What's my bottleneck?

I am going to go with the GPU on the work computer, and the CPU on the home computer. Both versions are 64 bit, so the one with 3gb memory is sufficient. Try swapping that video card from the home computer to the work computer for a test.

If you can afford to get as far away from AMD as possible you'll see the different is night and day between quality chip.

I could get real technical as to why, but let's just say when you're the underdog, you copy and steal from those that are doing it right in an attempt to get ahead.

AMD is for grandma to check her email with.

Again. Works great on another PC in the same area.

I am NOT saying BioWare couldn't make the area run better on poorer machines. That is NOT NOT NOT what I am implying in the slightest.

I'm saying that my home computer has a bottleneck that my work computer DOES NOT HAVE so now I'd like to identify it. All of you can take your QQing out of my thread please. Thank you.

I'm a total non tech person......so I can't understand a lot of the technobabble here. Just wondering if upgrading the RAM matters more than the video card? Thanks. :x

I agree with the more ram statements. Ram is incredibly important.

I find it somewhat funny that people with much much better computers than I having problems. Trust me I've wanted to break some of my computers, it is extremely frustrating. I feel your pain, but the simple fact is a lot of the people having problems are simply computer newbies.

Just listing off your computer specs means little, especially when your computer is good. Help us, help you. They never list the software they are running, what video drivers. They never list what diagnostic tools they use. One guy said he took it to his professional buddy and he said his comp was "fine". If you can't run this game, your comp isn't "fine" its got software issues out the ying yang.

Hey guys, I just had a quick question about my computer setup at home. I have had the opportunity to play SWTOR on my home and work computer. For some reason the game runs a lot faster on my work computer even though my home computer has a better graphics card. However, everything else is slightly worse than my work computer. I'm just curious what you guys think my bottleneck would be.

Here are my specs for both computers:

Work computer

Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Intel Core i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz
8gb RAM

Home computer

Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
NVIDIA GTX 560 Ti
AMD® AM2+ Quad-Core
3gb RAM

My home computer really struggles when there are a lot of NPCs in the area. Particularly in the black sun taxi area on Coruscant. I chug so hard there when I'm at home because of all the NPCs fighting below the taxi platform, but that area runs fine at work.

Would my processor be the culprit or would it be my RAM? Or is there something else you think is holding me up?

Thanks for the help!

I've already identified it for you - It's SWTOR. You fail to understand that you're looking for a hardware problem THAT DOES NOT EXIST.

I'll give you a little test. Take any other game to your work and fraps it at any settings, then fraps the same game at the same settings on your home PC.

I guarantee you 100% that your home PC will perform better. Do you understand it yet?

I'm a total non tech person......so I can't understand a lot of the technobabble here. Just wondering if upgrading the RAM matters more than the video card? Thanks. :x