Is my P4 CPU bottleneck my HD4670 1GB?

Question

This is my current spec:
Intel P4 550J HT 3.4Ghz 
2.5GB RAM
500GB 7200RPM HDD
HIS Radeon HD4670 IceQ 1GB (Stock)

I've been playing C&C3 Tiberium War, Red Faction Guerrilla, Supreme Commander 2, Fallout 3 and some other older games, but there're only 2 game which is Red Faction and sometime Fallout 3 and C&C3 that is significantly decrease in frame rate,but the only problem is that Red Faction, which near unplayable when set the setting on medium. Occasionally on C&C3, it lag abit when use a superweapon on a middle of a large base with many troops in it.

So the question is is it cause by that P4? And what should I do to increase the frame rate without replace that CPU?  

If I should upgrade the CPU which one should I go for?
This is my Motherboard's spec:
ASUS PTGD1-LA PufferM
Socket: LGA775
i915P Chipset Thanks

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

No, He can't take the plunge into Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Quads. His board is DDR1 which is incompatible with the newer lga775 chips. He will have to purchase a new board / cpu / ram . 

Do not buy the above suggested. 

Yes, your p4 bottlenecks a 4670 , it's a single core, and most if not all games now support 2 cores!

Msg me if you need more info ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRTpwOZuUqg

Anonymous · Answer

The Pentium 4 is a definite bottleneck. The HD4670 is a decently performing video card, while the P4 is a very low-end CPU that will bottleneck anything recently released.

Luckily, your motherboard supports LGA775, meaning that you can take the plunge towards a C2D or a C2Q. Here are a list of LGA775 CPUs are Newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=40000343&IsNodeId=1&Description=LGA%20775&name=Processors%20-%20Desktops&Order=BESTMATCH

I would recommend going for a quad-core, but, depending on your budget, you may want to with like a E6500.

I hope this helps!

funn · Answer

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