Hello Forum,
I have tried all the different tips and tricks to adjust my game performance and no matter what I do, I can't seem to get above 30fps in most situations. Generally I am between 17-20 fps in Multiplayer. I only see about a 5fps difference with low settings(11000 draw distance) and auto-detect(16000 draw distance) which puts many of the settings to ultra. I understand that this is Alpha and that the game will be more streamlined as time goes on, but I wanted to see what others more knowledgeable than I had to say about other options that I have available to me.
My Hardware specs (off the top of my head) include a Phenom II 1100T (6cores)@ 3.3Ghz, 8Gbs Memory DDR3, and a(n) Nvidia Gtx 680
My MOBO doesn't have the latest PCI express port which would or should boost the 680 performance; which leads to my first question: What kind of improvements would I see if I upgraded my mobo to fully support the 680? Second, I haven't overclocked my CPU and was wondering how significant a performance boost I would see should I overclock. From what I've gleaned from brief research, people with this processor can easily and safely OC to 4.2Ghz and have sustained stability. What sort of improvement would I see (now and in the future) Please consider my interest in future titles including most prominently Rome 2 Total War (I can't express how excited I am about this game) which will be a CPU intensive game. My other option to consider is I have a current generation AMD proc (bulldozer 4cores)@ 4.2Ghz, that isn't installed and I imagine if I felt the need, i could overclock that as well.
Thanks in advance for the replies,
ScatCat