Running into issues, please help!

[looopy]

So I was under the understanding that I have a reasonably competent gaming pc but I could be wrong.

Specs

Nvidia gtx 460 768 mb
950 I7
6 gigs ddr3

But I just recently got Far Cry 3 and with the settings all on low the game is barely able to load. The framerate issues are atrocious and the main menu is laggy. I even set it to directx 9 instead of 11. I already tried updating gfx driver. On my gpu meter it says that its at 58 degrees celcius+ and 97-99% usage at all times. Is this graphics card not gonna cut it for Far Cry 3 or is something else most likely wrong? Please help, I was so looking forward to this game!

[c0rnel]

So I was under the understanding that I have a reasonably competent gaming pc but I could be wrong.

Specs

Nvidia gtx 460 768 mb
950 I7
6 gigs ddr3

But I just recently got Far Cry 3 and with the settings all on low the game is barely able to load. The framerate issues are atrocious and the main menu is laggy. I even set it to directx 9 instead of 11. I already tried updating gfx driver. On my gpu meter it says that its at 58 degrees celcius+ and 97-99% usage at all times. Is this graphics card not gonna cut it for Far Cry 3 or is something else most likely wrong? Please help, I was so looking forward to this game!

Video card isn't good. Not enough VRAM. You want at least 1.5GB of VRAM on a video card.

Also it's 2 generations behind.

After you upgrade your video card look into overclocking your 950 cpu to maybe 3.5Ghz or so, it may help increase performance a little.

[looopy]

but not even strong enough for low settings? I thought the minimum requirements for the game were lower than that
http://gameinfocenter.com/pc-games/s...Far-Cry-3.html

[c0rnel]

Why settle for low settings.

The card is limiting your performance.

You should get like a GTX 580 or better.

[Faithh]

A gpu usage of 97-99% is perfect. If you still have low fps this just basically means you have to upgrade the GPU or set the settings lower. But I guess you measured them just when doing a dungeon instead of a 25m raid? :P

[Rotesbart]

Far Cry was always one of those super retardedly demanding games for (imo) not really any better looking environments & actors than any other game released around the same time. But I'm surprised you have to run it as low as you've said to get it to load at all; that sounds like old/outdated drivers. Sometimes when new big titled games come out nVidia & ATi release beta drivers with tweaks particularly to boost those games' performance.

I'd check for drivers such as those first, and if they provide one, a 64bit client.

[looopy]

Why settle for low settings.

The card is limiting your performance.

You should get like a GTX 580 or better.

I think were kinda missing the point, On paper, my rig should be able to play this game and it can barely open it. I'm wondering what other problems could be, I understand a 680 would be ideal but its not much of an option for me right now.

[Splatter]

A gpu usage of 97-99% is perfect. If you still have low fps this just basically means you have to upgrade the GPU or set the settings lower. But I guess you measured them just when doing a dungeon instead of a 25m raid? :P

Pretty sure there aren't 25 man raids in Farcry 3 ? :P

[c0rnel]

I think were kinda missing the point, On paper, my rig should be able to play this game and it can barely open it. I'm wondering what other problems could be, I understand a 680 would be ideal but its not much of an option for me right now.

If you're playing on a 1980x1080 then that's the problem. That card only has 768MB of VRAM which isn't enough at 1080p+ resolutions.

Plus it has low clock speeds so I wouldn't expect much from it.

As suggested you can update drivers and such but an older card can only go so far.

[Faithh]

Pretty sure there aren't 25 man raids in Farcry 3 ? :P

Hahahahahaha lovely

The solution to his problem is simple then his cpu is more than capable for any high-end card. So yeah go for a new GPU.