not even my GTX 670 can run CLoD acceptably?

[Liz Lemon]

Originally Posted by Jatta Raso

yeah i know, the old 'bottleneck' issue, well experience has shown me not to fully believe that story, to say that in my case the GTX 670 is at its 30% max, is, without offense, nuts. i don't have these drop downs all the time, in fact with the GTX 570 it run very well most of the times in very high settings. but, as limited as the GTX 670 may be with an older CPU, that limit should show itself by not allowing upper top FPS, and not by going down to crap levels; don't tell me that a 6600 oced to 3.3 doesn't allow for minimum framerates no matter what the rest of the system is, 'cause that's rubbish; it may limit the best you can get, but by all means it gets its part done for decent performance, no matter how CPU demanding the game is;

the problem is in the code...

If your GPU is running at 30% and you are getting stuttering, then it is probably a CPU bottleneck.

Try running the game at a very low resolution. If you still get poor fps and stuttering then the game is CPU bound.

I'd guess the netcode adds enough strain for the CPU to be a problem.

Otherwise check and see what settings your antivirus and firewalls are at since they could be causing problems while playing online.