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Re: looking for 16 players for an awesome epic cast!

2016-09-28T15:54:36+02:00

tatsu wrote:
since at these time there are others who still run at 0 or even have overhead I was wondering what i'm missing

It could be a whole host of things. Maybe they overclocked their systems more, or just have newer CPUs with better IPC. I do not know how much ping goes into the equation. It could also be other processes competing with FA for CPU cache (if FA is cache limited that is).

Statistics: Posted by SpoCk0nd0pe — 28 Sep 2016, 15:54

Re: looking for 16 players for an awesome epic cast!

2016-09-28T15:43:22+02:00

thing is i've been playing my games with a i7-3930K

and it's really brilliant but with bigger more "populated" setons games i am one of those who do slow down to -2 /-1 though i'm never the slowest.

since at these time there are others who still run at 0 or even have overhead I was wondering what i'm missing

Statistics: Posted by tatsu — 28 Sep 2016, 15:43

Re: looking for 16 players for an awesome epic cast!

2016-09-28T15:36:26+02:00

Ze_PilOt wrote:
The best single thread CPU you can get now is a Intel Core i7-4790K (at 4ghz).

Not necessarily. If the CPU has to wait a lot because of cache misses, the i7-5775C might be faster.

I am also unsure as to why the Skylake is shown as slower at the same clock. It should have some IPC improvements, maybe just not for the instructions of PassMark? Or maybe because the first DDR4 modules had slightly more latency then DDR3?

Statistics: Posted by SpoCk0nd0pe — 28 Sep 2016, 15:36

Re: looking for 16 players for an awesome epic cast!

2016-09-28T14:23:37+02:00

TheKoopa wrote:
666ghz

Statistics: Posted by biass — 28 Sep 2016, 14:23

Re: looking for 16 players for an awesome epic cast!

2016-09-28T14:17:19+02:00

Just shell out the $40 on the i3, pentiums are just way too bad at everything else.

I also have an i3-4160 @3.6ghz and the cpu score is ~170, and I'm almost always the last one to slow down, unless someone else has some i9-7303938181k overclocked to 666ghz

Statistics: Posted by TheKoopa — 28 Sep 2016, 14:17

Re: looking for 16 players for an awesome epic cast!

2016-09-28T14:06:20+02:00

Running on 3.7 GHZ @ I3 ( dualcore ) since about a year. Usually in lobby the CPU rating indicates something around the 175-190 mark, if memory serves correctly. 4 GHZ might be more realistic for your needs, but I feel even 3.7 GHZ is already in the upper third of CPU speeds of FAF players.

Ze_PilOt wrote:
If you want the best, less expensive CPU for supcom : The Pentium G3220 @ 3.00GHz (80 dollars).
But it will suck at about everything else

"By best, less expensive" do you really mean it to be the best in terms of PERFORMANCE for FAF or best in terms of value for money for SUPCOM?

Statistics: Posted by Vanguard — 28 Sep 2016, 14:06

Re: looking for 16 players for an awesome epic cast!

2016-09-28T12:18:19+02:00

biass wrote:
The issue on a "nice 16 player game" is that you wont find 16 online people at a time who will survive long enough to make cpu even a consideration x)

... but i did

twice.

check above post

Statistics: Posted by tatsu — 28 Sep 2016, 12:18

Re: looking for 16 players for an awesome epic cast!

2016-09-28T10:21:17+02:00

A old 5Ghz core is a slower than a recent 2.9 laptop CPU or a desktop:
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=2014&cmp[]=2543&cmp[]=2539
(check Single Thread Rating)

The best single thread CPU you can get now is a Intel Core i7-4790K (at 4ghz). 1.5x faster than the AMD 5Ghz one.
Also consume 3x less energy.

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html

If you want the best, less expensive CPU for supcom : The Pentium G3220 @ 3.00GHz (80 dollars).
But it will suck at about everything else

Statistics: Posted by Ze_PilOt — 28 Sep 2016, 10:21

Re: looking for 16 players for an awesome epic cast!

2016-09-28T10:18:30+02:00

I have a 3.2GHz cpu from a few years ago, i have never had an issue with sim speed

The issue on a "nice 16 player game" is that you wont find 16 online people at a time who will survive long enough to make cpu even a consideration x)

Statistics: Posted by biass — 28 Sep 2016, 10:18

Re: looking for 16 players with 5GHz or above cpu speed

2016-09-28T10:02:10+02:00

Zoram wrote:
It seems AMD realeased ONE, a few years ago ... https://www.cnet.com/news/amd-unveils-f ... processor/

and that seems to be it ....

you know what that actually looks pretty cheap. would building a mobo around that be a good idea or a bad idea?

Statistics: Posted by tatsu — 28 Sep 2016, 10:02

Re: looking for 16 players with 5GHz or above cpu speed

2016-09-28T04:51:38+02:00

Out of curiosity: Is it really about the instructions or more about cache misses?

Statistics: Posted by SpoCk0nd0pe — 28 Sep 2016, 04:51

Re: looking for 16 players with 5GHz or above cpu speed

2016-09-28T04:05:51+02:00

Seriously you don't need anything close to that powerful

Statistics: Posted by Blodir — 28 Sep 2016, 04:05

Re: looking for 16 players with 5GHz or above cpu speed

2016-09-28T02:20:04+02:00

My OC is 4.68Ghz atm that good enough?

Statistics: Posted by benikens — 28 Sep 2016, 02:20

Re: looking for 16 players with 5GHz or above cpu speed

2016-09-27T23:34:02+02:00

hmm ok maybe 5GHz is a tall ask but i was convinced there'd be at least several.

should I revise it to 4Ghz?

thing is i just played a 16 player game (desyncs towards the middle unfortunately)
http://content.faforever.com/faf/vault/ ... id=5205073

and a 14 player (this one didn't desync) (plus a youtube POV that isn't mine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVkBZq-cx9M )
http://content.faforever.com/faf/vault/ ... id=5204847

and even on the 16p (i must've gotten lucky and drawn only real good cpu people) the game ran +0 the entire 40 minutes and -1 for air fights.

and only the 14player one initially showed internet lag but the player causing it promply timed out and got kicked so that resolved itself.

honestly i'm blown away at how well this runs.

Statistics: Posted by tatsu — 27 Sep 2016, 23:34

Re: looking for 16 players with 5GHz or above cpu speed

2016-09-27T22:48:57+02:00

Lemme get an old Pentium 4 and join xD

Statistics: Posted by Viba — 27 Sep 2016, 22:48