Dual Core?

ButmunkieButmunkie Join Date: 2012-12-16 Member: 175264Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Oh and SSD</div>Hey guys!

Long time fan of NS1 and a bunch of my mates are gonna be getting this together for christmas.

Was just wondering if this game supports dual core CPU's? I heard this game is pretty intensive on the CPU and I have overclocked to 3.2g. But if its only going to use one core it might not be enough.

Also will an SSD noticeably improve performance?
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  • douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    The SSD will improve load times as with pretty much all games, but it won't improve in game performance since everything is already loaded into memory.

    What kind of CPU do you have? I was under the impression that most dual cores weren't the best and you'd need to step up to an i5 or i7 with a quad core.
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  • ButmunkieButmunkie Join Date: 2012-12-16 Member: 175264Members
    edited December 2012
    It's an oldie.

    Intel e6750 2.6, OCed to 3.2.

    Edit: <a href="http://ark.intel.com/products/30784/Intel-Core2-Duo-Processor-E6750-4M-Cache-2_66-GHz-1333-MHz-FSB" target="_blank">http://ark.intel.com/products/30784/Intel-...Hz-1333-MHz-FSB</a>

    Those are the stats, apart from the overclock of course.
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  • douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    probably going to have some trouble with it at the moment, but performance is ever improving. i'm not sure exactly what sort of performance you'll be getting though.
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  • ButmunkieButmunkie Join Date: 2012-12-16 Member: 175264Members
    Thanks for the help mate. I would be happy with 30-40 frames on low settings.

    With GTX460's in SLI can I expect that at least?
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  • douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited December 2012
    NS2 is heavily CPU dependent, so even the best video card won't help you. if you know someone who has the game, you could try having them log in to steam on your computer and download it to try it out, then purchase it later.
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  • blzdblzd Join Date: 2012-04-01 Member: 149806Members
    According to UWE's system recommendations, you should be golden. The game only uses 2 cores, and they recommend a C2D @ 3ghz.

    Actual game testing shows, you will have severe frame rate drops in end game or heavily populated scenarios.

    However this seems to be the case for most people even those with quad cores at the moment.
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  • fivesevenfiveseven Join Date: 2012-11-26 Member: 173272Members
    I have a similar (slightly newer quad-core) cpu, so my educated guess would be 20-30, 10-15 late game (lots of structures). I play on lowest settings, and a similarly aged video card is more than fine.
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  • DestherDesther Join Date: 2012-10-31 Member: 165195Members
    I have E6600 @3.0GHz and 4830 512mb. I need to run in lower res (1280*800 or something) and everything on low and I measured 40fps average.

    Early game in an empty corridor it's 70fps. Any early combat with more than a few people around me it drops to ~40. Late-game (16-20 players) with exos, cysts and all the carnage it will drop to 10-15fps if I get anywhere near heavy combat.

    I have an SSD and load times are pretty fair. NS2 loads in probably 20-30 seconds on first go and I'm almost always in the first 3-4 people to load on a map change which is much faster once the game is cached.
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  • VittuLimaVittuLima Join Date: 2012-12-25 Member: 176227Members
    <!--quoteo(post=2047365:date=Dec 18 2012, 03:16 AM:name=blzd)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (blzd @ Dec 18 2012, 03:16 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2047365"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->The game only uses 2 cores, and they recommend a C2D @ 3ghz.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I find this hard to believe since my i5-3570K quad core has load of 30-70% on all cores when im playing NS2.
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  • DrowningwDrowningw Join Date: 2012-12-22 Member: 175899Members
    the min specs are very misleading, i have a core2quad at 4ghz and the game is still super slow end game.

    Unless you have an early i7 or newer, do not expect decent performance.
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  • GabeTheDaftGabeTheDaft Join Date: 2012-12-23 Member: 176041Members
    I have an i5 and I'm having trouble running this. The game is still very unoptimized.
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  • VittuLimaVittuLima Join Date: 2012-12-25 Member: 176227Members
    <!--quoteo(post=2051296:date=Dec 26 2012, 03:14 PM:name=GabeTheDaft)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GabeTheDaft @ Dec 26 2012, 03:14 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2051296"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I have an i5 and I'm having trouble running this. The game is still very unoptimized.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    It's definitely not about ur I5 its about ur gfx and/or memory. I5 is perfectly capable of running this game with gazillion fps.
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  • blzdblzd Join Date: 2012-04-01 Member: 149806Members
    You'd be suprised lol. GPU makes very little difference in this game beyond a point, single core CPU performance (IPC) seem to be all that really matters.
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  • VittuLimaVittuLima Join Date: 2012-12-25 Member: 176227Members
    <!--quoteo(post=2051587:date=Dec 27 2012, 02:48 AM:name=blzd)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (blzd @ Dec 27 2012, 02:48 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2051587"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->You'd be suprised lol. GPU makes very little difference in this game beyond a point, single core CPU performance (IPC) seem to be all that really matters.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    I have i5-3570k and i know what im talking about, NS2 is piece of cake for it. I'm GPU bottlenecked with HD 7750, CPU is running only half load. I still have decent performance.
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