Framerates in Blacklist

[Rugerboy1990]

Hello,
I playing Splinter Cell:Blacklist, and
I currently have a somewhat good PC gaming set up. Specs are:
AMD Athlon II x4 620 processor
GTX 760 Graphics card
20gb RAM

Even when I play with the lowest graphics setting, including switching to DirectX9, I am still only getting 25-35 fps max. What can I do?

Edit: I have updated and also tried reinstalling drivers for graphics card. Also tried Gamebooster.

 

[jaguarskx]

Unfortunately the game simply does not run well on older AMD CPUs. I would guess the game has not been optimized for AMD's older CPU architecture. See below CPU performance chart with a GTX Titan. If you want better performance you will need to upgrade the CPU to something more modern.

http://www.techspot.com/review/706-splinter-cell-blacklist-benchmarks/page5.html

 

[Rugerboy1990]

What would your recommended CPU be on this list? Also, does RAM affect game performance? I have heard different things.

 

[jaguarskx]

Just going off that list, the FX-6300 / FX-6350 should be fine. It is less expensive than a quad core Intel CPU like the i5-3570k, however in games that are very CPU intensive like Skyrim, an Intel CPU will give your better performance. However, the FX-6300 / FX-6350 has good performance for the price you pay.

You can buy the FX-6300 for $100 until the end of the month @ Newegg.com
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113286

The FX-6350 is selling for $140 so that makes the FX-6300 a better deal.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113327

For RAM, you want DDR3-1866. If you want to overclock the FX-6300 to get "free performance", then go to the overclocking subforum in the following link to post a question. It's been some time since I had an AMD CPU.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/forum-29.html

 

[Rugerboy1990]

I currently have x2 8gb DDR3 1600mhz, is this useful for gaming at all?

 

[jaguarskx]

Yeah that's fine. It will probably limit the overclocking potential of the FX-6300, but at least you have it and don't to spend more money. Like I said, you should post a question regarding the FX-6300 (or FX-6350) in the Overclocking sub-forum since I am not really familiar with overclocking current AMD CPUs.

 

[Rugerboy1990]

Ended up buying the Intel i3 3240 for the exact same price as the AMD 6300 on Amazon. Thank you a ton for your help man, really appreciated. Case solved.