call of duty runs slow

[burnzy1487]

Ive just been to buy a new processor for my pc along with call of duty waw, i spent £200 overall.

 

I was told by one of the techguys that the processor will work for world at war, and the new call of duty out in november.

 

ive just got home and installed everything correctly including the coolent gel. run the game and its fine on the start menu but once inplay its mega slow, like the processor is not good enough. (GRRR).

 

specs:

 

Nvidia Geforce 8400 GS

3GB memory

vista home premium

2666 mhz 4 core's 4 logical processors - core 2 quad

 

Is this guy a joke and having me out of my money? please let me know, i will have to try and get a refund. thanks for your time.

[burnzy1487]

sorry processor is a core 2 quad Q9400 LGA775 2.66 GHz

[Plastic Nev]

Hi Burnzy, from what little I know, I think what you have there should run that game as sweet as a nut.

The only explanation I have, is there some process running in the background that is hogging processor time? Have a look in task manager and see what shows up as heavy CPU use, and also if something shows high figures for memory use as well. If there is, let us know what you find.

Nev.

[maynardvdm]

Hi

 

The processor is fine, you need to look at the graphics card.

 

Your graphics card, the Gefore 8400, only has 256 memory and i think that should be the next thing to upgrade.

 

Here are the requirements for COD:WAW:

 

Minimum System Requirements

OS: Windows XP/Vista

Processor: Pentium 4 @ 3 GHz/AMD 64 3200+

Memory: 512 MB (1 GB for Vista)

Hard Drive: 8 GB Free

Video Memory: 256 MB (nVidia GeForce 6600/ATI Radeon X1600)

Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

DirectX: 9.0c

Keyboard & Mouse

DVD Rom Drive

[maynardvdm]

Sorry, forgot to say:

 

First try and get the latest graphics drivers for your card.

[Plastic Nev]

There you go, I must learn a bit more about graphics, ignore my previous post, Maynard is correct.

Nev.

[burnzy1487]

ive tryed ending the process of avg and that the only thing hoggin it, ive just installed the new patch and still the same, the graphic card is way higher then the one that requierd.

 

Still same issue, the game runs its just laggy/slow, its defo not my internet im the only user using it and its fast broadband @ 16mb.

 

i spent over £200 just to play this game, its pathetic this.

[maynardvdm]

The graphics cards is just about minimum requirement, so i doubt it you would be able to play it at high settings.

 

At what setting level are you trying to play the game?

[Dalo Harkin]

As Maynard has said the GPU is underpowered for that game.

It also depends on what size resolution you are trying to play and the settings set on the game.

 

If you are trying to play at around the 20-22'' mark then set the settings for the game to low and turn off all the AA and AF

 

you really need something along the lines of the 260GTX or 4850 to play that game on a 20-22'' screen

[N0 M3rcy546]

hey go to this website Can You Run It? it will tell you if you can run the game it will also tell you what is wrong with your computer it worked for me.