intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 540 @ 3.07GHz (4 CPUs), ~4.4GHz
8 gig rams
Aaaand NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Or am I stuck with running the game on low?
Your CPU have 2 cores (cpu's) not 4 of them. It has hyperthreading so it can work 4 threads but it is still 2 cores. Instead of 4 cores on most i5 and on most i7.
intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 540 @ 3.07GHz (4 CPUs), ~4.4GHz
8 gig rams
Aaaand NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Or am I stuck with running the game on low?
The one thing you have going for you is your CPU has a fast clock. PS2 has one mega thread that does most of the work and several smaller secondary ones that are off loaded to other cores. So having a smaller number of faster cores is better than a bunch of slower ones. You will defanenlty be GPU bound.
I have a 2600K running at 4.5Ghz with a 560ti and run on medium in the range of 50 fps consistently (I have v-sync on so never pass 60) and alt-f shows me as GPU bound (not sure I completly believe that). The game looks ok and plays pretty well with that makeup.
You quite possibly are GPU bound, similar overclock on my i5 but using a 7850 and i get anywhere between 50-90ish fps depending what's going on with settings maxed apart from shadows on medium. With shadows on high it would dip to the 40's.
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let me tell you this : Try it out ..
if your monitor res isnt high you might be still on the good side with ur gpu
if your cpu isnt too low clocked also
if your OS isnt pooped wtih fancy stuff and shittons of startups youre m8 be still good
hyperthreading only adds marginal perfomance boosts and you wont even see that in game
Multiplatform games arent focused on PC so you can scratch the quad form ur list
if he isnt on HD resolution it should be ok
You quite possibly are GPU bound, similar overclock on my i5 but using a 7850 and i get anywhere between 50-90ish fps depending what's going on with settings maxed apart from shadows on medium. With shadows on high it would dip to the 40's.
I run in high settings and see no framerate issues.
i5 @ 3.6
8 GB RAM
GTX 560 Ti
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