Most CPU Intensive Game - Page 2

Ben90 · 12-21-2012, 04:44 AM

I hear Jeopardy is pretty CPU intensive.

StinkyPinky · 12-21-2012, 05:03 AM

Late game Civ 5 with huge map and max civs does some damage to weaker cpu's

Definitely noticed an improvement from my Q6600 to 2500k.

Majes · 12-21-2012, 07:14 AM

Yeah, I have to go with Civ5. Late game W3 and SC2 custom games do destroy computers though...

lehtv · 12-21-2012, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by PrincessFrosty

Mostly due to the fact that their multi-threading is rubbish, but if you want playable frame rates in large battles you better be prepared to get an i7 to 5Ghz.

Why i7, if the multithreading is rubbish? i5 at 5Ghz should be just as good

Anyway, PlanetSide 2 >>> any other game I've ever played in terms of CPU intensity

SunnyD · 12-21-2012, 07:38 AM

Pick just about any emulator of more modern console systems.

Or if you want REALLY CPU intensive, there was an article of 100% exact emulation of the SNES.

Planetside 2 isn't CPU intensive at all. It's just poorly threaded. It doesn't even peg a single core on my machine most of the time.

Acanthus · 12-21-2012, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by shadow_k

Planetside 2

While it does utilize quad core, it doesn't peg any single core of mine with the rig in sig.

I'm probably GPU bottlenecked though.

inf64 · 12-21-2012, 08:19 AM

Planetside 2 is def. CPU limited. I know people with 4-4.4Ghz 3570s and high end GPUs that have 25fps in some scenarios. GPU is also not fully utilized so that is an easy clue where the problem is (i5s are just fine, it's the bad coding that's causing the problems)

sm625 · 12-21-2012, 08:22 AM

If you're looking for a flash game that can make your cpu feel slow, try bloons tower defense 5.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNP15lD43TE

blastingcap · 12-21-2012, 08:38 AM

For single thread I know Shogun 2 chugs on my system even though it should fly.

For multi-thread, BF3 64 multiplayer is pretty hard to beat.

ViRGE · 12-21-2012, 09:21 AM

Supreme Commander.

Followed by Civilization V.

Acanthus · 12-21-2012, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by StinkyPinky

Late game Civ 5 with huge map and max civs does some damage to weaker cpu's

Definitely noticed an improvement from my Q6600 to 2500k.

This is probably true, i do get a noticeable performance increase from overclocking in civ5.

Idontcare · 12-21-2012, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ViRGE

Supreme Commander.

Followed by Civilization V.

that would be a "/thread" right there folks

Acanthus · 12-21-2012, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by inf64

Planetside 2 is def. CPU limited. I know people with 4-4.4Ghz 3570s and high end GPUs that have 25fps in some scenarios. GPU is also not fully utilized so that is an easy clue where the problem is (i5s are just fine, it's the bad coding that's causing the problems)

They have a lot of problems in the engine right now that need optimization. In the large battles when i get about 25fps, my GPU, CPU, Memory, and Network utilization are nowhere near maxed out.

Ken g6 · 12-21-2012, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ShintaiDK

Some chessgame

Think chess is hard? Try Go!

Makaveli · 12-21-2012, 01:05 PM

BF3 64 Multi

Supreme Commander.

Civilization V.

+1

lehtv · 12-21-2012, 03:39 PM

To all people saying BF3, SC or Civ V - you haven't played PS2.

ChronoReverse · 12-21-2012, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by lehtv

To all people saying BF3, SC or Civ V - you haven't played PS2.

Pegging all four cores is kinda more impressive than just using one to the max. BF3 64 players does the former.

omek · 12-21-2012, 10:44 PM

BF3 64 player is CPU intensive.
On anything above a dual core, PS2 is CPU deficient

lamedude · 12-22-2012, 02:46 AM

Pre-XP Pinball

IntelUser2000 · 12-22-2012, 04:32 AM

SC2, Civ V, and any other high unit count RTSes. Also MMORPGs with BIG raid numbers.

