I should not have to Over clock my dual core cpu to get this Game to run properly.It does run better at 3.68Ghz.And at 3.20Ghz the game took over 80% of my cpu but at 3.68ghz game is only taking 60% of cpu so explain this one if you can.
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Hmm...How much ram do you have? I am running with 6gigs and my 2.7 dual core handles the game just fine. How about your vid card? How much dedicated ram does that have?
I run the game along with having iTunes, Chrome, Thunderbird, as well as various other programs open and my cpu usage never goes over 50%.
Do you do regular registry maintenance?
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I have a dual core 1.6ghz ULV laptop (4gigs ram, 3 usable), with a external gfx card (nvidia 550tx, 1gig ddr5) and i have no problems running the game. I only get lag in StarBase 24. Running at max video settings, except debris are set low (3 or 5 usually)
Maybe you run to many concurent programs, or you have to many background processes ? !
Good luck tuning up your PC !
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Well, without knowing your system better, I would guess your vid is limiting here.
Or maybe you have limited your FPS ingame or in your videodriver?
80% uitilization with normal clock -> 20% higher clock resulting in only 60% utilization
Another thing would be "game.exe never uses more then 50% of my CPU"
-> e.g. a Intel Core i3 (Dual Core) can use Hyperthreading(tm) to simulate more (double) cores. If you run a single(threaded) process, you'll only see a overall cpu utilization of 25%. Without Hyperthreading, you would see a utilization of 50%.
Video card is not a problem and temps are not a problem either.
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
CPU
AMD Athlon II X2 260 (3.68Ghz) 45 ?F
RAM
8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
MSI 870A-G54 (MS-7599) (CPU1) 70 ?F
Graphics
1024MB GeForce GTX 550 Ti (EVGA) 90 ?F
My Cpu is a older version of the dual core i could get the Black edition but i am going to up grade to a quad core soon any way. I just still can not figure out way the game will run better at a higher clock but what ever.I can play the game at 3.20Ghz with out an issue.But like i said it STO seems to run a lot better at a higher clock then at a normal clock.
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CPU bottleneck.
Seams to me that is what you are experiencing.
The reason why you see a performance increase when OCing your 260 is simply that the CPU isnt fast enough @ stock to keep up with the GFX settings used and your 550Ti.
The Athlon 260 wasnt exactly a high end or middle end CPU for its time, so come a few years later and paired with a med-end GPU yeah it is going to be the bottleneck of the system.
Personally, I would go with the Black Edition. you can always go up with the multiplier which you can't do on the 640. It all depends on how you overclock though and if you plan to do so at all with the new CPU. Either way, i still think the Black Edition is the better choice in the long run.
It's simple math. The game only has so many millions of instructions to run per second. Increasing your processor speed obviously causes a lower percentage of utilization, as there are now a lot more free processor cycles.
In all seriousness, have you checked your motherboard's bus speeds? That's the real bottleneck there.
Honestly ignore all Athon II parts period the lack of L3 cache plus the small L2 kills them in gaming, second a dual core without HT is now pointless, they are no longer game able. Want honest advice, sell your CPU and Motherboard, buy a Core i3 and 1155 motherboard. That Corei3 is faster than a Phenom II X4 980 in gaming, has a much better IPC and will do you great. Right now using AMD in a gaming rig if a fools errand. I can understand why some still use AMD, I still have an AMD box myself with an X3 450 but its on an AM2 board that originally had an X2 4200 in it. Right now its just better to build with intel and if your upgrading upgrade to intel.
As for the X2 bottlenecking the 550 Ti, nope the 550 Ti is also slow as far as GPU's go so that isn't an issue, its simply that an Athlon II X2 was never a good CPU to begin with, consider the fact its marginally faster than an X2 6400BE which puts it on par with an E6600 from 2006 and you will see what the problem is.
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I run the game along with having iTunes, Chrome, Thunderbird, as well as various other programs open and my cpu usage never goes over 50%.
Do you do regular registry maintenance?
I have a dual core 1.6ghz ULV laptop (4gigs ram, 3 usable), with a external gfx card (nvidia 550tx, 1gig ddr5) and i have no problems running the game. I only get lag in StarBase 24. Running at max video settings, except debris are set low (3 or 5 usually)
Maybe you run to many concurent programs, or you have to many background processes ? !
Good luck tuning up your PC !
_____________________________________________________________________________
Temporal torpedo, BoFF placement,lack off support ==> We really are alone in the universe...
Fleet Admiral Traka
Grey Council Fleet
"We stand between the shadow and the light"
____________________________________________
Or maybe you have limited your FPS ingame or in your videodriver?
80% uitilization with normal clock -> 20% higher clock resulting in only 60% utilization
Another thing would be "game.exe never uses more then 50% of my CPU"
-> e.g. a Intel Core i3 (Dual Core) can use Hyperthreading(tm) to simulate more (double) cores. If you run a single(threaded) process, you'll only see a overall cpu utilization of 25%. Without Hyperthreading, you would see a utilization of 50%.
Hope I could help (+ sorry for my bad english )
Video card is not a problem and temps are not a problem either.
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
CPU
AMD Athlon II X2 260 (3.68Ghz) 45 ?F
RAM
8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
MSI 870A-G54 (MS-7599) (CPU1) 70 ?F
Graphics
1024MB GeForce GTX 550 Ti (EVGA) 90 ?F
My Cpu is a older version of the dual core i could get the Black edition but i am going to up grade to a quad core soon any way. I just still can not figure out way the game will run better at a higher clock but what ever.I can play the game at 3.20Ghz with out an issue.But like i said it STO seems to run a lot better at a higher clock then at a normal clock.
Seams to me that is what you are experiencing.
The reason why you see a performance increase when OCing your 260 is simply that the CPU isnt fast enough @ stock to keep up with the GFX settings used and your 550Ti.
The Athlon 260 wasnt exactly a high end or middle end CPU for its time, so come a few years later and paired with a med-end GPU yeah it is going to be the bottleneck of the system.
AMD Athlon II X4 640 Propus 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W 79.00$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103871&Tpk=am3%20processor
Or
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W 94.00$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727
Personally, I would go with the Black Edition. you can always go up with the multiplier which you can't do on the 640. It all depends on how you overclock though and if you plan to do so at all with the new CPU. Either way, i still think the Black Edition is the better choice in the long run.
In all seriousness, have you checked your motherboard's bus speeds? That's the real bottleneck there.
As for the X2 bottlenecking the 550 Ti, nope the 550 Ti is also slow as far as GPU's go so that isn't an issue, its simply that an Athlon II X2 was never a good CPU to begin with, consider the fact its marginally faster than an X2 6400BE which puts it on par with an E6600 from 2006 and you will see what the problem is.