Please optimise for older cpu´s

[Thorba]

I own a relative old i7 7700 3,6 ghz but a 4070 rtx, normaly most games are not a problem (was playing even forbidden west on high with 60fps) but lately even the min cpu requirements seems extreme high to me.
I dont want to upgrade till february and hope that the game is at least playable on 4 core cpu´s, would hurt me if i could not play this game at launch:)

[Thorba]

Originally posted by uglyface2:

I'm running a relatively low-end machine, myself (i5 12450H, GTX 1650). I'm ok with lowering the settings by a lot, but I need to be sure that this rig can even run the game before I buy it.

That was my point, i am ok with lowering the settings but please dont forget people with smaller machines. I am unsure if there are cpu´s with 6 cores the minimum requirement if i can play the game at all.

[CalicoJack]

Originally posted by Thorba:

Originally posted by uglyface2:

I'm running a relatively low-end machine, myself (i5 12450H, GTX 1650). I'm ok with lowering the settings by a lot, but I need to be sure that this rig can even run the game before I buy it.

That was my point, i am ok with lowering the settings but please dont forget people with smaller machines. I am unsure if there are cpu´s with 6 cores the minimum requirement if i can play the game at all.

Don´t worry. That is not the case.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

8th and 9th gen i7 should be fine. 12th Gen i5 is no problem, as it's a decent cpu. But for GPU anything below RTX 3060 performance is fairly laughable at best.

[Thorba]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

8th and 9th gen i7 should be fine. 12th Gen i5 is no problem, as it's a decent cpu. But for GPU anything below RTX 3060 performance is fairly laughable at best.

i own a 4070 rtx but sadly the card has a hard bottleneck with my i7 7700 (but mostly all games run good at 1080p so far).

[moka]

Originally posted by uglyface2:

I'm running a relatively low-end machine, myself (i5 12450H, GTX 1650). I'm ok with lowering the settings by a lot, but I need to be sure that this rig can even run the game before I buy it.

Here with a 7 years old config : i5-7400 and a GTX 1060 3GB

I'm just waiting for the system requirements to buy the game.
If i can play it 1920x1080 on very low settings, with a solid 30FPS, i'll be more than happy.
If my config is too old... then i understand too, it's logical and i'll buy the game later, in 1-3 years (my computer still run +80% of the games actually, can't imagine to upgrade just for 1 game).

KCD1 after 1 year was an optimization masterpiece, it ran all on ultra. But it was years ago now.

[In Vitriol]

Originally posted by Thorba:

Originally posted by zpc:

The real waste of money starts if you e.g. buy "the next" intel CPU with potential hardware faults[www.theverge.com] - so it's not that far fetched that people wait with their upgrades. And no, AMD isn't the answer for every customer.

To me, the invest for the 4070 isn't wasted - as I intend to use it for a long time. Right now I've zero complaints and can just crank up everything to ultra [in 4K UHD on my 47" display].

The hardware problems are indeed a reason for me to wait a little bit longer, i had bad experiences in the past with AMD and will only buy intel in combination with nvidia atm.

Your really cutting your nose to spite your face by not considering Amd.
They're currently cheaper, and better. Not to mention how long they support the chipset compared to Intel.
There was also speculation that Amd could buy-out the non manufacturing side of Intel's business, given there recent money woes lol Pinch of salt with that obviously

https://www.tomsguide.com/tech/us-government-considering-cash-infusions-amd-merger-to-help-struggling-intel

[EricHVela]

The PC I had when KCD was given away for free on EGS couldn't do the game justice. So, it waited in my library there until I had a better PC and I noticed it in the EGS library. I didn't think I'd enjoy a game like that, but I did (and so, I bought it on Steam even though I finished it on EGS).

[Bad 💀 Motha]

The game ran fine on my old PCs
FX 8350 w/ GTX 980
4790K w/ GTX 1080
Even before the games release they had 16GB of RAM and SSDs.

Although it would have been nice if newer PCs ran it better, but they do not.

[PLAION_MB]

The team is hard at work optimising the game and checking the PC specs—we will definitely share more details whenever we can!

[Nate]

Originally posted by zpc:

You could do a mini-upgrade to an i7 9700K. That ancient beast served me well so far - and newer intel CPUs have their fair share of problems... Until those are resolved this might buy you some time. I've yet to find a game my CPU + 4070ti super can't handle [in 4K UHD]. :dssmile:

me running a i7 9700k feeling old after reading that

[_C@nG@C@_]

i7-7700K 4.20GHz and a RTX3090.

I've been able to play pretty much everything on 2K + Ultra settings + Raytracing for almost a decade now. newer titles like Wukong or Alan Wake 2 will probably make my system suffer a bit ( or alot maybe ) and the new path-tracing tech is blocked to me with this rig.

Some people have told me that my CPU bottlenecks a 3090. but honestly I've never had any issues with performance, everything runs amazing. so if there really is, it's such a minimal loss that it's practically unnoticeable.

[Warlock]

FYI the US tariff on GPU, motherboards, etc. that was temporarily lifted is set to re-instate in May, so you might want to do your next build well before then if you are in USA

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by Warlock:

FYI the US tariff on GPU, motherboards, etc. that was temporarily lifted is set to re-instate in May, so you might want to do your next build well before then if you are in USA

Folks in the USA are not effected by that; it's the other way around.

This is why many like ZOTAC just left Hong Kong and now are based out of Singapore.

[Targonis]

Originally posted by Thorba:

Originally posted by Targonis:

Those who want the game to be crippled, just because they have an OLD CPU...yea, you are a part of the reason the industry was held back for so long. How long did we suffer because games were optimized and designed to run well on consoles?

Good games are not only about graphics, i bet you missed most of the good games out there with this attitude. Only ask for good optimisation and i am pretty sure you get enough to do for your high end system.

We are at the end of 2024, but we already saw that the more NPCs are in an area in the first game, the more CPU power you will need. Optimization to allow more CPU cores to improve performance in those situations is what would make sense for a game launching in 2025. Expecting a quad-core potato to be the focus of development, "optimize for quad-core" would make it so the game is going to be limited in how many NPCs are in an area, just for those with low end computers.

I'm not as worried about optimizing for graphics, there are dozens of choices to adjust graphics quality. Note that we also see how the entire games industry was always held back by the lowest common denominator. Remember how some games had limited graphics JUST so those with an Intel CPU with integrated graphics could run it? How about, "focus on making the game work well on consoles" as the focus? When PC games are held back by consoles, instead of making the PC the target and then figure out how to scale back for those with consoles or low end computers, you see why the industry is on its way down.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

^ This

You can't seriously expect to run a demanding game and have it run smoothly without hiccups on such older CPUs moving forward. Even a 10th Gen i5 or i7 would run circles around a 7700K even if you happen to have that OC'ed heavily.

Having less then 6 true Cores and 32GB of RAM is no longer realistic.