Zenoth
Diamond Member
I was quite ... shocked, to say the least, when I saw that.
Three days ago I bought the original (the store still did not received the new expansion). And I also patched it up to the latest version, 1.40.
I considered my system to be better than "average" ... but man ... that game eats up so much CPU it's actually ridiculous. It varies between 70% and usually goes up to 95%. Constantly stays within that range of CPU usage.
Thanks to God I'm not even On-Line when playing it. All un-necessary programs and background tasks are closed. I even cleaned and "repaired" my Windows Registry (using Windows XP with Service Pack 1). Although yes I know the Registry doesn't affect gaming performance, but I told to myself that I had to try at least a few things to see if it would make a difference in terms of CPU usage.
But no.
The game itself performs ... alright ... I guess. In terms of frames-per-seconds it's ok, but nothing mind-blowing. It does lag at times, especially with "Persistant Bodies" at a "Low" setting (But I play with that option Off).
Any of you here go the game, with perhaps a similar system + Operating System combination, and also experience the same CPU issues ?
Or even with a completely different computer (In terms of components) ?
Because I really, really like the game, I'm still playing the Campaign right now, and I'd like to know if it's mainly the cause of "bad coding / optimization" or simply that my CPU is too ... old ... to sustain a game that was released since a good time already.
Thanks for your time, and help.
Three days ago I bought the original (the store still did not received the new expansion). And I also patched it up to the latest version, 1.40.
I considered my system to be better than "average" ... but man ... that game eats up so much CPU it's actually ridiculous. It varies between 70% and usually goes up to 95%. Constantly stays within that range of CPU usage.
Thanks to God I'm not even On-Line when playing it. All un-necessary programs and background tasks are closed. I even cleaned and "repaired" my Windows Registry (using Windows XP with Service Pack 1). Although yes I know the Registry doesn't affect gaming performance, but I told to myself that I had to try at least a few things to see if it would make a difference in terms of CPU usage.
But no.
The game itself performs ... alright ... I guess. In terms of frames-per-seconds it's ok, but nothing mind-blowing. It does lag at times, especially with "Persistant Bodies" at a "Low" setting (But I play with that option Off).
Any of you here go the game, with perhaps a similar system + Operating System combination, and also experience the same CPU issues ?
Or even with a completely different computer (In terms of components) ?
Because I really, really like the game, I'm still playing the Campaign right now, and I'd like to know if it's mainly the cause of "bad coding / optimization" or simply that my CPU is too ... old ... to sustain a game that was released since a good time already.
Thanks for your time, and help.
