Optimising for CoD?

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by Spinnetti

I appreciated the continued hard work, but on my quad core i7 2.8 with ATI 4850 512, its unplayable

You have to overclock your CPU as I did and probably set texture quality to low because you have 512MB VRAM only. It is playable for me after overclocking 2.8 >> 3.8 and system optimisation I did with HD4890 (and it is a veeeery cheap card now). No game optimisation will help these old cards with the visibility distances and cockpit details we have in this awesome game. HD4xxx are 3 generations too old now. Slowly saving for HD 7970

Check out the latest link in my sig for details.

[Sutts]

Originally Posted by Ataros

You have to overclock your CPU as I did and probably set texture quality to low because you have 512MB VRAM only. It is playable for me after overclocking 2.8 >> 3.8 and system optimisation I did with HD4890 (and it is a veeeery cheap card now). No game optimisation will help these old cards with the visibility distances and cockpit details we have in this awesome game. HD4xxx are 3 generations too old now. Slowly saving for HD 7970

Check out the latest link in my sig for details.

Ataros,

I have an i7 920 2.67Ghz, not the newer extreme edition that you can easily overclock. Any idea if I can squeeze any more out of this one please?
Thanks

[Kankkis]

Originally Posted by Sutts

Ataros,

I have an i7 920 2.67Ghz, not the newer extreme edition that you can easily overclock. Any idea if I can squeeze any more out of this one please?
Thanks

Thats a good prosessor to overclock. I have the same pros. and it goes to 3.40Ghz without voltagechange, i have only chanced BCLK Frequency to 170 from 133 from my motherboard bios. So it running 20 * 170 = 3.4Ghz.

Edit : sry Uther

[JG52Uther]

I think the problem is more the 512 graphics card than the CPU. I play CoD with a 2.4Ghz Q6600 and a 1GB card (previously a 4850 1GB, now a GTX 285 1GB card)
Online on the ATAG server I get between 30 and 50 FPS after some serious tweaking in the settings menu.

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by Sutts

Ataros,

I have an i7 920 2.67Ghz, not the newer extreme edition that you can easily overclock. Any idea if I can squeeze any more out of this one please?
Thanks

Sorry, I have no idea.
What I would do is Google a good article about "overclock i7 920" and follow the instructions step by step. This is what I did for my CPU. Articles usually mention a cooler that is needed. Then I checked PC forums for alternative coolers that can be used because my retailer did not have one mentioned in the articles.

Some overclocking may be done with a stock cooler but not much.

[Sutts]

Originally Posted by Kankkis

Thats a good prosessor to overclock. I have the same pros. and it goes to 3.40Ghz without voltagechange, i have only chanced BCLK Frequency to 170 from 133 from my motherboard bios. So it running 20 * 170 = 3.4Ghz.

Edit : sry Uther

Originally Posted by Ataros

Sorry, I have no idea.
What I would do is Google a good article about "overclock i7 920" and follow the instructions step by step. This is what I did for my CPU. Articles usually mention a cooler that is needed. Then I checked PC forums for alternative coolers that can be used because my retailer did not have one mentioned in the articles.

Some overclocking may be done with a stock cooler but not much.

Thanks guys, I'll start digging. I didn't realise it was possible with my bog standard i7 920.

Cheers

[robtek]

Overclocking the cpu might not help at all.
My PhenomII 1100T reaches about 45%max. with everything maxed out.
Your GPU and VRam is the limiting factor.
So, save your CPU and save for a newer, better GPU with at least 1GB VRam.

[Sutts]

Originally Posted by robtek

Overclocking the cpu might not help at all.
My PhenomII 1100T reaches about 45%max. with everything maxed out.
Your GPU and VRam is the limiting factor.
So, save your CPU and save for a newer, better GPU with at least 1GB VRam.

Thanks for the advice robtek. I'm saving for a new card right now and hope the best cards will come down a bit in the next 3 months.

[SEE]

I have good gameplay with my DuelCore 2.7Ghz (after upgrading to a good 1Gb GFX card). Like others say - a better card will make a significant difference.

[StkNRdr]

I found this link extremely helpful in overclocking my i7 920 from 2.67 to 3.57.

http://www.clunk.org.uk/forums/overc...html#post64374