David77 10 Posted September 21, 2013 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ric 1 Posted September 21, 2013 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonygrunt 10 Posted September 21, 2013 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). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gunter Severloh 4031 Posted September 21, 2013 I will have an I7 socket 1366 from a friend very soon here, how will Arma2CO, and Arma3 utilize that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
purepassion 22 Posted September 21, 2013 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! :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David77 10 Posted September 21, 2013 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sealife 22 Posted September 21, 2013 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 :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
purepassion 22 Posted September 21, 2013 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 :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites