Should I replace CPU?

kronos20000 · Nov 26, 2016

I currently have a Phenom II X6 1090T 3.21 GHz processor which is a little old by now. I know its a decent CPU but I have noticed that the CPU is working pretty hard (according to Windows CPU gauge) in the 90%'s when I'm playing games like H1Z1, counterstrike, etc.

Now for counterstrike I do not notice lag ingame but maybe slightly longer than normal loading screens. For H1Z1 I definitely have slower than normal loading screens but the game still is playable. For reference I have a 1060 6gb GTX GPU as well.

I know these games are CPU intensive and the fact that they are in the 90%'s range of capacity according to the CPU gauge I am wondering if I need to upgrade to an i5 6600k as I am worried that the cpu is going to breakdown and if it will improve my gaming in more ways than just a faster loading screen and a few FPS.

Is it time for a necessary upgrade?

Hardware temps and memory. Computer not running any programs, computer on for about 5 minutes.

n0ns3ns3 · Nov 26, 2016

an i5 will do the games smother and some of them with more and much more FPS.
But if you feel OK with your current experience, than you don't have to upgrade.

delaro · Nov 26, 2016

H1Z1 uses a crappy outdated engine that really hasn't been updated much. Much like many other crappy engines that claim Multi core support it likes to use certain cores Primary and will nearly ignoring others... yes it will use up to 4...kinda. Will a I3 and I5 give you much better fps? Yes simple because of how much more efficient they are over a Phenom. You can use these settings to lower the usage a bit as well as putting the game on a SSD to decrease zone load times.

These are the H1Z1 RAW settings you can cut and paste into settings page just copy and rename the original first. I'm sure you can tweak CS as well but I don't play that anymore and don't have anything saved.

[Display]
FullscreenRefresh=0
Maximized=0
FullscreenWidth=1920
FullscreenHeight=1080
WindowedWidth=1920
WindowedHeight=1080
Mode=Fullscreen
FullscreenMode=Fullscreen
HDPixelPlus=1.000000

[Rendering]
EffectsQuality=2
TextureQuality=2
ShadowQuality=0
FloraQuality=2
RenderDistance=1600.000000
Gamma=0.000000
MaximumFPS=150
UseLod0a=0
Smoothing=0
VerticalFOV=70
AO=0
ModelQuality=2
FogShadowsEnable=0
LightingQuality=1
ParticleLOD=2

[Controls]
CameraAutoAdjustment=1
ClickToMove=0
ClickToMoveRightButton=0
RailCamera=1

[Sound]
Master=0.650000
SoundEffects=1.000000
UI=1.000000
Dialog=1.000000
MusicMaster=0.000000
MusicAmbient=1.000000
MusicEncounter=1.000000

[VideoStreamer]
Resolution=1
Fps=30
Kbps=0
MicRecordVolume=0.000000
SpeakerRecordVolume=1.000000
Username=

[AutoRefuse]
FriendInvitation=0
DuelInvitation=0
GuildInvitation=0
HideUi=1
TradeRequest=0
HousingInvitation=0
GroupInvitation=0

[General]
MouseSensitivity=0.050000
ADSMouseSensitivity=0.050000
ScopedMouseSensitivity=0.050000

[VoiceChat]
EchoEnabled=1
EchoVolume=0.500000
ProximityEnabled=1
ProximityVolume=0.500000
GroupEnabled=1
GroupVolume=0.500000
RaidEnabled=1
RaidVolume=0.500000
GuildEnabled=1
GuildVolume=0.500000
RadioEnabled=1
RadioVolume=0.500000
CBEnabled=1
CBVolume=0.500000
CustomEnabled=1
CustomVolume=0.500000
InputDevice=Default System Device
OutputDevice=Default System Device

[Voice]
ReceiveVolume=70.000000
MicrophoneVolume=70.000000
Ducking=0.500000

[UI]
SelectedChatChannel=GeneralPC
InventoryListType=1

kronos20000 · Nov 26, 2016

Alright thank you both. I'll tweak my settings and see if that helps. If I start to feel screen tearing and frame loss ill look into the i5

delaro · Nov 26, 2016

Have you tried to Overclock if you motherboard has the support for it? With a decent cooler 3.9-4ghz should be easy to obtain, that will drop between 10%-15% off the load not including what settings tweaks might gain you.

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