302-1506)
Asus M3A78-EM/CM

I seem to be getting very poor performance in this game from what I think is the CPU, 1280x800 with everything lowest I'm pulling below 30fps. All other games close to or beyond maximum and I have no idea what to do. Thinking it's the CPU based on testing around with the settings.

The thing is I'm running the game minimum and it's giving me this lag.

if you aren't playing multiplayer then unplug the ethernet and disable the antivirus while you play.

wow i play crysis on high, 2AA, 1440x900 at 30-35FPS with

AMD athlon x2 6000
2GB ram
9800GT

I know you have Vista and need more ram for that then XP but still you should have better FPS then that. Any chance you can switch crysis to Direct 9.0 from 10.0?

THe underlying problem that my CPU is crippled is really bothering me though, anyone have any insights into this?

why do you think that your cpu is crippled?

It may be the RAM, did you buy a 3GB tripple channel kit? Phenoms only support dual-channel. Try taking one GB out and see if dual channel mode helps.

Well, what drivers are you using?

What motherboard are you using, and did you install the drivers for it?

Have you had this problem in any other game?

Did you update Crysis to at least 1.2? This fixes a buttload of issues like this.

Anyone?

Whoops, so much for reading the last line of your specs.

I agree with werxen, at the very least upgrading drivers. What version of Catalyst Control Center / display driver are you running?

The current CCC is 9.4, which has display driver 8.6 in it. I'd grab that from the AMD site and see if that fixes it.

Edit:

Here's a link to the file for Vista 32-bit:

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/gamesite/9-4_vista32_win7_32_dd_ccc_wdm_enu.exe

from the website or the cd....?

hmm ok... well try this:

see what score you get in 3d mark.
also another noob thing, make sure your video card is ENABLED and not your mobo video card.

Can things like MSN, Thunderbird, Windows Sidebar, etc. kill game performance?

Where is the processor power management? Using Vista Business.

I'll do a few comparisons, I'm still downloading it. Sorry I'm still not seeing the power management option.

Yea

Double Post

3326 (system) + 1024 (video) = 4350 (Total)
Vista x32 only supports 4096, so you are wasting 254 MB of precious ram for not having vista x64 edition.

If you give a gig to vista and the programs that you're running, that leaves Crysis with only 2 gigs system memory, which should work but is undesirable.

If the game plays fine for a while and then slows down, you might have a heat problem. Also, you might have malware or broken software that is eating ram, or even something as simple as a disk with errors in the pagefile.

From Task Manager (Ctrl + alt + del), click "Performance" tab. Click (Admin) Resource Monitor. How many Memory faults / second are you getting? If this number is 300+, you need more ram. On my system with 8 gigs of ram, this number is usually less than 10.

Note: a "Memory Fault" is not an error. I know it's a dumb name.

Check the power plug in the back of the graphics card. If all games are affected it looks to me that your GPU is under powered. Sometimes one of the contact pins can slip back and not make correct contact.

Hmmmm... so it's definitely not Crysis' fault then. Power management is in Control Panel/Power Options. Do you get a BSOD error code when it crashes? In any case, try running Prime95, and see if it crashes or gives errors.

That's a reasonable score for those specs, I believe. Hows Prime95?

Sweet, let us know if you have more problems.

The reason why I think it's a Crysis problem is because I run Farcry 2 DX10 Ultra with no aa and get over 30fps all the time with 1680x1050. If Warhead would stop crashing maybe I could test it, but I'll wait until I go home and try normal.

The only game I have seen lag like this is in Crysis besides the 3Dmark crashing before the BIOS update.

I don't know if any of you played Neverwinter Nights 2, but this is a poorly optimized game, no?

Yea, well I'll probably try re-installing that as well, but i mean if I'm doing smooth Farcry 2 max with no aa and 1680x1050, it should be a good sign?

NwN2? I get 30-ish fps on the gaming rig in my specs... so I'd say so, yeah. That's at 1680X1050, everything high by environment shadows on medium.