upgrading for SH5

THE_MASK · 02-22-10, 03:54 AM

I would expect that to run sh5 on the highest settings on 1600x1200 or more with decent frame rates you would need a fairly high end graphic card and good cpu .

martes86 · 02-22-10, 04:03 AM

A little note about CPUs, don't confuse support with resource optimization. The first one is about stuff working the way they should if a multi-core CPU is installed (as opposed to not working at all). The second, is about that same CPU making a difference on the system's performance (as opposed to stuff working as if you had a single-core CPU).

Cheers

Schunken · 02-22-10, 04:08 AM

believe me SH4 does....even SH3

I constantly have 25-40% load on all 4 Cores with only Sh4 as open programm...as soon I end it load drops to 1-2% when win7 idles around...

I can only speak for germany:

Single cores: 21%

Dual cores : 51 %

Quad cores 28%

But germany is a strong PC-Player household...we have fare less Consoles in households than UK or US....

And i cant say it loud enough: Single core is dead with todays games...

But yes, I do not take reccourses optimation into account, that is true!

I do not know how clever Win 7 is....maybe its really clever switching loads to all CPus in the background....Also I take not in acount that I run a 64bit system and have my games on a 60gb solid state disk...

Andreas

TH0R · 02-22-10, 04:24 AM

Than this improvement in FPS you're seeing is definitely due to Win7 and has very little with game optimization. Yes, some games are optimized for more cores, but not as much as Win7 can utilize them for resource optimization.

Schunken · 02-22-10, 04:34 AM

I wonder what my test will show on a quad core with XP and Vista...

anyway I be sure Vista will be last place....

but even when it only be because of better ressource optimation we can generally say that a step from single to a duo CPU will improbe game performance drasically...

Andreas

martes86 · 02-22-10, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by TH0R

Than this improvement in FPS you're seeing is definitely due to Win7 and has very little with game optimization. Yes, some games are optimized for more cores, but not as much as Win7 can utilize them for resource optimization.

Yeah, I was going to say the same thing. W7 is much better optimized than previous Win releases, so it'd be surprising if it didn't actually improve overall performance of all applications.

Cheers

02-22-10, 03:54 AM	#1
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	I would expect that to run sh5 on the highest settings on 1600x1200 or more with decent frame rates you would need a fairly high end graphic card and good cpu .

02-22-10, 04:03 AM	#2
martes86 Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The Colourful Seville - Spain Posts: 971 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	A little note about CPUs, don't confuse support with resource optimization. The first one is about stuff working the way they should if a multi-core CPU is installed (as opposed to not working at all). The second, is about that same CPU making a difference on the system's performance (as opposed to stuff working as if you had a single-core CPU). Cheers

02-22-10, 04:08 AM	#3
Schunken Medic Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 168 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	believe me SH4 does....even SH3 I constantly have 25-40% load on all 4 Cores with only Sh4 as open programm...as soon I end it load drops to 1-2% when win7 idles around... I can only speak for germany: Single cores: 21% Dual cores : 51 % Quad cores 28% But germany is a strong PC-Player household...we have fare less Consoles in households than UK or US.... And i cant say it loud enough: Single core is dead with todays games... But yes, I do not take reccourses optimation into account, that is true! I do not know how clever Win 7 is....maybe its really clever switching loads to all CPus in the background....Also I take not in acount that I run a 64bit system and have my games on a 60gb solid state disk... Andreas

02-22-10, 04:24 AM	#4
TH0R XO Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Croatia Posts: 420 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	Than this improvement in FPS you're seeing is definitely due to Win7 and has very little with game optimization. Yes, some games are optimized for more cores, but not as much as Win7 can utilize them for resource optimization.

02-22-10, 04:34 AM	#5
Schunken Medic Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 168 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	I wonder what my test will show on a quad core with XP and Vista... anyway I be sure Vista will be last place.... but even when it only be because of better ressource optimation we can generally say that a step from single to a duo CPU will improbe game performance drasically... Andreas