Hi, i just bought GF9800GTX+ and LockOn runs very slow, only 15 fps at maximum details (1600x1200). Does anybody known why? (sorry for my english) (P4-650 4,83GHz, 9800GTX+, 640GB HDD, 4GB RAM, Vista32). My friend has 8600GT and quad core and game runs more quicklier.

You think the graphics of lomac will actually stress your videocard in the slightest ?
It will not .

Lomac is old game, CPU dependant.

Can't comment on how lomac performs on vista btw as i'm still on XP

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thanks, but if the game is cpu dependant and old , why it runs quicklier on quadcore 2,6GHz (oter 3 cores are probably idle because it is old game) as on my 4,83 single core?

CPU dependant means that the game relies much more from the processor than from the graphics card.

The graphics of lock on are quite simple, your videocard can handle those EASILY .

So in the case of Lomac, your cpu is 'the bottleneck' .
With that P4 you are also running DDR memory i believe ?
Not DDR2 .

It needs a fast processor more then it needs a fast graphics card.

I believe your p4 is socket 775, just like core2duo for instance.
Also, your overall gaming performance would benefit greatly from say a core2duo proc and some memory to fit .

The processor you have now is just not fast enough to get the max out of that videocard.

You could download the 'aquamark3' benchmark from guru3d . Run it and post the score here .

It's an older benchmark, also heavily cpu depandant because todays graphics cards don't have any trouble rendering those graphics .

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=673

^ Link ^ . I would be very interested in the score you would get so if you decide to download and run the benchmark plz post the score.

ok i go to download that test and i post it here, i have dual ddr2 800 kingston

results are here, but procesor support hyperthreading and in test is NA (aquamark is downloaded, installed, basic measurement- because i dont have licence)

* General: *
Name: Benchmark 2009-05-02 21-33-04

* Processor: *
Vendor: GenuineIntel
Name: Pentium(R) 4 processor
SpeedMHz: 4827
Type: 0
Family: 15
Model: 4
Stepping: 2
Flags: 0xBFEBFBFF
Number: 2
HyperThreading: n/a
MemoryOS: 2147483647

* Graphics: *
Description: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+
Vendor: 4318
Device: 1554
SubSys: 883168344
Revision: 162
CoreClock: 0
MemoryClock: 0
Driver: nvd3dum.dll
DriverVersion: 7.15.11.8250
VideoMemory: 2672820224
TextureMemory: 2660237312

* OperatingSystem: *
Version:
Type:
Build: Service Pack 2, v.286 6002

* Run0: *
DisplayWidth: 1024
DisplayHeight: 768
DisplayDepth: 32
AntialiasingMode: 0
AntialiasingQuality: 0
AnisotropicFiltering: 4
DetailLevel: 4
AvgFPS: 55.216221
MinFPS: 35.053669
MaxFPS: 114.770462
AvgFPSRender: 82.775749
AvgFPSSimulation: 165.844696
AvgTrianglesPerSecond: 16621857
MinTrianglesPerSecond: 2515601
MaxTrianglesPerSecond: 74560455
AquamarkScoreRender: 8277
AquamarkScoreSimulation: 8293
AquamarkScore: 55216

55.000 points.

This is with a core2duo at 4 ghz . And an 8800GTX .



Now this is just a benchmark and does not always represent gaming performance.
BUT, your processor is holding your videocard back. !
Like diesel in race car .

It's a shame really, you should really get a nice processor to match that video card.
Because right now it really does not matter what videocard you use, because your processor is too slow anyway.

Ask around on tech forums like http://www.nvnews.net , or guru3d , or one of the other 100's of hardware sites .

thanks a lot for explanation, i will buy soon a quadcore, Lock On is the one game which i like to play and i want to play it smoothly, (damn it! i don´t know english so good and i don´t know to write everything what i want to say so Ok) bye and thanks

Yes, one last thing i forgot to explain:

Your P4 may have higher clockspeed, but is still VERY SLOW compared to modern processor with lower clockspeed.

And like you said, the number of cores does not matter with LOMAC.
Also not with Aquamark benchmark which is also old like lomac.

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