Massive lag reported on KOTK platform.
Massive lag reported on KOTK platform.
You're experiencing significant lag specifically during close combat scenarios. The screen freezes briefly when you fire a shot, and your FPS drops sharply afterward. Running at low settings doesn't seem to resolve the issue. It might help upgrading your RAM to 8GB, as your current configuration (x5460 @3.8GHz GTX 960 with 6GB) could be limiting performance.
It's a socket 771, and it seems like the processor is the main issue. This chip is nearly ten years old, which explains why it might struggle with the game.
It isn't a performance problem at all—actually it runs much better than the Core2Quad alternatives. That's why I made the switch since the Q9400 wasn't causing any bottlenecks. You can see the CPU and GPU activity during gameplay.