Why is the following specifications not enough to play GTA4, COD blackOps, NFS HotPursuit or Crysis 2 ?

Question

Processor:
manufacturer -----> Intel
Number of cores -----> 2 (max 2)
Number of threads -----> 2 (max 2)
Name -----> Intel Pentium E5700
Specification -----> Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5700 @ 3.00 GHz
FSB speed -----> 200.0 MHz
Multiplier x FSB -----> 6.0 x 200.0 MHz (min/default - 1200 MHz/core)
Rated Bus speed -----> 800.2 MHz
Clock Speed -----> 3000 MHz
L1 Data cache -----> 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache -----> 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache -----> 2048 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size

Chipset:
Motherboard -----> P5G41T-M LX3 (ASUS)
Northbridge -----> Intel G41 rev. A3
Southbridge -----> Intel 82801GB (ICH7/R) rev. A1
Graphic Interface -----> PCI-Express
PCI-E Link Width -----> x16
PCI-E Max Link Width -----> x16

System Memory:
Quantity -----> 2
Memory type -----> DDR3
Size -----> 2048 MB (RAM x2 i.e. 4096 MB)
Max bandwidth -----> PC3-10700H (667 MHz)

Graphic Card/Memory :
Manufacturer -----> AMD (ATI)
Name -----> MSI ATI Radeon HD 4300/4500 (4350)
GPU -----> RV710
Direct X Support -----> 10.1 / SM4.1
OpenGL support -----> 3.2
Memory -----> 1024 MB
Memory Type -----> DDR2
Core Clock -----> 600 MHz
Memory Clock in MHz -----> 400 MHz
Bus Width -----> 64 bit
Bandwidth -----> 6.4 GB/s
Shaders -----> 80 unified
Maximum Power -----> 20 Watts
Max Screen Resolution -----> 2560x1600
SLI or Crossfire™ -----> Yes ( presently - only 1 card is present )
Anti-aliasing -----> max.12X custom
Texture filtering ----->max.16X high quality adaptive anisotropic filtering modes (up to 128 taps per pixel)
ATI PowerPlay™(Overdrive)(Overclocking) Technology present -----> Yes (not effective)

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I have tried my best to run full screen applications at average quality to get high FPS but never has it been till now that the games have run over 25 FPS at any cost. After checking from "http://www.game-debate.com" I have found that my processor is just 30% less effective than the required Core2Quad 2.4 GHz processor to run GTA4 which gives around 60-80 FPS in them. Comparatively, I ought to have got at least 30-35 FPS with 0 LAG!! Where has benchmark suggests that at max. it can go to 25.91 FPS. Moreover I can't play either of the titled applications above '800x600' screen size properly (availabe - 1370x768) I doubt if GRAPHIC CARD is causing this problem. I need a reasonable answer... So all software or hardware specialists or any vendor or anybody who at least has/have knowledge about these stuffs more than me, please reply. I have been thirsting to play a heavy full screen application (involving graphics) since a month and haven't been successful yet. Any good response shall be really useful to me...
Regards
Souvik
RSVP

Answer 1

The graphics card is barely an entry level card from a few years ago.

You need a new graphics card, thats all.

there is no other answer.

Answer 2

Are all your drivers up to date? Have you scanned for adware viruses ect?

You could also try and do a defragmentation of your hard drive, also clean up any registry issues.

All of the above can help speed up your pc for gaming, you could also try Game Booster.

Spyware http://www.superantispyware.com/

Drivers(Scans for outdated drivers) http://www.driverscanner.com/staging/index.html

Defrag http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/Power-Defragmenter.shtml

Game Booster http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html

Registry Cleaner http://www.eusing.com/free_registry_cleaner/registry_cleaner.htm

Answer 3

I prefer changing your gpu. It's a bit old you know. Get a 9600gt and youre ready..