Whats a good computer spec to play this game optimal?

[Pixelabor]

im running an I7 7th gen and i feel like game lags a lot with bigger cities.... is there any viable upgrade i could do?

[MarkJohnson]

Originally posted by jhughes:

Well, the i9-9900k would be the best CPU. A gtx 1080 video card would br great (you could get a rtx 2080 viceo card but it isn't much better). 32 gb ram. And get a m2 NVMe for your boot/game drive.

[MarkJohnson]

Originally posted by Bringer of Fire:

I usually have around 3500 Assets and I use close to 50 mods. I am more looking for if someone had a better recommendation than the i9-9900K, I'm not worried about budgeting to much, just want to build my dream city. Thanks for the input guys!

Well, you could go workstation.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117836&cm_re=x299-_-19-117-836-_-Product

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113541

[Skitzo Sam]

Laptops run like crap when they get hot, id focus on keeping it cool. All else fails get a desktop :)

[Skitzo Sam]

Originally posted by Bringer of Fire:

I'm very insterested in this thread. I will be building a new computer soon and am all ears on what people think will be the best CPU for it:

Right now i am thinking:

i9=9900k
64GM RAM (Yes 64 - assest and detail freak)
GEOFORCE GTX 1080 TI

I will probably be spending 3K on this computer.

I have heard people say that more cores doesnt mean better for CS

What do you think is the best CPU I could purchase?

64gb RAM is pointless even 32gb is overkill right now. More cores can be a good thing but it really depends on the game, having a higher clock speed is what you want.

[Djaan]

Can someone tell if this is a good pc for cities skylines and have like 500 mods on it and assets.
I like spend 1k on it.

AMD Athlon(tm) X4 950 Quad Core Processor 3.50 GHz
8,00 GB ram

64-bits operating system, x64-processor

[Zaphod Beetlebrox]

Originally posted by DaanGamesNL:

Can someone tell if this is a good pc for cities skylines and have like 500 mods on it and assets.
I like spend 1k on it.

AMD Athlon(tm) X4 950 Quad Core Processor 3.50 GHz
8,00 GB ram

64-bits operating system, x64-processor

You may need to update to 16GB, I am running 600 assets, 40 mods and are getting very close to using all 16GB installed on my machine.

Also consider installing Skylines on your SSD if that is an option for you.

It will help alot with loading times and game stability if you are at or close to the ram limit.

Modded Skylines becomes a bottomless RAM sink if you go crazy with the workshop.

[Djaan]

Originally posted by ;1732090362053777671:

Originally posted by DaanGamesNL:

Can someone tell if this is a good pc for cities skylines and have like 500 mods on it and assets.
I like spend 1k on it.

AMD Athlon(tm) X4 950 Quad Core Processor 3.50 GHz
8,00 GB ram

64-bits operating system, x64-processor

You may need to update to 16GB, I am running 600 assets, 40 mods and are getting very close to using all 16GB installed on my machine.

Also consider installing Skylines on your SSD if that is an option for you.

It will help alot with loading times and game stability if you are at or close to the ram limit.

Modded Skylines becomes a bottomless RAM sink if you go crazy with the workshop.

I have 0.30 GB ram installed of the 8.00 GB ram. Can i install more GB ram or not?

[Bringer of Fire]

Originally posted by -DI- rmjohnson144:

Originally posted by Bringer of Fire:

I usually have around 3500 Assets and I use close to 50 mods. I am more looking for if someone had a better recommendation than the i9-9900K, I'm not worried about budgeting to much, just want to build my dream city. Thanks for the input guys!

Well, you could go workstation.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117836&cm_re=x299-_-19-117-836-_-Product

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113541

I have come across that suggestion - and I usually see someone put a response like this: and I quote-

personally i feel like you made a classic gaming mistake with your processor by going with a processor that has so many cores. 10 cores, and 20 threads may be great for rendering, but i feel for gaming, and particularly for starcraft 2, you're much better off going for fewer more powerful cores, and that i9's 7900x's single thread rating is worse than many much cheaper options for example the i7-7700k has a better single thread rating, and for many games that can't properly utilize

So is CS going to work better with a 18 core monster mentioned above?

