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CPU on the performance
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 2:56 am
by jhoomaly
How influential are physical memory and CPU on the performance of games? For instance, if you had two computers that were identical, except one had a dualcore processor and 1 gig of ram, and the other had a hexacore CPU and 4 gig of ram, how noticeable would the performance difference be?
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Re: CPU on the performance
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 3:55 am
by Populus
jhoomaly wrote:For instance, if you had two computers that were identical
dualcore processor and 1 gig of ram
hexacore CPU and 4 gig of ram
If you had one thing, and the other was better, would there be a difference?
Re: CPU on the performance
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:14 am
by Hicha
Your question is kind of like "If you were walking, and I was running, who'd get to the finish line first?"
To really answer your question, it basically depends on the type of games you play. Ultima Online itself is more CPU-based and was designed to run on a Pentium 133Mhz CPU with 16 MB of ram so even your most generic eMachine or generic laptop will run it just fine.
When you start talking about games like Crysis 2 or Skyrim, you need a faster CPU to retrieve the artwork and calculate or 'create' the environment, a lot of memory to store all this information as well as fast memory for the cpu/video card to retrieve it again, and a better video card to process the images and environment into a displayable graphic or 'world.'
Re: CPU on the performance
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 1:41 pm
by Kabal
I just went from a computer with a 1.8 ghz pentium 4 and 256 ram (originally came with windows millenium edition, it era accurate!) to a computer with a 1.6ghz dual core(3.2) and 2 gigs of ram and now it actually looks like I'm moving the same speed as everyone else on screen.
Re: CPU on the performance
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 6:07 am
by Safir
Am I the only one here noticing that this is a spambot?
Re: CPU on the performance
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 6:29 am
by Loathed
hmm i thought it was win 95 for era accurate maybe 98