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Just build this thing and was wondering if it was doing what it's suppose to be doing.

AMD AM2+ 7750 Kuma @ 3.0Ghz

MSI 4870 1GB

4GB of PC8500 ram

1900 x 1280 Resolution

On Call of Duty 4 at that resolution and Graphics at High, No shadows.

I'm getting only around 40FPS, dipping to around 30FPS and going as high as 50fps.

Is this normal?

I thought I would be able to max almost everything out.

Is it because of the high resolution?

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Well your bottleneck is certainly the cpu. Tom's tests showed even the 4770 was bottlenecked by the 7850 which is 2.8ghz.

However, I think your framerates should be higher than 40fps. What driver version are you using?

In the summer (now) I run my C2D at 3ghz (to stay under 60c) and I have a overclocked HD4850 and I get 92fps on some maps and 75 on others. But it never dips less than 60fps in any scene.
I run all high settings (except soften smoke edges), 4xaa and 1650x1080

Message edited by zipzoomflyhigh on 05-27-2009 at 07:01:38 PM

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Aside from the bottlenecks already mentioned, try looking into your system temps... HWMonitor is a good utility to use for that.

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