CPU at 100% and lagging the game.

Post » Thu Mar 07, 2013 3:54 pm

Im not sure whats going on or why Crysis 3 is maxing out my cpu load at all time in multiplayer, I have had it both on high and medium graphic settings with the same issue. I am running a AMD Phenom II x4 965 3.4 that should be good enough to run crysis or so I thought...
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Post » Thu Mar 07, 2013 3:25 pm

Im not sure whats going on or why Crysis 3 is maxing out my cpu load at all time in multiplayer, I have had it both on high and medium graphic settings with the same issue. I am running a AMD Phenom II x4 965 3.4 that should be good enough to run crysis or so I thought...

Nope, it is not. I'm actually having problems with my Phenom II X6 1075T, which was at 3.3 GHz. Not good enough to let my 7970 breathe and attempting to record video murders the CPU. Loaded 85% at all six cores without even recording.

29 min fps at very high settings, 30 min fps at high settings. That was my benchmark performance in the beta. Clearly a CPU bound environment.

I'm actually working on overclocking right now before I even play the game because I want to max out the singleplayer.. About to shoot for 3.9 GHz and hopefully 4.0 GHz stable by the end of the night.

It's pretty much a necessity to overclock Phenom II's for Crysis 3, or your GPU will be held back.
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Post » Fri Mar 08, 2013 7:02 am

That really makes no sense though the recommended system states * AMD Phenom II X4 805 which you and I both have better, so it should by what they say be able to at least run medium settings like butter which is not the case at all.
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Post » Thu Mar 07, 2013 10:07 pm

That really makes no sense though the recommended system states * AMD Phenom II X4 805 which you and I both have better, so it should by what they say be able to at least run medium settings like butter which is not the case at all.

Yep, it svcks.

I honestly think it's pretty bad optimization, BF3 with 64 players zipping around in armored tanks doesn't cause nearly as much of a CPU bound environment as C3 does with 16 infantry men in an arena style map. And the increase in image quality in C3 is not that large compared to BF3.

Just gotta make the best of it I guess. Throw on an aftermarket heatsink if you haven't already, and overclock that svcker. ;) Phenom II's will only really be relevant for the rest of this year anyway.. A good 3 - 4 year run though, maxing out games with it, is pretty damn good.
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Post » Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:22 pm

Yeah hopefully they fix this and soon because being bottlenecked by my cpu which they states can run the game just fine is aggravating not going to lie lol. I am able to run BF3 at ultra and it runs like butter with zero issues at all.
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Post » Fri Mar 08, 2013 1:13 am

Damn. I had hoped it was just the beta that used 100% of my Phenom II x4 940 (OCed to 3.55 Ghz). An attempt to OC higher seems pointless now.
Ughhh.. Guess I'll use "sys_maxfps = 30" and try to enjoy it. =/
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Post » Thu Mar 07, 2013 6:52 pm

Damn. I had hoped it was just the beta that used 100% of my Phenom II x4 940 (OCed to 3.55 Ghz). An attempt to OC higher seems pointless now.
Ughhh.. Guess I'll use "sys_maxfps = 30" and try to enjoy it. =/

If you overclock further it's still an extra 13% performance boost if the game scales linear with clock speed.

That's the difference between 30 and 34 fps with a linear scale.

My overclock looks like it's going to sit at 3.9 GHz when I'm done, that's an improvement of 18% (from 3.3 GHz) or from 30 to 35 fps on a linear performance scale from clock to engine.

It's definitely worth it to clock these Phenom II's to their limit.

The game's already out, I doubt Crytek will have any patch for this as it would require significant work. Phenom II's will be 3 or 4 year's old by the end of the year, you just have to take it in stride and either overclock and upgrade later, or upgrade now.
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Post » Thu Mar 07, 2013 4:03 pm

Damn. I had hoped it was just the beta that used 100% of my Phenom II x4 940 (OCed to 3.55 Ghz). An attempt to OC higher seems pointless now.
Ughhh.. Guess I'll use "sys_maxfps = 30" and try to enjoy it. =/

If you overclock further it's still an extra 13% performance boost if the game scales linear with clock speed.

That's the difference between 30 and 34 fps with a linear scale.

My overclock looks like it's going to sit at 3.9 GHz when I'm done, that's an improvement of 18% (from 3.3 GHz) or from 30 to 35 fps on a linear performance scale from clock to engine.

It's definitely worth it to clock these Phenom II's to their limit.

The game's already out, I doubt Crytek will have any patch for this as it would require significant work. Phenom II's will be 3 or 4 year's old by the end of the year, you just have to take it in stride and either overclock and upgrade later, or upgrade now.

Oh, I'd love to upgrade now, but that'll require a mobo upgrade as well and I have no idea which mobo will be good by the end of the year, since that will probably be when I have enough cash scrapped up for upgrades. Doubtfully this thing can OC much further. 3.55 GHz is kinda up there for a 940. Some can go up to 3.8, but mine won't go over 3.6 without a BSoD (voltage at its highest stable peak, 1.5v). Temp is not an issue. Maybe something is off with my NB freq and/or voltage? :|

Anyway, can't wait to play this game when I get home, 30 fps or not! It looks epic
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Post » Fri Mar 08, 2013 3:19 am

Average overclock on a Phenom II X4 940 is 3.7 GHz

http://www.hwbot.org/hardware/processors#key=phenom_ii_x4_940

1.5v is pretty high voltage, but a BSOD you should be able to overcome.

Can you post your CPU-Z settings, both the main tab and memory one? BSOD is usually indicative of a memory or CPU-NB/HTT problem.
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