best processor for warhammer 2?

[Sushi]

what's the best processor to get for warhammer 2? That will guarantee minimum 60fps?

[Android Poetry]

Nothing guarantees 60fps, you have to consider the whole system. Get the best one you can afford.

[UnDeadDemon]

2080 ti and i9 9900k say hi and still goes down to 15-20 fps in big siege battles.

There is no best cpu for this game, it is unoptimized af and btw just recently it started using 100% of my gpu so somehow the games using 11gbvram. But my friend has the exact same gpu and it only uses 50% so idk

Small battles of course are good fps, its the siege battles that lag when theres two or three armies in there.

Just get a decent pc that can run the game and dont worry about 60 fps. The i7 8700k is a bit cheaper than the i9 and almost as good, as for gpu probably 6gb to 8gb vram would be fine. 16gb of ddr4 ram @3000mhz is good, 32gb ram if you can but not a must.

cpu - https://www.newegg.com/core-i7-8th-gen-intel-core-i7-8700k/p/N82E16819117827?Description=i7%208700k&cm_re=i7_8700k-_-19-117-827-_-Product&quicklink=true

gpu - https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-geforce-rtx-2070-gv-n2070wf2-8gd/p/N82E16814932160

ram - https://www.newegg.com/corsair-16gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820236417?Description=corsair%20vengence&cm_re=corsair_vengence-_-20-236-417-_-Product&quicklink=true

And if you not using an ssd to run windows and your games should consider it, one of my friends got a 20-25 fps gain from switching to ssd over the old hard drives.

[Hieronymus]

Game runs about the same on my I-9 and 2080 TI as when I still had my old rig with a 5 year old I-5 and a 1060.

Edit: I can recommend the new Ryzen processors if you want bang for your buck, save some money on a cooler and over priced intel hardware.

My brother plays on a ryzen 2700x and a 1070 TI and he has equal framerates to mine, and when the drops happen we both drop hard. Both playing on same graphic settings btw. The only real difference I can notice is that I load like 10 seconds earlier.

[Sushi]

I appreciate all of your answers and it helped me a lot :p

I do have a side question tho:
AMD Ryzen or i9? People seem to lean more towards the AMD processors but i've never had AMD before so i'm kinda weary

[Viper]

Best gaming CPU right now is an Intel I9 10900K. Much better than any Ryzen as far as gaming. But you better have some real good cooling . At least an 360 AIO liquid cooling. Its a heat monster. Even better than the Ryzen 3950x by about 5%-10%.

[Hieronymus]

Originally posted by Sushi:

I appreciate all of your answers and it helped me a lot :p

I do have a side question tho:
AMD Ryzen or i9? People seem to lean more towards the AMD processors but i've never had AMD before so i'm kinda weary

If you are able to burn money for a bit more performance and a cooling system Intel.
Ryzen is the bang for your buck here, comes with a decent cooler and doesn't significantly underperform to the point its noticable. I would only go for Intel if you want the absolute best no matter the cost, even if you are paying 200 more for a few fps increases.

Edit: https://www.newegg.com/amd-ryzen-7-3700x/p/N82E16819113567?&quicklink=true
From the same site as UnDeadDemon posted, similar performing processor. 70$ cheaper, comes with a decent cooler. That will easely save you another 80$ so in all 150$ cheaper than intel.

[Lain]

i have an i7 4790k & amd vega 64.
runs smooth all the time in medium/high graphics, ultra unit scale

only with the recent patch ive been getting fps drops to about 25-30 if i zoom in really close on a few certain spells like krakens pull, but as soon as i zoom out to where i would normally have the camera its fine

vega64 are really loud drivers though, wouldnt recommend if you dont like loud venting sounds or in a cramped hot room

[Aenarion]

This game is highly dependent on single core performance. So there is little advantage to an i9 or high end AMD compared to i5 or i7. Scroll down for benchmarks here:

https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3489-amd-ryzen-5-3600-cpu-review-benchmarks-vs-intel

And for a more recent one see here:

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/05/20/intel-core-i9-10900k-review/

If money is no object get an i9, but an i5 or i7 is certainly much better value for most users. For a similar price you'd see far more FPS gain from going from 2070 super to 2080 super for instance.

[Eminem]

Best bang for buck are Ryzen 5. Loving this cpu

[pascal.difolco]

Currently the sweet spot for a good single core CPU is 5600x or i5 11600
Above that you'll only gain a marginal 10 15% performances for twice the price

[-Singularity-]

Turn off blood effects if they are on. You will gain around 20fps.

[ChaataiKhan]

i5 11600k/ Ryzen 5 5600 6/12 cpu enough. Problem single core bottleneck ,fast ram

[DasaKamov]

Weird little necro-post.

[BiteSizeCenter]

Originally posted by -Singularity-:

Turn off blood effects if they are on. You will gain around 20fps.

Lucky for me I just never bought that dlc. I love this game, but locking blood effects behind a paywall is some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

[SarmatII]

Need a 6 core CPU that's really fast and with fast RAM. Game scales well to 6 cores but still CPU limited in large battles.