[Streeto]

Originally posted by DaanGamesNL:

Originally posted by ;1732090362053777671:

You may need to update to 16GB, I am running 600 assets, 40 mods and are getting very close to using all 16GB installed on my machine.

Also consider installing Skylines on your SSD if that is an option for you.

It will help alot with loading times and game stability if you are at or close to the ram limit.

Modded Skylines becomes a bottomless RAM sink if you go crazy with the workshop.

I have 0.30 GB ram installed of the 8.00 GB ram. Can i install more GB ram or not?

Your words are wrong or you're confusing something.... You have 8.00GB RAM installed.

If you only had 0.30GB installed, your PC would not boot up.

You can get more RAM, its probably the easiest thing to upgrade as long as you're gentle when placing it into the slot, it can be easy to snap a pin if you jam it in there. Just make sure its the correct RAM for your motherboard (DDR3, DDR4 etc.)

[MarkJohnson]

Originally posted by Bringer of Fire:

Originally posted by -DI- rmjohnson144:

Well, you could go workstation.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117836&cm_re=x299-_-19-117-836-_-Product

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113541

I have come across that suggestion - and I usually see someone put a response like this: and I quote-

personally i feel like you made a classic gaming mistake with your processor by going with a processor that has so many cores. 10 cores, and 20 threads may be great for rendering, but i feel for gaming, and particularly for starcraft 2, you're much better off going for fewer more powerful cores, and that i9's 7900x's single thread rating is worse than many much cheaper options for example the i7-7700k has a better single thread rating, and for many games that can't properly utilize

So is CS going to work better with a 18 core monster mentioned above?

A quad core i7 with HT or Ryzen will be all anyone NEEDS for this game.

But with consoles getting 8-core support. 8-core wouldn't be a bad investment.

I'd recommend for this game an Intel 6-core, as they has better single core IPC.

But AMD I'd suggest 8-core as it will use the full 8-cores, then you have thread 8-threads for other tasks.

But you could go more for other tasks. recording videos, special mods, web browsing, voice chat, etc

But the game itself will crap out when you hit the agent limits. It runs fine, but lags so slow it will take a minute for a day to pass.

My i7-4770k handled it fine at 100% and no mods. Then I upgraded to an i7- 5820k and it barely used 40%. Those extra 2 full cores made a huge difference for the AI over the 4-core + 4 HT cores.

But yes, even with newer games, you should need more than 8-cores. It may change now that AMD is in competition again and releasing more cored CPUS. But 8-core max should be more than enough for several years. Not many games have gone 4-cores + 4 HT. so it will be a while until it catches up (usually 5-years.) Most games use 2-core so they can keep backwards compatibility, plus mobile systems.

Mobile system excluded.

[Bringer of Fire]

Originally posted by -DI- rmjohnson144:

Originally posted by Bringer of Fire:

I have come across that suggestion - and I usually see someone put a response like this: and I quote-

personally i feel like you made a classic gaming mistake with your processor by going with a processor that has so many cores. 10 cores, and 20 threads may be great for rendering, but i feel for gaming, and particularly for starcraft 2, you're much better off going for fewer more powerful cores, and that i9's 7900x's single thread rating is worse than many much cheaper options for example the i7-7700k has a better single thread rating, and for many games that can't properly utilize

So is CS going to work better with a 18 core monster mentioned above?

A quad core i7 with HT or Ryzen will be all anyone NEEDS for this game.

But with consoles getting 8-core support. 8-core wouldn't be a bad investment.

I'd recommend for this game an Intel 6-core, as they has better single core IPC.

But AMD I'd suggest 8-core as it will use the full 8-cores, then you have thread 8-threads for other tasks.

