Fps

I am in an area with my wife,we have similar comps and same pref settings in prefs yet i am showing abt 75 fps and she 14.any ideas please.
Thank You.
Here the comp specks

ok its a Intel E2160 core DUO CpU, ASUS P5 mother borad
GF7200 PCI-e Graphics
2GIg DDR2 667 RAM
LCD 250 Gig hard drive
22" lcd screen
Hers


CPU: Intel Core 2 Series Processor (2400 MHz)
Memory: 2048 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card: GeForce 8800 GTS/PCI/SSE2

Mine

The 7200 is a bargain card. Compared to your 8800GTS, which is a much better card.

With nVidia -- first number = series, second number = grade, so a 7200 is almost dead bottom of the 7000 series.

For tolerable FPS, I recommend getting at *least* a grade 6 card -- 6600, 7600, 8600, 9600 and preferably a GTS or GTX version. "LE" cards are a bit gimped.

Thank you
but seems a large diferance

Its true, the higher the 2nd number in nVidia cards, the better, LE=Light Weight and quite often share system ram as they only have around 64kb of its own, depending on the manufacturer.

A 7900 GT is perhaps more powerful than a 8600GT, due to core and ram speeds.

Is your wife perhaps on a wireless connection and your system is hardwired, as that alone can make a difference, given that wireless connections to a router have greater latencies.

thanks not thought of wire less

No, really. The 7200 is rubbish.

You're basically asking why your wife's 4 cylinder Taurus can't accelerate as fast as a Lincoln Towncar.