Blackmoore
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I've owned this system since September, and it seems like its never really been running as fast as I expected it too. I don't know, maybe im just expecting to much. (System is listed below in sig). I installed Farcry the other day cause I wanted to start playing it again, and the game runs very slow. I have to use the "Optimal Settings" that the confiuration menu defines, to even get the game to look half decent. I mean in low settings the backrounds don't ever fully load, and I get black spots on the screen where it hasn't loaded. Also the game is extremely bright in the places where the sun shows. I have also noticed that my systems takes its time loading games, booting, and doing every day normal tasks like getting on the internet n such. So around November I bought a 10,000k Western Digital Raptor Drive to see if it would speed things up, if anything it seems like it slowed things down. Is my system already outdated for future games? Cause I almost feel like saving up my money and getting a better video card, some name brand ram, and a half decent socket 939 CPU. I don't know if that would improve anything, or if I am just expecting to much. Here is my score from 3DMark05, 3276. Any suggestions on a way to improve preformance? Or is it time to be looking in to faster hardware?