new gfx-card -> no more fps

[Guest Yeltzin]

Hi guys..

 

Just bought the new gfx-card Radeon HD4770.. upgraded from an old 8600GT..

This should give me about 3 times more fps if it's just up to the gfx-board, and so it does in all other games.. BUT not in lockon.. exactly the same fps 22 on airport (lots of objects) and 30-35 flying (less objects).. no change..

 

Why?

Is it some other hardware that holds back, or is it just somewhere i need to tell the computer to USE the new hardware in the game..

 

I also have :

 

CPU : intel Q6600 2.4Ghz

Mem : 4 GB

[mrbinkels]

Lockon and BS are more cpu dependent then GPU dep. and benefit greatly from a cpu upgrade. I went from a x1950 to a 3850 hoping to see a frame rate increase but had none. After doing some more research I realized my P4 3.0 cpu was not geting the job done. Did a complete upgrade, see sig below, to fix my low fps issue.

Edited May 1, 2009 by mrbinkels
added more info

[Vekkinho]

Welcome to Eagle Forums Yeltzin!

 

Ehm, that's about the same that happened to me, I was using X800 and switched to HD3850 (both GFx in AGP) but FPS did not increase!

 

Trouble is your (and mine) CPU is a bottleneck here and always will be as the LOFC is a CPU heavy game! So more clocks and GHz your CPU has, more FPS you'll see!

 

Although your picture quality might be better (shadows, clouds, fog seem better in my case!)

[CAT_101st]

I foung that with my old CPU (AMD x2 6400 @3.3)and same setup I was gitting 10,000 on 3dmark06. With the new PII 940 x4 at stock speed (3.0gh) I was gitting the full output of my 8800GT hitting 16,000. Ocing to 3.8gh only gets me a extra 500 points so I am at the point of a new vid card. I hope this helped a little. Im gitting 45-60 FPS in BS.