C&C 3 - CPU intensive or GPU ? or both ?

bobert50 · 23 Jun 2007 at 21:56

Just curious. Does it rely heavily on one or the other? on huge skirmish/network games (8 player etc) it still drops my fps to as low as 22 (shock horror!!) from 30 on max detail when theres lots and lots of units. This is only in resolutions of like 1280 x 1024 as i'd expect drops with only 320mb memory on 1600x1200 +.

Current system

E6600 @ 3ghz
BFG 8800 GTS 320mb @ 630 / 949
2 gig ram
etc etc

Wondering if this could be rectified by getting the 640mb edition 8800? or if this is a CPU issue now?

Honestly you get an upgrade..you expect everything to be perfect naturally!!

bobert50 · 23 Jun 2007 at 22:14

yep its the most recent patch. I do mean really big battles btw..with lots of the tiberium in view but it does get irritating. I'm gonna try lowering a few settings to see what effect it has.

bobert50 · 23 Jun 2007 at 22:16

yea it is @ 30fps..22 from 30fps feels horrendous though...any drops to me feel very noticable.

bobert50 · 24 Jun 2007 at 13:02

As i say i do mean when theres a lot of units. Like all the scrin stuff with a forcefield (40+ battleship things firing on a base). Got a feeling that its more to do with the custom maps ive been downloading too, experimenting further atm!