far cry question

[deond21]

Hi,

From the details you've posted regarding your system specs, it's clear that it is your gfx card that is bottlenecking the whole system. The FX5600 was a dog when it came out, and by today's standards, it should be dragged out into the street and shot. If you can afford it, upgrade.

Or, if you're willing to wait a while, both gfx card manufacturers are bringing their latest cards out at the end of April, and I am assuming that with that will come a reduction in the prices of the current-generation performance leaders. I can hope, anyway.

I recently went from a GeForce 3 to a Radeon 9800SE (which I softmodded to a 9800PRO, best cash I've spent on my PC in a long time!) and Far Cry runs a whole lot better. Not silky smooth, mind you, the mouse lags a little in some heavily-lit scenes, but this is with the settings on highest. I am running the 9800SE with 768mb of DDR333 RAM and an XP 2400+.

I would recommend thinking pretty seriously about upgrading, because Far Cry is definitely worth the investment....

Cheers