I hope i can get more performance...

[chiucheng]

i have an intel pentium D 820 2.8ghz in my p5kpl-am aSUS mobo,...
i have a asus gt220 1gb ddr3....

and 2 gb's of ram....


but...when i saw the video gameplay of modern warfare 2, it can play on 1024x768 on all settings high...4xAA

but, my one onli can run at 2xAA and some settings low, izit my PC bottlenecking my graphic card???

and...the stock frequency of my GFX is 690mhz, can i overclock it to 790mhz???cause i have tried it to play games, and it works,,does this act will shorten the life of my GFX??

 

[Herr_Koos]

The 220 is not a particularly powerful card. Switching AA on will probably kill your frame rates.

 

[chiucheng]

but...i have a saw a video at youtube...here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMUuu0ABZp4

and, it says that the gt220 can run this game on highest settings on normal resolutions, but y i just cant???

izit becoz of my CPU bottlenecking me?

 

[chiucheng]

and , i used the SPEEDFAN program to test my cpu temp, and its 62-66 drgree CELCIUS under IDLE!!!!!

D u think this is normal???

 

[Lutfij]

You can run the 45nm processors out of the box, no BIOS updates necessary.

E7500/E7400?Q6600/Q8xxx/Q9XXX, we can provide a suggestion, but we'd need to know the budget...

THAT GT220 is a like an suzuki swift...fast but won;t get you any where fast.

2 things to do:
get a new CPU
and a new GPU.

OF course, if your aiming at $300~$400 on buying just CPU-GPU...then a new build is in order.

Use HWmonitor and core temp...list both temps here: we'll get back to you with an answer

 

[chiucheng]

using HW monitor, my CPU temp is 50 degree celcius min, 60 degree max...

 

[Lutfij]

so your looking for a cpu-GPU upgrade or a whole overhaul?
how much dya have to work with?

and where dya live? so we can find a site for purchase and get you going.