win xp home point of view geforce 9800gtx+ intel p.4 3.2ghz 2gb ram 650watt psu 500gb hdd nforce 4 just wondering why i'm getting a slow speed in games. well 3dmark05 results on 1024x768 are 9921 3dmarks. result using 1280x1024 are 9673 and when i click "find optimal settings" in crysis it all goes to low settings and 800x600 and still plays slow at this low setting. i have updated to latest graphics and nforce 4 drivers but still slow. could it be my processor ? i dont think so but would like some help on this. any idea's.or could it be the 9800gtx+ drivers.

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kaspersky security suite/skype thats it but i shut down skype when playing oh and updreg. and nvcpl which i cant uncheck it just keeps coming back itself.

I doubt you'll find many people in these forums recommending Kaspersky Security Suite or any "suite" for that matter. Try disabling it, then run your benchmark again. "If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions" - Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in Pulp Fiction

ran the benchmark 3dmark05 again no difference same score. but when i turned off kaspersky crysis played slightly faster sounds like the graphics fan is maxed out speed it's noisy i tought by the reviews that it was supposed to be a quiet one. anyway small bit of difference. it's strange that crysis runs the same slow speed at 1600x1200 medium ingame settings as 800x600 all low settings. unless the processor is causing this i'm not sure. but any more help or info would be great. and i done a complete factory install on this sys 2 weeks ago so should be clean.

"the processor is causing this" You hit the nail on the head. The 3.2GHz P4 won't score higher than ~10K 3D'05 points no matter how fast the videocard is. It would produce the same score with an 8600GTS (even the lowly 8600GTS manages to hit 11.5K points when paired with an AMD X2 or Intel C2D processor). " it's strange that crysis runs the same slow speed at 1600x1200 medium ingame settings as 800x600 all low settings." The fact that you're unable to obtain higher performance by lowering the resolution/detail level is a sure sign that the processor is limiting your videocard's performance. Crysis is nearly as CPU hungry as it is GPU hungry. Unfortunately, low game settings are the best you can do with a single core CPU. Homebuilt 1080p Projector: 1080p Samsung LCD PixelWorks controller Lumenlab's 120v Pro Mega-Kit Homebuilt enclosure 120" 16:9 screen HDMI, VGA, Component, S-Vid, Composite in

ok need to upgrade cpu no problem will do that next week. this is strange as well i checked the core memory and shader clock speeds on the site i bought the card and they are supposed to be this... core clock speed=740 which is correct shader clock speed=1836 correct memory clock speed= 2200 wrong.i tested with rivatuner and the memory clock speed is set to 1100. did they forget to clock the memory to 2200 ? why would rivatuner say 1100 when the memory clock speed is supposed to be 2200. any ideas or is rivatuner giving a false positive