HELP! Low FPS w/ 9800 GTX on Age of Conan

Hey guys really looking for help here! I got a ned 9800 GTX for my HP pavillion a6430f. I got it just to run Age of Conan now iv overclocked my card to about 820mhz and i really dont even see an improvment from the default settings. All my other requirements pass with flying colors i really have no other idea what can be wrong i tried tons of drivers and still nothing the recent driver i have on it right now is nvlddmkm 7.15.11.7474 Forceware 174.74. Can anyone help me out?

my PSU is Phenom tri core 2.1
I have 550 wat power supply and connected 2 required 6pin cables to my card
I have 3G Ram
If it is limited by CPU speed where can i check that so i can OC the CPUs?

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Two things; 1 the 2.1Ghz CPU is probably too slow seeing as the game won't fully utilize more than 1 core and unfortunatly you most likely can not overclock it. 2: Stock PSUs on these units usually are not that good. Your 9800GTX is kind of overkill considering the limits of such a factory built PC.

Funcom is releasing its multi-core support soon, with the first patch i think...
once that happens, if u are CPU limited it should get better :-)

BTW you can quite easily overclock phenoms. There is a trick to it, with the key being that you cannot raise the memory clocks as high as you would when raising the FSB on a intel based system. This is because the memory controller is on the cpu die and accumulates heat death quicker due to proximity to the overclocked cpu itself

Because the mem controller is built into the cpu you have to use the bios to reduce the multipler on the memory controller when raising the FSB.

I reckon he could get at least the 300Mhz to match min req's easily enough. but anything over 400-500 increase may be difficult.

I don't know though because most people try to overclock the top models you may get more out of the lower end ones because the ceiling should be similar to any other particular die.

it is very likely the phenom. had an instance with my lil bros phenom 9600, switched it out with a 6400+ and problem was gone. Same problem as you are having, low frames.

AoC is not by a long shot CPU bound. The OP needs to give some context of his problem.

Age of Conan was giving me the same problem on my 9800gtx.

First be positive you have all of the latest direct x files. Next make sure you have the latest video drivers handy. Next uninstall your video driver but don't restart. Find the invidia file folder (on the C: drive or whatever driver your system is on) and manually delete it. Then restart and then reinstall the drivers then restart again and you should see an improvement.

I saw an increase of about 20 FPS on full max settings. Also if you game a lot, it's probably best if you use an antivirus that has minimal impact on your system. Avast is my personal favorite and it's free.

Good luck and have fun in AoC.