But you could go more for other tasks. recording videos, special mods, web browsing, voice chat, etc

But the game itself will crap out when you hit the agent limits. It runs fine, but lags so slow it will take a minute for a day to pass.

My i7-4770k handled it fine at 100% and no mods. Then I upgraded to an i7- 5820k and it barely used 40%. Those extra 2 full cores made a huge difference for the AI over the 4-core + 4 HT cores.

But yes, even with newer games, you should need more than 8-cores. It may change now that AMD is in competition again and releasing more cored CPUS. But 8-core max should be more than enough for several years. Not many games have gone 4-cores + 4 HT. so it will be a while until it catches up (usually 5-years.) Most games use 2-core so they can keep backwards compatibility, plus mobile systems.

Mobile system excluded.

I've very glad i read this. I am literally building a computer for these reasons in order:

1. CS
2. Some GoPro video editing maybe a few times a year.
3. I may dabble with a couple other games that are more GPU extensive (example - Tomb Raider)

Sounds like i dont need the $2000 processor. If you were me would you grab the new i9-9900k on backorder or just grab a i7-8700k right now and get started?

Thank you so much

[MarkJohnson]

Originally posted by Bringer of Fire:

Originally posted by -DI- rmjohnson144:

A quad core i7 with HT or Ryzen will be all anyone NEEDS for this game.

But with consoles getting 8-core support. 8-core wouldn't be a bad investment.

I'd recommend for this game an Intel 6-core, as they has better single core IPC.

But AMD I'd suggest 8-core as it will use the full 8-cores, then you have thread 8-threads for other tasks.

But you could go more for other tasks. recording videos, special mods, web browsing, voice chat, etc

But the game itself will crap out when you hit the agent limits. It runs fine, but lags so slow it will take a minute for a day to pass.

My i7-4770k handled it fine at 100% and no mods. Then I upgraded to an i7- 5820k and it barely used 40%. Those extra 2 full cores made a huge difference for the AI over the 4-core + 4 HT cores.

But yes, even with newer games, you should need more than 8-cores. It may change now that AMD is in competition again and releasing more cored CPUS. But 8-core max should be more than enough for several years. Not many games have gone 4-cores + 4 HT. so it will be a while until it catches up (usually 5-years.) Most games use 2-core so they can keep backwards compatibility, plus mobile systems.

Mobile system excluded.

I've very glad i read this. I am literally building a computer for these reasons in order:

1. CS
2. Some GoPro video editing maybe a few times a year.
3. I may dabble with a couple other games that are more GPU extensive (example - Tomb Raider)

Sounds like i dont need the $2000 processor. If you were me would you grab the new i9-9900k on backorder or just grab a i7-8700k right now and get started?

Thank you so much

I'm stingy, so I'd get the cheapest one. The difference between the two are minimal, so the best price wins. Same for the 8086k gimmick CPU. It's the same as well. I wouldn't worry about a a hundred megahertz or few. They should all overclock roughly the same.

I don't know if i'd bother with the 8-core 9900k for this game. Maybe look around at benchmarks for other games you play and decide if it's best for you.

Edit:

Also compare i7-9700k (no hyper threading - 8c/8t) lower cost.

[Bringer of Fire]

One last question, friend. Is there any way possible the new i9-9900K will perform worse than the 8700K?

[MarkJohnson]

Originally posted by Bringer of Fire:

One last question, friend. Is there any way possible the new i9-9900K will perform worse than the 8700K?

I don't see how, it's the exact same chop, but with two more cores.

[la_nague]

if you guys do not have unlimited money you should get AMD CPUs.

Intel is incredibly overpriced, you can search for intel 8xxx or 9xxx vs AMD 2700X or 2600X.

Almost the same performance for half the price AND comes with a decent cooler AND the mainboards are cheaper too.



Maybe you are younger and dont remember AMD anymore because they had a bad CPU line is the last decade but they are almost back to their old self.