Is my CPU bottlenecking Forza Horizon 3?

[Dave3000]

I currently have an i7-4930k for a CPU and was wondering if it's bottlenecking performance in Forza Horizon 3. I read that this game mostly utilizes only one thread. I still get stutters with medium texture settings and can't seem to get a steady 30 fps in this game whereas on my XBox One it runs at a steady 30 fps. My GPU is a GTX 780ti, soon to be replaced with a GTX 1080 but if a CPU upgrade will help much in this game I might upgrade to a faster single threaded performance CPU.

 

[DrMrLordX]

I have a hard time believing that a single-threaded title is going to run faster on the custom Jaguar in an Xbox One vs. your 4930k. Unless this is just another example of a console port gone horribly wrong.

 

[bystander36]

Looking at this post, with a bunch of benchmarks, I'd have to say it's not going to be much of a bottleneck, but faster CPU's do seem to improve performance some.
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=410101

 

[DrMrLordX]

Huh, so it is the CPU, due to . . . EFS? Lame.

 

[moonbogg]

30fps seems low. I have a similar CPU and it rarely drops that low. Is your CPU OC'd? If not, that would likely explain it. This POS game needs an absurdly fast single CPU core to run on. Something like a 5.5ghz 6700K would be needed to maintain 60 in certain areas. There is no CPU available which can provide a 60fps experience in all areas from what I have read. The developers don't seem to be acknowledging this CPU issue, likely because they know they can't fix it without making the whole game over again.

 

[Carfax83]

Nah, it's not your CPU. It's the game itself, as in the engine is just crap. Your GPU isn't helping either, as Kepler isn't really good at DX12.. This guy played Forza 3 on a 780 Ti paired with a 6700K and still experienced stuttering:

 

[pcslookout]

No I tried the demo on my i5 2500k and GTX 1070 and was fine.

 

[happy medium]

Does this answer your question? try medium details. Your cpu is good.

 

[SlickR12345]

I currently have an i7-4930k for a CPU and was wondering if it's bottlenecking performance in Forza Horizon 3. I read that this game mostly utilizes only one thread. I still get stutters with medium texture settings and can't seem to get a steady 30 fps in this game whereas on my XBox One it runs at a steady 30 fps. My GPU is a GTX 780ti, soon to be replaced with a GTX 1080 but if a CPU upgrade will help much in this game I might upgrade to a faster single threaded performance CPU.

No it won't.You can overclock your CPU easily up till 4.5GHz, considering its a 6 core it will run most games better, except from rare bad console ports that don't utilize more than 2 cores.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Does this answer your question? try medium details. Your cpu is good.

Wow, that's terrible. 1060 posting above 980 SLI, and a 980ti needed to crack 60fps @ 1080p?

Ignoring the fact it's not making use of the second cards, those are still just .. terrible.

 

[moonbogg]

Yeah the game itself is really great, but the engine is just a steaming pile.

 

[Dave3000]

30fps seems low. I have a similar CPU and it rarely drops that low. Is your CPU OC'd? If not, that would likely explain it. This POS game needs an absurdly fast single CPU core to run on. Something like a 5.5ghz 6700K would be needed to maintain 60 in certain areas. There is no CPU available which can provide a 60fps experience in all areas from what I have read. The developers don't seem to be acknowledging this CPU issue, likely because they know they can't fix it without making the whole game over again.

I experienced a crash to the Windows desktop interface in one of the screens after the first race finished. This was with nothing overclocked in my system so I don't think I will want to overclock my CPU because if I would have overclocked it

No it won't.You can overclock your CPU easily up till 4.5GHz, considering its a 6 core it will run most games better, except from rare bad console ports that don't utilize more than 2 cores.

My CPU can't do 4.5GHz or at least it can't do it reliably with a reasonable vcore. 4.4GHz seems to be the ceiling on my CPU. Also I got one crash to the desktop in this game in one of the screens after I finished an exhibition race early in the game and that's without overclocking anything. I prefer to have everything running stable first before overclocking anything in my system.

 

[DrMrLordX]

If you are getting CTD @ stock, OC may not make anything worse. At the very least you should try out 4.4 GHz and see how it behaves before making that statement.

 

[SlickR12345]

I experienced a crash to the Windows desktop interface in one of the screens after the first race finished. This was with nothing overclocked in my system so I don't think I will want to overclock my CPU because if I would have overclocked it


My CPU can't do 4.5GHz or at least it can't do it reliably with a reasonable vcore. 4.4GHz seems to be the ceiling on my CPU. Also I got one crash to the desktop in this game in one of the screens after I finished an exhibition race early in the game and that's without overclocking anything. I prefer to have everything running stable first before overclocking anything in my system.

Its okay, usually that one can go to 4.5GHz, but even OC'ing to 4.3GHz if stable will make it so much faster than stock. Even at stock I doubt it will bottleneck any game, not unless you have the new GTX Titan X and yet for some reason you play at 1440p, rather than 4k.