low fps on high-end rig

hi,

system is as follows:
amd dual core 2.2ghz cpu
2gb ddr 500 ram
radeon 1800xt
abit mobo w/ crossfire (doesn't matter)
windows xp
all drivers downloaded today (included direct x)


just set this comp up, started up hl:lc, cs:s, dod:s, and all those games
are running poorly ... reinstalled ati's catlyst drivers, no help ...

with all settings on max, lost coast gives me 62 fps (vsync ... or "vertical
refresh" as i believe it to be known by ati... off) ... and that doesn't
sound right

in dod:s, i get around 30fps


this is all just barely better than the 2 year old system i was playing on
previously ... there's got to be something wrong; hardware benchmarks done
by people with systems close to mine say they get about 100+ fps in
half-life 2 [based] games



what's wrong?

please help,


b

 

b skrev:

Hello,

try to disable one of the cores for the game process.

To do that:

ctrl+alt+del while running the game
select the proper process (for example hl2.exe)
unmark one of the processors (you'll fint the checkboxes, just click around)

It should work now

 

Nvidia ;-)