CPU Vs GPU

matchbox2022 · Post by **matchbox2022** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 9:42 am

Hey guys, I've been trying to find the bottleneck for this game on my system and overclock the begesus out of it. And I'm unsure because I'm getting close results and it's difficult to test.

I find that overclocking the CPU gives me better frames overall, especially planet side, but I'm wondering if overclocking the GPU and memory bandwidth may have some play in it too.
I can't overclock both due to thermal throttling issues.
Also, I can't do much about my front side bus, it's locked to 666mhz, and I have very limited control over RAM timings.
I haven't played a whole lot yet, and my concern is when there's a lot of action happening (a lot of effects being generated) if the slower GPU clocks are going to cause some kind of huge slowdown and laggy frames per second.

Currently I'm running the higher CPU in exchange for lower GPU clocks to avoid throttling (which REALLY makes things crawl, very noticeable). Doing that alone has made the planet side of things better, but I wanted some input from members about what components or adjustments in clocks made the biggest performance differences and where your biggest slowdowns tended to be.

And yes, a new laptop is in the works for sure as that's the root of any lag.

T7600 C2Duo @ 2.83Ghz
7950 go GTX DDR3 DX9 @ 625/625/725 256bit bus width
666Mhz FSB
4GB DDR2 Mem

I'd run it faster, but throttlestop doesn't seem to avoid throttling issues even though temperatures are fine.
I'm currently getting about 30fps in rings, 40fps in space, and 15-20 on planets.

PaulB · Post by **PaulB** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 2:50 am

I think with a T7600 C2Duo @ 2.83Ghz that you are getting all you arer going to get.
I have a Dell M65 laptop
Core duo 1.86Ghz
4Gb ram
old FX 350M nvidia (256Mb)
I get 10 - 15 Fps in space, 5Fps on a planet or in Rings or in a Nebula.
So really, wit your system, you are not doing so bad.

A better Nvidia like a Gtx 630 to Gtx 660 might help if you power supply can handle it. And also if you can upgrade uyour CPU which I kinda doubt - not sure.

But once you get to a certain stage of GPU power then the CPU becomes the bottleneck.

(sucks to be poor)

[Edited on 1-16-2016 by PaulB]

matchbox2022 · Post by **matchbox2022** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 9:03 am

I do get where you're coming from. Was thinking of a better cooling pipe for the cpu in my laptop and an external gpu. Both would work....but the cost gets close to 250-300$. For that I could buy a used laptop that outpreforms so I don't see the point of that.
Thanks for your input. For some reason the game does preform a little better with more cpu rather than gpu clocks...especially running it single threaded.