my pc bottlenecking?

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#1 gregdpw
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hey i just downloaded the timeshift demo and for how old my pc is it is getting an ave. of 50 fps with max settings.  the only thing that is going on is that every like 10 seconds or so the game will lock up for a second or two and then just go on very smoothly.  i am thinking its my processor.  i got a pentium 4 3.2 HT.  the rest of my specs are x1950pro 256mb AGP, 1 gig of ram and a audigy 2 zs sound card.  this also happens alot with the game fear.  do you think its my prosessor??
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#2 353535355353535
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It could be that the game is running out of memory.

1Gig of memory is starting to become sub-par, and 2Gigs is starting to become the standard

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#3 gregdpw
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do you think by adding another gig will help the freezing up even in FEAR?
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#4 prophet87
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adding another gig does wonders. Its cheap enough now that you might aswell get 2 gig. You'll need a gig if you upgrade to vista nowadays anyway.
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#6 dbowman
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I doubt its your computer. As you say its a demo, so its probably not very well optimised.
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#7 gregdpw
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it locks up in fear too though.  but the wierd thing is that i can play call of duty 2 maxed out with 4x aa and it never freezes.  its wierd. i guess i can try adding another gig and if that doesnt work i will just wait till crysis comes out and build a rig
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#8 prophet87
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before you do that reinstall all your drivers, mother board, graphics card and sound. Sometimes it can be a corrupt file which another game doesnt rely on.