New Computer but old processor makes gaming sloooowwwww?

I just recently built a new computer. Asus Striker Extreme MotherBoard, 2 gigs of OCZ Reaper Memory 800Mhz, 8800 GTS G92 512mb....However i ran out of money and decided to use my processor from my old computer its a Pentium 4, 3.2 HT....So when i booted up my computer and ran Crysis it still didnt run that well..also i ran 3Dmark06 and only got a score of 5,000 when other people with the same graphics cards are scoring over 20,000 and are able to play crysis smoothly at a resolution of 1680x1050...So my question is...does having a old processor really slow down my system that much and make gaming that bad...because i have read reviews of crysis running at my resolution and using my gpu card and they are getting on average around 30 fps and i only get like 9 or maybe 10 at the same settings???? or is something wrong with my other hardware?...anything would be of much help...ThanksNew Computer but old processor makes gaming sloooowwwww?
Your processor is bottlenecking your entire system.



Specifically, your graphics card and RAM are doing more calculations and loads than your processor, therefore your processor can only load a small amount at a time.

That will limit your performance severely. Think of a bottle filled completely with balls that has the width of the opening. Turn the bottle around, and the balls will only come out one at a time. That is exactly what your computer is going through. The balls are the information processed by the GPU, and the bottle is the CPU.



Since you already have a compatible motherboard, switch to a Core 2 Duo. Try the E6750. It is the best performance to price ratio on the market at around 190 USD.



By the way, the guy on the bottom copy pasted me.
Hey man thanks that was very helpful I understand whats going on...its what i thought from the beginning but wasnt sure...i think i might go with an e8400 and save up alil so i can have a FSB of 1333 and 45nm...what do you think?

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New Computer but old processor makes gaming sloooowwwww?
you need an upgrade
Yes, Pentium 4's are very outdated compared to the new Core 2 Duos and Core 2 Quad processors. Most new games including Crysis utilize multiple core processors, so having a Pentium 4 is not ideal by the least.



To make it short, your processor is bottlenecking your entire system.



To be more detailed, your graphics card and RAM are doing more calculations and loads than your processor, therefore your processor can only load a small amount at a time.

That will limit your performance severely. Think of a bottle filled completely with balls that has the width of the opening. Turn the bottle around, and the balls will only come out one at a time. That is exactly what your computer is going through. The balls are the information processed by the GPU, and the bottle is the CPU.



Since you already have a compatible motherboard, switch to a Core 2 Duo. Try the E6750. It is the best performance to price ratio on the market at around 190 USD.New Computer but old processor makes gaming sloooowwwww?
Check to make sure everything is running at stock settings. Your motherboard may have defaulted something to a wrong setting causing everything to be slow. Update with specific scores from 3DMark06, cpu and sm3. That'll help find the problem.



I don't think it should be getting a score so low. Let's see if we can solve this.
Your Pentium 4 with Hyperthreading Technology only has a FSB of 800MHz. Ram run's at 400MHz off this chip! I suggest you save for at least a E4500 Core2 Duo 2.2GHz chip. About $119.99 to $129.99 from TigerDirect.com,(depending if you buy the OEM or Retail version is the price difference) Granted the E4500 Core2 Duo has a 800FSB speed, but things change a bunch when you're talkin' about two processor cores! Without going into a whole bunch of technical jibber look at this mobo/cpu combo from TigerDirect.com: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/鈥?/a> See to the right how they recommend the Corsair, or the OCZ, 800MHz ram?

(Course if you can scrape up a little more, this Core2 Duo starts making things Pretty Serious!,[4MBs of cache, 2.66Ghz for each core, and a 1333MHz FSB $199.99) The E6750 is no dog, people just like to overreach what they really need! Check out the bottom review on the above page. Sound's like a good tip!)
try and over clock your processor search google '' how do over clock a processor'' basically its when you make your processor faster by telling it to run at a faster clock rate. most processor speeds are set below the maximum speed so no extra cooling and power are needed.

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