Some games like GTA IV, scales well in performance with threads. But performance is horrible, and doesn't really stress the GPU. So its horribly coded anyway. If they made GTA IV so its not well threaded, but had good performance, it would be better coding. GTA IV is what I call coding for multi-threading at the expense of real world performance. I wonder how many other games like that are out there?

IPC is still very important for multi-threaded games though because of Amdahl's Law. In games, I bet the sequential portion of code takes up quite a bit of overall.

NTMBK · 12-22-2012, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by lamedude

Pre-XP Pinball

Ah, it's only single threaded, so you'd need one instance per core.

bunnyfubbles · 12-22-2012, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by inf64

Yeah Planetside 2 is very badly optimized and it looks pretty "meh" for that kind of hardware requirement.

The default max settings are lower than the truly customizable "ultra" settings that you have to manually input, and the game can look pretty incredible after messing with such things, however frame rates will plummet, I typically go from 70-80 average with highs above 100 and minimum frame rates in the 30s-40s to an average frame rate in the 40s-50s with a high in the 60s-70s and lows in the 20s. That's default high with some tweaking (like turning off AO and fog junk) to customized "ultra" settings

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Originally Posted by lehtv

To all people saying BF3, SC or Civ V - you haven't played PS2.

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Originally Posted by SunnyD

Planetside 2 isn't CPU intensive at all. It's just poorly threaded. It doesn't even peg a single core on my machine most of the time.

Yeah, we could even have a whole new discussion on which game is most CPU intensive from the CPUs POV - ie which games actually put the most pressure on the CPU, vs. which games need to be the most CPU intensive but are just too inefficient. While a game BF3 will measurably load up an i7, its not exactly CPU bottle-necked, whereas a game like PS2 is easily the most CPU bottle-necked game I have played in years.

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Originally Posted by njdevilsfan87

No way. That game only utilizes like 40% of my CPU. They need some work done in the optimization department.

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Originally Posted by Acanthus

While it does utilize quad core, it doesn't peg any single core of mine with the rig in sig.

I'm probably GPU bottlenecked though.

Many games will do that, if not most. It seems like most developers just don't care and/or are incapable of producing an efficiently coded game, so that even if the CPU isn't being effectively utilized that doesn't mean the game is not CPU limited.

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Originally Posted by PrincessFrosty

Mostly due to the fact that their multi-threading is rubbish, but if you want playable frame rates in large battles you better be prepared to get an i7 to 5Ghz.

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Originally Posted by lehtv

Why i7, if the multithreading is rubbish? i5 at 5Ghz should be just as good

Anyway, PlanetSide 2 >>> any other game I've ever played in terms of CPU intensity

An i5 should be just as good, but its often enough not the case. As far as PS2 is concerned I don't know, although I can do some testing with my 3570K vs. my 3930K. That being said, there are some games that are very inefficient at utilizing an i5s four cores, and yet can still receive a tangible benefit from an i7s HT or even s2011 with 6 cores (Tribes Ascend is a pretty big offender in that regard, where its woefully inefficient beyond a couple threads however it will still perform faster and faster on up with higher end CPUs). Granted, I would wager in a majority of cases a high enough clocked i5 will ultimately be just as good.

SPBHM · 12-22-2012, 07:01 AM

hardware.fr tends to use some pretty CPU intensive games (and situations)
like starcraft 2 at 10fps
http://www.hardware.fr/articles/880-...anno-2070.html

2is · 12-22-2012, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Acanthus

While it does utilize quad core, it doesn't peg any single core of mine with the rig in sig.

I'm probably GPU bottlenecked though.

That usually means its not utilizing quad cores. Even a game with a single thread can show activity on all 4 cores when looking at task manager. Because that's just how the windows scheduler works, but if you were to add up the usage, it would be around 25%. Which means a single thread.

Acanthus · 12-22-2012, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by 2is

That usually means its not utilizing quad cores. Even a game with a single thread can show activity on all 4 cores when looking at task manager. Because that's just how the windows scheduler works, but if you were to add up the usage, it would be around 25%. Which means a single thread.

Planetside -- Large 3 faction battle -- Esamir

I would say there are at least two active threads, because CPU utilization hits 45-55%.

I still find it strange that no single core gets pegged at 100%