What's a good CPU for FAF?
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Hi, I'm looking for a reasonably priced CPU for big FAF games. My current CPU scores around 220 but is struggling sometimes in big games. Anyone have a good tip for a CPU at around 150-175 score?
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220 looks just fine,do you have a laptop? if yes then it might just overheat.
generally you need to look up for a cpu that has good single-thread performance.
you can also try changing the priority on the existing cpu.
open supreme commander in-game->go to the processes via the task manager->find supcom->change cpu priority to above normal/real time if you want. -
CPU score is not that great at mesuring performance.
afaik any new CPU would do just fine.
any intel CPU 4th gen and higher or any ryzen CPU.Tho i have seen few complains about ryzen 2500u (or something like that) not being as amazing as they expected (but it can be due to laptop cooling design)
You can check this topic https://forums.faforever.com/viewtopic.php?p=165158#p165158
maybe this one too https://forum.faforever.com/topic/328/cpu-performance-tests
There were some more... conclusion is that memory performace is also very important -
yeah,i got a ryzen3500u and it's not the best so far
got in-game 250 cpu,but feels like 300 -
Sound more like crappy laptop than CPU problem.
Even more when you consider the fact that the CPU is more than capable of running faf just fine. But I can bet my arse than someone tried to save on effin ram or something so supcom is gonna feel it hard and choke there instead of doing that on CPU.
Like honestly, the CPU's in laptops are good but the shit they are put into does just fine in killing their potential be it by cooling or retarded ram choices. Although most likely it's both unless you really paid attention to what you are buying. -
Yes! I have Ryzen 7 2700u + 16GB mem. And... Its fail. He
This processor is worse than the first-generation intel 7 laptop. It's just impossible to play. But in all tests, Ryzen is ahead of this i7 at times. And in other games, it is clearly much more powerful. It's a shame that this is happening in the FAF.
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i have i5 8250u with 171 points. It looks like you have problem with your machine. Overheat/throttling. also 8gb ddr4 2400
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@Eternal said in What's a good CPU for FAF?:
i have i5 8250u with 171 points. It looks like you have problem with your machine. Overheat/throttling. also 8gb ddr4 2400
This only happens in FAF. There are no problems with the temperature and it is not higher than 60 degrees. All tests are normal and show high performance. All the games show themselves perfectly. Except for FAF.
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Nividea bug? But kind of issue do you even have?
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For another data point my last computer had a 4790k and got a score of 142 and ran the game very well. That's a 2014 cpu, and I think i had 8gb of ram with an r9 280 video card. My current 8700k gets only a slightly better score, 136 I think.
Not really sure what is a "reasonably priced" cpu to you, but I suppose if you are looking at new, maybe the i5-10600k might be a good value as it is currently under 200 at microcenter in the USA. In any case, I think if you can get a clock speed of about 4ghz or higher you should have no problems.
I know my gaming laptop scored around 200ish and also struggled in larger games, also likely due to overheating others have mentioned. -
This processor is worse than the first-generation intel 7 laptop. It's just impossible to play. But in all tests, Ryzen is ahead of this i7 at times. And in other games, it is clearly much more powerful. It's a shame that this is happening in the FAF.
Unless you tell us what exactly you issue is (low FPS? causing lag in multiplayer?) all of this discussion is useless. Because probably your problem has nothing to do with CPU.
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the single threaded benchmark is the most relevant for faf https://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html
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thanks alot everyone for your replies, this helps!
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My work laptop was pretty poor for FAF. I realised that:
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The GPU is crap and is a bottleneck. Runnng the game at 2k with all the settings on high is more than the laptop GPU could cope with. I watched the performance monitor and realised I had to drop the resolution and quality down.
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Even though the CPU might be good/okay if the cooling is poor, it will thermal throttle.
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RAM speeds can make a difference. Fast RAM works better and can give 10% gains in performance.
I'm currently in the process of trying to attach an external graphics card using a thunderbolt connection, to see how performance changes.
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I have Ryzen 7 2700x and GPU Radeon RX580 8g. 24g DDR4 good RAM and Samsung SSD 970 EVO. I play basicly with all graphics set at minimum. Last short Seton I had middle FPS 45, and 41 ms reading on GPU. I have basicly never problems on teamgames. (Once had a lag because of Windows update.) I have good connection and good ping. FAF ping 181. But I would like to have more FPS... I use a television as screen, with max rate of 60FPS, but still I feel that I should not have so much drops on FPS. Any idea why so low FPS, someone?
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I'm a big ultrabook fan and fell for the thermal throttle trick in 2017. My HP Envy is having big issues running games with more than 4 players, rest is fine. I used to play on my old work laptop that had a normal cooling system (i5, gen 5) and worked fine even in dual gap, getting to -2 simspeed at its worst.
I have a question, though, how much have ultrabooks improved in the past several years? I am looking into getting a ZenBook Duo 14 UX482, which is supposed to consistently run at good GHz, but I'm sceptical about longer time under heavier load. Has anyone had an opportunity to try the laptop yet (or similar higher-end ultrabooks)?
