GTX 285 Slow Speeds

[llforeverdeadll]

I have ...

EVGA GeForce 285 GTX Graphics Card
ASUS M4A78 Plus AMD Motherboard
AMD Phenom X4 9150e Processor 1.8GHz (Overclocked to 2.2GHz)
4x2GB Samsung DDR2 PC2-6400 400MHz RAM (Overclocked to 480MHz)
OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ500MXSP 500W Power Supply
Windows 7 RC Build 7100

My problem is this I have been playing Darkfall and I am only rocking 75 FPS and there are some playing the game with a 260 GTX and rocking around 300 FPS. So I was wondering if anyone had ideas why this would be. Any help would be great.

At first I thought this might be because I was only using a Motherboard with a 1.0 PCIe x16 so I bought a new motherboard this week and this has a 2.0 PCIe x16 and the same thing. So this was not the problem. I know that 75 FPS isn't that big of a deal, but if my computer can be kicking out a much larger number, I want to get this fixed so I know everything is working fine.

[ReverendMaynard]

Do you have vsync enabled? Sounds like it is too me. Are thos other people playing the game at the same resolution as you?

Other than that, a 285 isn't a great match for your processor either.

[llforeverdeadll]

Yes, the vsync was turned on so I forced it off, I won't be able however to test this until I get home tonight. Also the next upgrade on my list is the processor, I am thinking AMD 965 Black Edition Phenom II AM3 x4 3.4GHz Quad Core Processor. Ill be getting that in about a week or so. Also my RAM is lacking in speed, and it looks like you have G.SKILL RAM and I was looking at theirs and I want to know what you think about your RAM.

[saaya]

those will barely help your fps though... and why do you want 300fps anyways? :D
100 is really more than enough imo, at that point you usually have minfps steady above 60

[llforeverdeadll]

I understand this is overkill but why not, and plus this computer is also a server to many websites, so more processing power, the better off I am so in that case, a better processor and ram will help. Also the issue is resolved, I am rocking 280 FPS and of course I still dont notice any difference, but I know its running right.

[rusty]

what was wrong ?

[saaya]

your hosting several websites off ot that machine? 0_o

[CryptiK]

your hosting several websites off ot that machine? 0_o

Heh, I was thinking the same thing.

[llforeverdeadll]

It was the vsync, and yes I am hosting web sites on the same machine.

[Zenoth]

My E8400 bottlenecks my GTX285 in all my CPU-demanding games, the best recent example I have from the games I own is Fallout 3, outside of Megaton, if I leave everything at stock speed, I get around 70FPS, but if I only over-clock my CPU at 3.7Ghz without touching the memory nor the GPU I get an astounding +20FPS boost. But it only affects games that really depend more on the CPU than the rest. If I do the exact same in... say... Crysis, it doesn't change a single thing, exact same FPS count, also the same can be observed in 3DMark Vantage (very GPU-dependent). Also, the screen resolution might play a role, the lower it is I believe the less your GPU works and the more dependent on the CPU it becomes (but I'm not totally certain about that one).