Is Crysis even using my GPU?

[tuesday0180]

I used to have a Geforce 9500GT. I ran crysis at 1024x768 medium settings with low frame rates.

Now that I have a GTX 260 216shader sc, I'm still running crysis 1024x768 on medium settings with low frame rates.

What's going on?

I try to play the game on 1650x1050(monitor resolution 20"), but it runs like garbage. I get 20-25 fps and it dips to 11fps sometimes. When I turn it to 1024x768, I'm still getting the same frame rates, but it only dips to 15fps.

I checked Riva Tuner and it doesn't look like my GPU is being used that much. At Idle, my GPU is at 29celsius. I checked Rivatuner right now after turning off crysis and it says the GPU was 38celsius at the highest load. When I run games like COD 4,5 and 6 the GPU load hits 61celsius at max.

Is my gpu even being used? Is Crysis more GPU or CPU intensive?

If it's mor CPU intensive then I undersatnd since I haven't upgraded my cpu/mobo yet. But if it's GPU intensive, then what's going on?


Here are my specs.

ECS G31T-LM 2 motherboard.

Nvidia GTX 260 16shader overclocked to 760/1537/1179 (hasn't crashed yet during any game play. Seems stable). Would overclocking slow down performance in anyway? I'm not seeing any major heat generation from the video card so I'm concerned about if it's even being used.

4megs DDR2 667mhz 2x2 memory

Intel E5200 2.5gigs (not overclocked, can't due to motherboard)

Thermaltake 600w purepower GPU

HAF 932 case with 3x230mm fans, 1x120mm case fans.

Just a bit frustrated by this game. Is it one of those games that wasn't properly coded like GTA 4? Btw, that game runs like *** for me too.

 

[tuesday0180]

A stock e5200 should be giving you an ave of 50ish fps on crysis warhead with a gtx 260 at 768res. It almost sounds to me like the processor isn't comming out of powersaving mode staying in 6x or 9x mode. I didn't think it could happen and I know you not ocing so its a minimal bios options but I might check disable any powersaving setting if there is one.

Just changed my power options from balanced to performance. Tried crysis again, same thing. I'm currently using 1680x1050 resolutions right now. I didn't try 1024x768 again yet.

 

[brett1042002]

My money is on the CPU creating a "bottleneck." If that is the case, only thing to do is overclock that thing to +3.0ghz or get a new cpu/mobo, if you are wanting higher FPS in Crysis. Just my .02. Good luck!

 

[tuesday0180]

Alright just saw this video of a guys gameplay.

He's pretty much on the same system: E5200 260gtx, but he overclocked his CPU to 3.9ghz while I'm still at 2.5(bios won't let me overclock). He overclocked his video card. I did too, but when I did I didn't get much increase in performance.

He's running at Enthusiast settings (highest setting) and getting 25-35 fps with fraps on. I'm getting anywhere from 9fps-25fps on highest setting without fraps.

We're both running same resolution 1680x1050.

So.... It does look like it's my cpu. I don't get it though I hear people with my same CPU E5200 get better results than me without even overclocking. Could motherboard hold you back?

Here is the guys youtube video if you want to see. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoSLpPfc3js

 

[tuesday0180]

Looks like my next logical step is a new motherboard. Crap, already way over budget by getting a gtx 260 instead of a used 9800gt on ebay hah. Original budget was around $60.00-$70.00. I ended up spending $219.00 on the GTX, $100 on a new pc case, $15 for a hard drive cooler.