Video card or CPU causing slowdown? Bad company 2 beta

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Avengeance

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Ok so I have been playing Bad Company 2 beta a bit and I have noticed that I get slowdowns sometimes. Im not sure if its my vid card or not. I am running at 1680x1050 at full settings (no AA that I know of). Sometimes it drops down to probably 20 fps or something to where its almost unplayable. Other times its fine.

Here are my specs:

Core 2 E6550
4gb DDR2 Ram
Intel DG33BU Mobo
ASUS ATI 5870 1GB vid card

Any ideas? I probably need to get a quad core. Some people said they have more than doubled their FPS by switching to a quad core in the game.

I also had a slowdown on one part of Mass Effect 2.
 
yeah that cpu is a very large bottleneck for that 5870. you could have bought a 5850 and gotten the exact same performance because that cpu would even bottleneck that card too. BC2 is pretty cpu hungry but its also a little buggy right now on dual cores. I believe they even recommend a quad for this game. your cpu is also below the recommended requirements for Mass Effect 2 also. really you need to oc your cpu really bad as you are just throwing performance and money right down the drain.
 
Well I got the Vid card cause it was a pretty good deal at the time (only 50 more dollars for this over the 5850) and I plan on upgrading my comp I just dont know what to get. Been out of the loop for so long I dont even know whats good right now.
 
Avengeance said:
Well I got the Vid card cause it was a pretty good deal at the time (only 50 more dollars for this over the 5850) and I plan on upgrading my comp I just dont know what to get. Been out of the loop for so long I dont even know whats good right now.
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IMO an i5 750 would be the route to go for a new platform.
 
What about going with a Q6600 or one of the non 1333mhz quard cores? Since I already have enough DDR2 memory. Not sure how much of a diff that would make though?
 
Avengeance said:
What about going with a Q6600 or one of the non 1333mhz quard cores? Since I already have enough DDR2 memory. Not sure how much of a diff that would make though?
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well if you get one for pretty cheap then its still a good cpu. you certainly need to oc it a bit though to get the most out of it.
 
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more or less annoyed that neither CPU or GPU is getting stressed. bottleneck is your CPU though even if it's not getting close to max usage.

CPU: E8500 @ 4.1 Ghz
Vid Card: 4870 512, stock, 10.1

Res: 1680*1050 in DX 9
Textures: High
Level of Detail: High
Effects: Low
Shadows: Low
HBAO: Off
AA: 1X
AF: 16X
 
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