CPU bound in FO4

[Wilst]

My trusty old rig is really starting to struggle with fallout 4 and is murdered by a lot of the outdoor sections. All the advice for turning down settings seems to be based around GPU bound systems. Any advice on which settings to change for my rig to get the prettiest consistent (min 25fps?) playable experience would be much appreciated.


Playing at 1080
e6400 at 3.2
4 Gig of ram
r9 290
Crucial M4 ssd

Thanks

 

[Wilst]

Thanks,

290 was a recent upgrade from a 4890 for fallout, I hadn't appreciated just how far behind the curve the e6400 is now even for gaming! I know one of the i5 4690k bundles is probably the answer tbh but just wondering what setting to drop to make the best of it now. I could go and find my old spreadsheet of settings and OC upto about 3.7ish but would rather not for the noise.

How well is fallout 4 optimised for quads?

I thought a 290 was about the sweetspot for 1080p gaming?

Thanks

 

[Wilst]

Oh WOW q6600's go for £20ish now? Thats a no brainer then if it'll let me eak out a bit more time on this rig at 1080p for a bit. Is 4gig of ram likely to be limiting me for FO4?