Performace trouble - DiRT related!

Hi, I'm having what seems to be a "problem" with my DiRT, in RallyCross, Rally Raid and CORR, basically all the modes with more then 1 opponent, lags to hell, so bad that its entirely unplayable, now I've managed to get to Tier 5 by earning just enough points to get to the next level by doing only Rally and Crossover. Now my system specs are:

AMD X2 3800+

2 GiG DDR 400 memory

Gigabyte K8N-Sli Motherboard

Nvidia 7600GT

Running Windows XP pro SP 2

This is all on 640 x 480, lowest possible graphical settings!

Has anybody got any possible solution for me other than upgrading? I haven't got the cash now! Any help or input would be greatly appreciated!

I posted this in the game's forum as well but they told me to post here to get more help!

MJ0LNIR_SPARTAN, your sig is scary :shock:anshul89

Why?

Ah damn, I thought there was something wrong with me PC, to tell you the truth kinda hoping that something was wrong and it just wasn't my PC that was slow! F**K!Darknomel

I wouldn't say your PC is slow, the CPU is dual core, you got 2GB of ram, good motherboard.

Whats holding it all back is the 7600GT, its a good card, but Dirt is a extremely graphics hungry game, consider upgrading to a 8800GTS 320MB, or if your really low for cash something like a X1950Pro/7900GS or 8600GT, but the rest of the PC is fine, and imo doesn't need upgrading.

[QUOTE="Darknomel"]Ah damn, I thought there was something wrong with me PC, to tell you the truth kinda hoping that something was wrong and it just wasn't my PC that was slow! F**K!Snagal123

I wouldn't say your PC is slow, the CPU is dual core, you got 2GB of ram, good motherboard.

Whats holding it all back is the 7600GT, its a good card, but Dirt is a extremely graphics hungry game, consider upgrading to a 8800GTS 320MB, or if your really low for cash something like a X1950Pro/7900GS or 8600GT, but the rest of the PC is fine, and imo doesn't need upgrading.

So a 8600GT or GTS should make the game a bit more playable?

If you don't have a $600 video card I wouldn't bother with this game period. As a result the community for this game will be really small. Deihmos

yea I have a xfx 7950 gt with 2 gb of ram and an amd x2 4800+ and it runs pretty choppy

I run on high @ 1280x1024 with 2x multisampling and i just have a 4800+ 2gig & 7800gtx. i'm guessing for you its the vid card then.

I get absolutely NO lag ofcourse, even in those races with 10 cars.