Help with CPUz (may be nothing)

[KW73]

Hello, very new here and not sure if anyone can help. This doesn't have to do with overclocking, but the people here seemed to know a lot about this, and I could not find a better place to ask. I have very low FPS using a NVidia 8800 GTX, which has prompted me to try and figure out why. I am guessing CPU or Ram issues. While testing some thing, I came across CPUz. I installed and ran it, and when I validated I got this:

My question is; why is FREQ in red? Is my CPU not clocked correctly? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[smarteyeball]

It's in Red just to highlight it. Your chip is running at the clockspeed it should be

As for the poor performance, have you updated your drivers etc?

 

[KW73]

Thank you. Was worried it wasn't working correctly.

In answer to your question, I am all updated on drivers. After much combing through google and other places, I have come to realize that my CPU is just too slow to keep up with my expectations of my GPU. I am going to upgrade my CPU tomorrow and see if that fixes the issue. If not, then I will get a new video card and hope for the best.

Thanks again.

 

[smarteyeball]

No worries mate. Yes, you would be a bit CPU limited for games.

Good luck

 

[krazyl]

You dont want that core anymore! Holla;]

 

[nostaw5]

Hi im sure its not the cpu. click on the graphics tab as it might be the graphcs card,

 

[Patonb]

What is the gpu temp? If your card heats up, it'll lag.

Depending on the card, it could start around 100C. I like using hwmonitor to get all my temps and volts.
Its from cpuid.com