i have a pentium 4 at 2.8ghz, 1.5 gigs of ram (512 unknown that came with my comp, 1 gig kingston) and a geforce 6800gs agp card. my 3dmark05 score is about 5000. i've been playing with most settings at medium and AA on 4x, and i get frame rates of anywhere from about 30 to about 70, but most of the time it's 40-50.
however, once every game or two, my fps will suddenly drop to maybe 5-10. the weird part is, when i look away from where everyone is, it usually goes smooth again. as soon as i get another person on my screen, it drops. it can be a tank, a foot soldier, anything. also, i don't have to be able to see them directly, just their user name.
i first thought it was something to do with my wireless internet connection lagging, but i noticed that the problem also happens in single player if my settings are on high. what happens then is i'll be getting about 40 fps no matter what's happening if i'm looking in one direction, but if i look quickly to the left or right it slows for a second, and then sometimes it will just randomly start the 5-10 fps thing.
any help on this would be much appreciated.
however, once every game or two, my fps will suddenly drop to maybe 5-10. the weird part is, when i look away from where everyone is, it usually goes smooth again. as soon as i get another person on my screen, it drops. it can be a tank, a foot soldier, anything. also, i don't have to be able to see them directly, just their user name.
i first thought it was something to do with my wireless internet connection lagging, but i noticed that the problem also happens in single player if my settings are on high. what happens then is i'll be getting about 40 fps no matter what's happening if i'm looking in one direction, but if i look quickly to the left or right it slows for a second, and then sometimes it will just randomly start the 5-10 fps thing.
any help on this would be much appreciated.