Any monster dual cores?

[David77 10]

I was wondering if there are any monster dual core processors available. Seeing as the game utilizes only 2 cores, the lavish cpus of today apparently suck for playing the game. If i were to have a very fast dual core, say like 5ghz per core, would performance improve drastically? I've an i5-2500k atm, the game runs smooth in most cases. But for max performance, I'm hesitant to OC though as I've never done it & don't like to void warranties.

I'm not a computer wiz, so what I've said maybe makes little or no sense at all.

[ric 1]

I was wondering if there are any monster dual core processors available. Seeing as the game utilizes only 2 cores, the lavish cpus of today apparently suck for playing the game. If i were to have a very fast dual core, say like 5ghz per core, would performance improve drastically? I've an i5-2500k atm, the game runs smooth in most cases. But for max performance, I'm hesitant to OC though as I've never done it & don't like to void warranties.

I'm not a computer wiz, so what I've said maybe makes little or no sense at all.

A. no

B. get your self a hyper 212 and google "over clocking guide" have fun

p.s i have the same chip running at 4.2ghz

[tonygrunt 10]

First, Arma 3 can use more than 2 cores, maybe not fully but still something is better than nothing and second, Arma 3 isn't the only thing that uses your cpu (os, drivers, background programs).

[Gunter Severloh 4067]

I will have an I7 socket 1366 from a friend very soon here, how will Arma2CO, and Arma3 utilize that?

[purepassion 22]

Where did you hear the game only uses two cores? The RV4 engine addresses all available cores and virtual threads. Though multicore is a very complicated topic and simple "utilization" does not equal faster performance. Generally speaking, a high hertz is improving performance but overclocking a processor to 5GHz, if possible at all, requires extreme cooling (e.g. liquid nitrogen). You're way better off with a decent quadcore.

If you have questions and ask yourself what hardware you should get, there's a thread for you! :)

[David77 10]

Oh okay. I figured if I had a very fast dual core as opposed to a quad core at lower hz per core, the game would run better. I hadn't realized the game utilizes more than 2 cores effectively. To much bad info out there I guess. Thanks for the infoz.

Regards,

David

[Sealife 22]

Where did you hear the game only uses two cores? The RV4 engine addresses all available cores and virtual threads. Though multicore is a very complicated topic and simple "utilization" does not equal faster performance. Generally speaking, a high hertz is improving performance but overclocking a processor to 5GHz, if possible at all, requires extreme cooling (e.g. liquid nitrogen). You're way better off with a decent quadcore.

If you have questions and ask yourself what hardware you should get, there's a thread for you! :)

he prolly heard it here

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?164055-When-will-the-nVidia-Arma-3-optimized-drivers-come&p=2501954&viewfull=1#post2501954

Depedning on scenario complexity, the game can scale well on two cores, to some level to four cores but benefit is less visible

Two cores for the WIN :)

Four cores less so :)

[purepassion 22]

Yup that's correct :) Two fast cores can be better than four not so fast cores in some scenarios!

Either way, please continue the discussion here :)