Less Performance than Expected

[konatals]

Overtime I've been trading out parts in my system to get it to where it is now, but it doesn't seem to have as much oomph as I really think it should...

I know my video drivers are up to date, and it could be that I'm overestimating some of my components.

Mobo: MSI P43-C51
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo e7400 OC'd to 3.5 GHz
RAM: 6GB DDR3 @ 1333
GFX: Galaxy GTX 560 2GB
PSU: 650w
OS: Windows 8 Dev Preview

(The only disc I had when my computer went under due to my own stupidity, was the dev preview. That's the only reason I'm running a beta OS as my main.)

Even on Windows 7 I had less performance than I'd like. For example, in Team Fortress 2, I get anywhere from 100+ to around 30-40 fps as I move between battle and calm. However if I toggle on the weather effects, my performance is immediately crippled and drops to around 15-20 fps. In Skyrim, I average only around 30-40 at the most.

Overall these are scores I suppose I should be happy with, but it seems like I'm not getting everything I could out of my machine.

 

[netops07]

The performance you are getting is actually in line with what I would expect. Sadly the cpu and mobo are dated and you would see quite an improvement with a budget board and an i3 2100. Not the answer you would like I am sure, but sometimes you just can't overcome improved design and efficiency of a newer architecture.

 

[konatals]

The performance you are getting is actually in line with what I would expect. Sadly the cpu and mobo are dated and you would see quite an improvement with a budget board and an i3 2100. Not the answer you would like I am sure, but sometimes you just can't overcome improved design and efficiency of a newer architecture.

That was one of the responses I kinda expected... Thanks for the quick response though. If I moved up to, say, a Q9400, would I notice much of a difference, or would I really need to move to the 2nd Gen Intel processors (like the i3 2100 you mentioned) to get a noticeable difference in games?

Also I was wondering what kind of motherboard I'd want to be looking at with the i3 2100.

 

[ssddx]

the video card you have i would think should be fine for tf2 as that isnt a brand new game correct? i know my gtx570 can run ultra on pretty much any game even crysis at 1080p while maintaining decent framerates.

an i3 and a new board would definitely improvment overall performance over your old setup but i'm not sure what the bottleneck is with your fps.

 

[Rockdpm]

Yea, even a Q9400, would be ok. But Just get a i3 and a 50-100$ board. that and the GTX 560 will pull you up to the level you should be running at