Intel I5 7400?

[Rodrick]

Hii, so I want to buy this. Bad. But I got an Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7400 CPU @ 3.00GHz, and I can see its a bit below requirements. I wanted to know if anybody else with this cpu could play this. Got 12 ram and a 2060 for anyone wondering, so the true bottleneck will be my cpu

[Rodrick]

yeah so its ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ unplayable, don't even try. It is not playable at all, not even as in low fps but the whole game runs slower even on minimum and sub 1080p resolutions. plus it looks like my eyes are melting. GG

[mpcgannon]

Unless someone can verify with your exact specs, there is no telling. I'm under spec'ed and have no issues while others have nasa rigs and can't start the game.

[Rodrick]

Originally posted by mpcgannon:

Unless someone can verify with your exact specs, there is no telling. I'm under spec'ed and have no issues while others have nasa rigs and can't start the game.

care to tell me how your settings are? I REALLY cant play it and I really want to

[King of Games]

i have a 15 7600k and a 1060gtx, runs finw for me. But i also have 32 gb of ram, maybe go doanload more ram

[Ancient]

Originally posted by Rodrick:

yeah so its ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ unplayable, don't even try. It is not playable at all, not even as in low fps but the whole game runs slower even on minimum and sub 1080p resolutions. plus it looks like my eyes are melting. GG

It almost sounds like it's running on your integrated GPU and not the 2060.

I can run it decently on the oldest PC build I still have which is an i7-3930K, 16GB and a 780 Ti 4GB, so I would think yours really shouldn't have too much trouble at least maintaining 30 FPS minimum.

[Tor Tor]

Have you tried lowering your settings to low? I'm also running under specs and doing fine except for the lighting and some shadows being messed up.

[Shibe]

3770k@4.2GHz, 2400CL11 16GB, GTX1070

45-60fps 1080p depending on location/fights on medium settings.

If it looks terrible and still getting low frames then something isn't using your 2060, my 1070 is not being maxed out with the 60fps cap, more cpu bound in some places.

[Rodrick]

Originally posted by Tor Tor:

Have you tried lowering your settings to low? I'm also running under specs and doing fine except for the lighting and some shadows being messed up.

of course I tried.
I dunno why, today it was running a tad better. I just went to nvidia config and went tinkering in there. It is "playable" in the sense that it could strike AROUND 30 I guess. Im gonna try just straigt up limiting it to 30 and see how it fares. Still, might be something wrong with my pc settings

[Sonnenbank]

i dunno 12GB ramn could maybe be a problem.....

Since its 3x4 GB
i dont know if this changed in recent years but ram normally gets significantly slower when not in dual channel mode
meaning 2 ram slots or 4 ram slots

3 ram slots in the past lowerd the overall speed of the ram a lot.
so 2x4 was a lot faster than 3x4
for a lot of games this was around 15% +

i am not 100% sure if this changed in recent years

[Shibe]

Yes if you have 3x4GB possibly take out one and try run 2x4GB in dual channel mode.

If you have 2x4GB and 2x2GB then ignore, as long as you're running dual channel mode that is okay.

Theres not much else aside from making sure your RAM and CPU are running as high as they can. Either XMP or manual memory OC and max CPU turbo setting since 7400 is a locked CPU.

[Rodrick]

I was wrong, I got 16gb ram, not 12. I got two 8s plugged.

[MundM]

Upgrade to the i5 8400, it uses the same socket but has 2 more cores. It's used below 100 bucks, and should carry you through this console generation.

[Tregarde]

With PCs there are so many variables that effect performance. It's not just about the chips on the boards, but who made them. Quality can vary dramatically depending on the manufacturer. Also certain brands just work better together.

Then there's Windows. What is installed? What is running in the background? Is your system clean or full of bloat? How well optimized are the settings?

It all adds up. Half the reason I build my PCs is so I know exactly what is in it. The end result is a mid-range system that can run many games better than some high-end rigs.

Anyway, hope you find a good solution. I recommend making sure the Windows side of things is as clean and optimized as possible. On the hardware side, I'd look into exactly what CPUs your motherboard can support and finding the best one for your budget.

[nfinite.recursion]

Originally posted by Ancient:

Originally posted by Rodrick:

yeah so its ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ unplayable, don't even try. It is not playable at all, not even as in low fps but the whole game runs slower even on minimum and sub 1080p resolutions. plus it looks like my eyes are melting. GG

It almost sounds like it's running on your integrated GPU and not the 2060.

This.

The i5 7400 certainly isn't the best CPU these days, but it's more than enough for Elden Ring. Being a quad core is irrelevant as Elden Ring barely uses 2 CPU cores, slamming one core with most of the usage and a second core for maybe physics and collision. So long as the CPU has good IPC it's fine. There are players and forum members with second gen iCore (i5 2500K and i7 2600K) that get good performance.

12GB of RAM is fine for the most part, but you may get crashes if you run out of memory due to Windows consuming so much RAM. Linux *seems* to be fine with it though as it uses much less RAM for the OS itself. 16GB or more works out a lot better as long as it's decently fast. (1333MHz DDR3 or faster)

That RTX 2060 is more than enough for 60fps @ 1080p. I've got a gaming laptop with the mobile version and it's a pretty solid 60fps on the Maximum preset + Motion Blur off. Used to have stutters until the 1.04 patch dropped. Runs great now.

So yeah. I think Elden Ring is running on your iGPU rather than your RTX 2060. I've done testing on my laptop's iGPU, a Vega 7, and it struggles to maintain 30fps @ 720p outdoors with the lowest settings. Intel's iGPUs are far worse and make this game unplayable.

Make sure your nVidia driver is up to date. https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/drivers/

Make sure your display connector is plugged in to your RTX 2060 and NOT the motherboard display connection.

Open the nVidia Control Panel, Manage 3D settings, select the Program Settings tab, under Select a program to customize, select Elden Ring, and set Preferred graphics processor to High-performance nVidia processor.

[Rodrick]

Originally posted by nfinite.recursion:

Originally posted by Ancient:

It almost sounds like it's running on your integrated GPU and not the 2060.

This.

The i5 7400 certainly isn't the best CPU these days, but it's more than enough for Elden Ring. Being a quad core is irrelevant as Elden Ring barely uses 2 CPU cores, slamming one core with most of the usage and a second core for maybe physics and collision. So long as the CPU has good IPC it's fine. There are players and forum members with second gen iCore (i5 2500K and i7 2600K) that get good performance.

12GB of RAM is fine for the most part, but you may get crashes if you run out of memory due to Windows consuming so much RAM. Linux *seems* to be fine with it though as it uses much less RAM for the OS itself. 16GB or more works out a lot better as long as it's decently fast. (1333MHz DDR3 or faster)

That RTX 2060 is more than enough for 60fps @ 1080p. I've got a gaming laptop with the mobile version and it's a pretty solid 60fps on the Maximum preset + Motion Blur off. Used to have stutters until the 1.04 patch dropped. Runs great now.

So yeah. I think Elden Ring is running on your iGPU rather than your RTX 2060. I've done testing on my laptop's iGPU, a Vega 7, and it struggles to maintain 30fps @ 720p outdoors with the lowest settings. Intel's iGPUs are far worse and make this game unplayable.

Make sure your nVidia driver is up to date. https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/drivers/

Make sure your display connector is plugged in to your RTX 2060 and NOT the motherboard display connection.

Open the nVidia Control Panel, Manage 3D settings, select the Program Settings tab, under Select a program to customize, select Elden Ring, and set Preferred graphics processor to High-performance nVidia processor.

will do mate, thanks a ton. Been a a while since updated drivers and Imma try that preferred graphics