CPU bottleneck

neil3k

neil3k

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Currently running the following

Intel Pentium G3258 Anniversary
Asus B85M-G Motherboard
GeForce GTX 960 2GB

When playing dying light I'm getting freezing for a few seconds. Not sure if it's just badly coded or if my system isn't up to it.

Any ideas?
 
Dying light runs beautifully on my system.

What are your settings?

I am willing to bet the CPU is maxing out one or both of its cores during the freezes, since i see a fair bit of usage on my 4770k when i play it.
 
How much RAM do you have installed? Am I right in saying this game requires an insane 16GB? That could be your issue perhaps?

EDIT - Also your motherboard restricts you from overclocking that chip which is capable of a lot more than the stock setting.
 
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Are you overclocking via AI Suite 3 in software? - while it's technically possible you won't have the same hard coded options as you do in for a example a Z series board.
 
neil3k said:
That program isn't installed so guessing it's been done by the BIOS
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Guess so, maybe have a look at what kind of settings are available in there. I'd say that is a pretty demanding game for my setup let alone yours. I suppose ideally you'd want a decent bump in your overclock as well as trying it out with more RAM to rule that out but it's probably beyond what you'd be reasonably be expected to do for one game. How do other games fare on your setup out of interest?
 
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To be honest everything else I've tried has been fine but it's not as graphically intensive as dying light.

Can anyone suggest what sort of OC I can expect to get from this chip or if I should just give up and stick an i5 in.
 
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Your board will limit the max over clock. Otherwise perhaps anywhere between 4.2 and 4.5ghz as an average but that's all down to the silicon lottery and you'd also need to get an aftermarket cooler to keep the temos down. An i5 is a great all rounder for gaming but again consider a motherboard upgrade and a K unlocked multiplier chip.
 
Jinxter said:
Your board will limit the max over clock. Otherwise perhaps anywhere between 4.2 and 4.5ghz as an average but that's all down to the silicon lottery and you'd also need to get an aftermarket cooler to keep the temos down. An i5 is a great all rounder for gaming but again consider a motherboard upgrade and a K unlocked multiplier chip.
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You do not need a Z series board for overclocking a G3258. I have seen people with H81 boards hitting 4.8Ghz with these cpu's. It's more down to the cpu than the board just like with the i5 and i7 cpu's. There's a load of results in this thread over at Anandtech forums for clocking G3258's in non-z series boards. My wifes Gigabyte B85M-D3H has a full set of extensive overclocking options in the bios and overclocks my 4670k to the same clocks with the same settings as my Hero. The latest bios for her board adds extreme vcore up to a crazy 1.65v!!
 
pastymuncher said:
You do not need a Z series board for overclocking a G3258. I have seen people with H81 boards hitting 4.8Ghz with these cpu's. It's more down to the cpu than the board just like with the i5 and i7 cpu's. There's a load of results in this thread over at Anandtech forums for clocking G3258's in non-z series boards. My wifes Gigabyte B85M-D3H has a full set of extensive overclocking options in the bios and overclocks my 4670k to the same clocks with the same settings as my Hero. The latest bios for her board adds extreme vcore up to a crazy 1.65v!!
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Good to hear :D
 
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