hmm i woulnt have thought so running at 4.2GHz and im sure the i5 3570k is still one of the best CPU's on the market for gaming though some of the i7's have probably overtaken it now. It runs planetside 2 maxed and doesnt really drop below 30FPS when the shit hits the fan, and we all know that games rapes CPU's. I might try to disable the SLi when i get home see if that makes a diff maybe see if I can alter some of the graphics settings in Nvidia control panel. Like JackieBoy says though this is an old game so optimisation is gash, could simply be that and no cure.