Running on i7 3770K

[maxlo]

Hi, anyone running on this good old processor?
Even with a 4070, I have serious performance issues.

[RinChanMeow]

Makes sense, it's 11 years old. In benchmarks vs the store page minimum cpu it's scoring less than half in some cases
annoyingly PCs move kinda quick. 11 years before your cpu released, Windows XP wasn't even out yet, is probably time to move on if you wanna keep playing anything recent

[SkyOnPC]

There are very cheap CPUs out today that are faster than your 3770K, Ryzen 1600AFs that sell for 89USD are faster. Unfortunately running modern titles on it are going to be a struggle. Your 4070 is definitely bottle-necked in like 99% of games.

[Dark Redslayer]

Originally posted by RinChanMeow:

Makes sense, it's 11 years old. In benchmarks vs the store page minimum cpu it's scoring less than half in some cases
annoyingly PCs move kinda quick. 11 years before your cpu released, Windows XP wasn't even out yet, is probably time to move on if you wanna keep playing anything recent

You should have PC gamed in the 90s and early 2ks. If your PC was 11 back then it would explode if you even thought about playing a game on it.

[QLIQ]

Well you should get a new CPU about every 4-5 years if you buy i7 level. You GPU is wasted with this chip in any new title.

[KuhJoe]

upgrade 3770k and you will be surpised how much more the 4070 can actually do

[maxlo]

Yeah, I know the CPU age, trust me.
What I found odd is that CPU is at ~70% usage and no more than 72 Celsius degree, and people with newer CPUs (and better GPUs) also face FPS issues :/

[Yessirskiii]

You definitely need a new CPU, a Ryzen 5 5600 (or an i5 12400f if you prefer intel) should be enough.

[Dark Redslayer]

Originally posted by maxlo:

Yeah, I know the CPU age, trust me.
What I found odd is that CPU is at ~70% usage and no more than 72 Celsius degree, and people with newer CPUs (and better GPUs) also face FPS issues :/

Do yourself a favor, and wait for some performance patches, and then try again. Someone mentioned on here they they are added preshader or whatever its called, which should eliminate stuttering.

Even with my i9 9900k I was getting some heavy stuttering when I first played, that faded the more I played. So it seems to be a shader issue.

[maxlo]

Yes, I will wait!

I don't even see the CPU struggling or getting hot. It is an "old" CPU, for sure. But this is a car game (I mean, unlike Alan Wake 2 for instance), and I am not expecting to run at 4k 120FPS. Why do I need a "new" CPU? Is it number of cores/thread? Instructions set needed?
1k 60FPS medium quality is enough for me, and this CPU + 4070 should be enough.
I don't want to contribute or get sucked into the "I need to change my CPU every few years", I am not _that_ gamer (not a critic, I simply don't have time LoL)

BTW, I do have a limitation in, exactly Alan Wake 2 (which came with the 4070): the i3770k does not support AVX2, which is required. So it does not even start. This makes sense to me. But not for WRC.

[La casa de Mael]

Originally posted by maxlo:

Yes, I will wait!

I don't even see the CPU struggling or getting hot. It is an "old" CPU, for sure. But this is a car game (I mean, unlike Alan Wake 2 for instance), and I am not expecting to run at 4k 120FPS. Why do I need a "new" CPU? Is it number of cores/thread? Instructions set needed?
1k 60FPS medium quality is enough for me, and this CPU + 4070 should be enough.
I don't want to contribute or get sucked into the "I need to change my CPU every few years", I am not _that_ gamer (not a critic, I simply don't have time LoL)

BTW, I do have a limitation in, exactly Alan Wake 2 (which came with the 4070): the i3770k does not support AVX2, which is required. So it does not even start. This makes sense to me. But not for WRC.

I understand you perfectly bro's
I'm playing on a laptop with a i7-7700 and the game run smooth but I have always (unfortunately) crash of directx or D3D.
I mean, I forced the game in directx 11 mode with command line.
But it still have same problem.
And be careful to people who want to put the game in 720p mode.
When you initiate the game another time, you'll be stuck with a black screen and the music of the game....
The solution was to edit "gameusersetting.ini" in appdata.
By the way, yesterday nvidia give us a new pilot (v.546)

[RinChanMeow]

Originally posted by maxlo:

Yes, I will wait!

I don't even see the CPU struggling or getting hot. It is an "old" CPU, for sure. But this is a car game (I mean, unlike Alan Wake 2 for instance), and I am not expecting to run at 4k 120FPS. Why do I need a "new" CPU? Is it number of cores/thread? Instructions set needed?
1k 60FPS medium quality is enough for me, and this CPU + 4070 should be enough.
I don't want to contribute or get sucked into the "I need to change my CPU every few years", I am not _that_ gamer (not a critic, I simply don't have time LoL)

BTW, I do have a limitation in, exactly Alan Wake 2 (which came with the 4070): the i3770k does not support AVX2, which is required. So it does not even start. This makes sense to me. But not for WRC.

Is all sorts, cpus are more than just 'x cores at y clockspeed', their very construction can determine how quick they are.
and as for graphics, the cpu doesn't really make a difference much for them, is mostly the gpu that determines how high you can set the graphics and usually the cpu either can run something, or can't

you don't have to update your cpu every few years either imo, just updating the platform every 5-10 is enough. Like you get a low/mid end cpu on a relatively new platform, then when you need more cpu later you just buy one of the fast ones on the same platform used when they're cheap, and once that's too slow or can't do something you wanna do, repeat again