What should I do about crappy performance on Crysis?

I'm a frequent gamer who has recently moved away from console gaming and has started playing PC games instead. The game I switched for was mainly portal, which soon led me to learn about the rest of valve. Since that time, I've only upgraded once. Now I've recently bought CRYSIS through steam while it was on sale. The fact that I can't play on anything higher than low with a stable frame rate has made me start thinking that maybe it's time for an upgrade on my pc, but I'm not sure what to upgrade or to what extent to upgrade that part. I have a crappy old HP (Media center edition) and it runs XP professional (5.1, build 2600) service pack 3.



System specs are:



AMD Anthon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ 2.19 GHz

3070 MB of Ram

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT with 512 MB



Running DirectX 9.0 The upgrade I made in the past was the 9800 GT and the 2 extra GB of ram. I would like to be able to play Crysis at High or Very high (which for some reason shows up as a dark square I cant select) at at least 35 fps. Any help or suggestions on what I should do would be greatly appreciated.What should I do about crappy performance on Crysis?
Yeah, I hate to say it, but that computer will never run crysis well. Crysis is without a doubt the most demanding game on the market. If you do build / buy another, I'd go AMD, 555 or 955. Both overclock very well. Also, get 4gb of ddr3, preferably g.skill running at 1600. For graphics cards, anything ATI has out beats current nvidia offerings. A 5870 should run Crysis at very high settings at around 40 fps.



Then again, you'll end up paying around $1000 just to be able to play crysis. The 5870 itself is around $400, a 955 is around $200, to overclock the 955 you'll need a very good aftermarket cooler around $50, 4gb of ram will be around $100, a good mobo to overclock on will be around $150, and you'll more than likely spend more than $100 on a case and a hard drive. Also, to run directx 10 or 11, you need windows vista or windows 7 (say, around $200). Is it worth it? To me, no. To you? That's a decision only you can make.What should I do about crappy performance on Crysis?
Yikes... hmm... at this point in time it's probably best to get a new computer than to upgrade the one you have. Your CPU and video card are both holding you back, and I'm fairly certain you won't be able to upgrade the processor as newer and better ones won't be compatible. Plus, trying to upgrade a processor can be riddled with problems.What should I do about crappy performance on Crysis?
You need DirectX 10.0 to play on Very high, which isn't available on XP due to major changes in how Vista and 7 handle it.



I'd upgrade the video card, and the processor. More RAM couldn't hurt, either.
Feel free to E-mail me through "answers" if you like...you are pretty much dead in the water or worse...

If that edition came/w a 939 socket...it's worse as they don't make CPU's for it ...e-bay only and at a rip off price.

But really even if it's an AMD socket, you still need to up-grade the board first to get anything like a decent processor...

Games are about $ and Crysis has some of the most demands on a computer that you'll find...and there are

others just or more demanding, but the real deal is can/will you spend...to get what you need...

My minimum suggestion to get good results on high...not very high...are as follows...

3G ram

AM3 or AM2+ socket mobo/w

Athlon II 550 or 545 or 435 or 440

ATi 5770

HDD/w 16 mb cache (option)

See what I mean $

You might check out the first edition of the $750.00 gaming computer that Tom's Hardware built and

change three things...#1 a better case like the Antec 300 Illusion (more money)

#2...change the G-card to one 5770...(less money)

#3...change the CPU to one of the ones that I said...(less money)

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/How-鈥?/a>