What's bottlenecking my performance for Battlefield 4?

[jace888]

Hi,

I currently have a Dell XPS 630i which I got second hand from a friend.

My built is as such:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 2.66Ghz
8GB RAM (2x4 GB) DDR2 - 800 ones
MSI GTX 560 TI Twin Frozr II OC 1GB
700W PSU
Seagate ST375063 0AS 750GB (not sure read and writing speeds)

From reading some forums, there might be limitations from graphics card or the processor but I have no issues at all playing BF3 at Medium/High settings at 1080p resolution.

During the beta stages and with the current game online, I tried changing the resolution by lowering it down but has no effect whatsoever.

In terms of graphics wise, I tweaked upwards from low to high and it had no change at all, did not lag more but generally lagged without it.

I see that my CPU usage maxes out and hence the stuttering during gameplay online.

I tried single player for a while and also noticed some lag but minimal when cpu usage touched 100%.

Does anyone have a similar system in terms of the processor and RAM?

Can you guys give me advice on what could I upgrade or overclock? Definitely not upgrading or building a new system at this point of time!

Do you think I could overclock an intel core 2 quad q6600 since the q9400 is locked due to the dell bios?

Thanks!

 

[AMD Radeon]

the problem is not in your PC. it is the game itself, still in beta version that has a lot of bug

 

[vrumor]

OCing will give you a bit more performance sure. But not enough to fix your issue. The CPU, as im sure you know is ancient. Video card is decent at best. Comparing BF3 to BF4 isnt viable either. They are made on 2 different engines. If you want more performance, youll need to spend some cash. Sorry.

 

[ZionZA]

For you to upgrade ram you would need a new motherboard which then means a new CPU as well due to the Socket changing.
New CPU needs a new motherboard which then would need new RAM due to the DDR3 slots.

Graphics card would be the best bet but the rest of the system might hold back the Graphics card then. Battlefield 4 relies a lot on the CPU and for you to upgrade that means that you will have to basicly upgrade the entire system ( RAM, CPU, Motherboard).

Also, Running battlefield 4 on a 560 ti. I wouldn't recommend going above medium settings. VRAM becomes an Issue eventually the higher you go

I'm currently running an i7 930 overclocked to 3.8ghz and i see an average usage of 60% on all logical cores when playing battlefield 4.

 

[phatthefirst]

I had a similar problem now with a 560 TI, 4gb RAM and core i5 2500. Check what version your graphics driver is. The latest ones are awful.
I rolled back my graphics driver from the latest (R331) to 314.22 WHQL. The game was smooth after that. Maybe you could try that?

 

[ihog]

For BF4, your CPU is definitely holding you back the most.