Horrible FPS, Decent Hardware

[Redbluefire]

I have a nVidia Geforce 6600 AGP, a 2.8 ghz Celeron D processor(Yes, I know, but I was on a budget), 1 gig of corsair valueselect ram, and a soundblaster Live! 24 bit sound card, I run Windows XP Pro x64 Edition.

Now, my question is this, why is it that even when I play at 1024x768, 64 bit mode enabled, and moderate settings, I get on average 20 fps on HL2.

Any Ideas? They're appreciated

[EDIT] And max temp I hit under full load is ~50C

 

[giant384]

is that cpu even 64bit????

 

[Redbluefire]

is that cpu even 64bit????

Yup, unless windows xp pro x64 suddenly decided to start working on 32 bit CPUs

 

[Cole]

uhh don't use the 64bit edition?
One because you are now using double space for addresses your 1gig of ram is basically 512megs when compared to the 32bit version.

 

[_Z_Ryuken]

Haha that's worse than what I get and I fall below the system requirments.

 

[Barney Fife]

Lol. What did you get? Share with us.

 

[Redbluefire]

Wow, thanks Minerel, I booted into my 32 bit windows and installed steam+halflife2, and now I get ~40fps at all times, thanks!

 

[Chris D]

I can run games even better than x86 Windows using my Sempron 64, 9800 Pro, 1.5GB RAM and XP Pro x64.