1Frothy Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 (edited) What I'm trying to do is to justift, to myself; that I need a new Quad Core Penryn as soon as they are available. Found this snippet on Shacknews: Shack: Is there dedicated support for 64-bit and dual- and quad-core processors, and if so how does the game distribute its tasks? Do you suggest a higher-clocked dual-core over a quad-core, or is quad-core performance enough to give it the edge?Cevat Yerli: We support both 64-bit and multi-cores. Multi-core will be beneficial in the experience, particularly in faster but also smoother framerates. 64-bit and higher memory will yield quicker loading times. We recommend quad core over higher clock. Edited January 24, 2008 by 1Frothy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANova Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I may do a test if I have time but I wouldn't suggest you upgrade for Crysis, the game isn't worth spending the money over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Frothy Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 I may do a test if I have time but I wouldn't suggest you upgrade for Crysis, the game isn't worth spending the money over. Thanks (Y) I hope you do manage to test the Quad-Core / Dual-Core performance, but if you are too busy, thats fine. I have heard that Crysis isn't the hit that many were expecting, I have played the demo and saw a bit more of the game on a friends computer but I wasn't blown away. What I am considering doing is an upgrade to quad core sometime in Q4 this year, for Far Cry 2. Maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1h4iL Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Crysis only uses 2 cores, whether its a core 2 duo or a quad core. No point to get a quad core just for Crysis. Also only 1 or 2 games use all 4 cores of a quad core, one of them being Lost Planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Razgriz Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 and the other being Supreme Commander...I think?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Charming Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Yeah, Supreme Commander will spread itself across up to 16 cores if they're available. Also minor beef; there is no Quad Core Penryn; Penryn is the name of the 45nm laptop chips. The 45nm quadcore desktop chips go by the name of Yorkfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Crysis only uses 2 cores, whether its a core 2 duo or a quad core. No point to get a quad core just for Crysis. Also only 1 or 2 games use all 4 cores of a quad core, one of them being Lost Planet. Source? Uses all of my 4 cores. May not give you better performance, but it uses all cores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordnyx Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Source?Uses all of my 4 cores. May not give you better performance, but it uses all cores. Yes it does for me too. And it does increase performance, especially at the snow areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 ^ Just checked, and does here too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZombieFly Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 i have just upgraded to quad 6600 /4 gb ram with 8800 GTX. Crysis works nicely at 1920x1200 @ ~30FPS. i've also tried it in vista64, however the lack of a decent nvidia chipset driver is currently causing issues. It did seem slightly faster though using 64bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceelf Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 All Unreal Engine 3 games use quad core. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solardog Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 i have just upgraded to quad 6600 /4 gb ram with 8800 GTX. Crysis works nicely at 1920x1200 @ ~30FPS.i've also tried it in vista64, however the lack of a decent nvidia chipset driver is currently causing issues. It did seem slightly faster though using 64bit. Similar to what I just built only Im running a GTS8800 512oc. So are there any good dual of quad tweaks or secrets any of you know of? I guess if the app doesnt make use of multi core then theres not much that can be done...or is there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 You guys wanna start stating your FPS - and what quality/res settings you're on? Dual core here, running on max detail, 1600x1200 >30fps in most parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goji Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Alan Wake will use all four cores :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Yes, but the topic is about Crysis's quad core support... not quad core in general in gaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solardog Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Yes, but the topic is about Crysis's quad core support... not quad core in general in gaming. Good Idea :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceelf Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 I am aware of this, however topics shift in any conversation. Given that some people said only a few games support quad core, I was inclined to disagree with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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