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Why is the GPU Usage so low in Crysis 2 compared to Crysis 1?

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August 4, 2013 2:02:34 PM

My PC Specs:
Intel Pentium Dual Core e5200 2.5 GHZ
6 GB Ram DDR3
XFX Radeon HD 7770 OC edition
320 GB HDD

Crysis 2
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/4684/b0us.jpg

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/5879/nmfx.jpg


Crysis 1
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/7108/y3b7.jpg

Crysis 1: CPU Usage was around 70% - 85%
Crysis 2: CPU Usage was around 95% - 100%

Never knew Crysis 2 was that CPU intensive since the recommended requirements was a Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHZ and a GTX 280 . So I though my Computer will run it well too bad it ran like trash. Good thing I didn't get Crysis 3

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August 4, 2013 2:06:09 PM

Crysis 2 was more in a concrete jungle and required less power compared to Crysis 1 which was in the jungle and had a lot of foilage to render. Crysis 2 also benifeted from the newer technology. For example when I was playing Crysis 1, my GPU would be in the 70s and my FPS would be around 45-60 (Vsync) in more demanding areas then the beginning. In Crysis 2 I had a constant 60fps (again Vsync) and was always at 60C. GPU= EVGA GTX 770 SC with ACX.

Or something I overlooked and cookybiscuit brought up is that your CPU is underpowered, which it is
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August 4, 2013 2:17:30 PM

It's because your processor is underpowered.
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