What is the bottleneck in my system?

Discussion in 'PA: TITANS: General Discussion' started by elloco1989, June 4, 2016.

  1. elloco1989

    elloco1989 New Member

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    Hey there,

    I was wondering what the bottleneck is in PA Titans.
    In the beginning of a multiplayer game everything usually runs fine at 60 fps, but once the unit numbers start increasing the fps is quickly dropping. Is the game more cpu- or gpu-heavy? Anyway here are my system specs:

    2500k
    GTX 960
    8 gb ram
    p67 mobo
    Blazing fast internet

    Thanks for your reply!
  2. wpmarshall

    wpmarshall Planetary Moderator

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    hehehe.png

    :cool:

    Sorry, I'm a horrible person...
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  3. flubbateios

    flubbateios Active Member

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    Probably your ram
    PA doesn't need a great GPU and the 2500k should be good enough
  4. elloco1989

    elloco1989 New Member

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    8 gb isn't enough?
  5. wpmarshall

    wpmarshall Planetary Moderator

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    I have 8GB and it takes me a while to load into games. I stay away from systems larger than 5 planets.
    My FPS doesn't drop TOO much, but it does drop if we are talking 'insane' numbers (500-600+ per team).
  6. ordinarypi

    ordinarypi Member

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    16 GB of memory should cover you.
  7. Remy561

    Remy561 Post Master General

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    The game is more CPU heavy than GPU heavy, so overclocking your K processor might also help a bit
  8. mwreynolds

    mwreynolds Well-Known Member

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    If the number of units get very high the bottleneck will be the cpu running the simulation be it on the server if your playing online or on your pc if your if your running the sever side locally.
  9. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    server.
    the servers are the bottleneck.
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  10. Gorbles

    Gorbles Post Master General

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    Other than the servers, definitely up your RAM to 16GB as that's the cheapest component in your PC.

    Failing that, the 2500K is dated these days and even overclocking it won't help a huge deal.

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