Star Trek Online: Game Performance Analyzed And Benchmarked

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By Don Woligroski
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CPU Benchmarks

With such a dismal showing in a part of the game that appears limited by the graphics subsystem, we turned our attention to the CPU. First we scaled down clock speeds:

Not the most interesting of charts, but I think we get the point--the game isn't all that dependent on CPU speed. Let's see if the number of CPU cores has an impact:

Dual-core processors will be just fine, thank you. A single-core CPU suffers a notable drop in performance, but who is running those anymore, anyway?

The good news is that from what we can see here it looks like STO will be quite happy to run on the lowest-end platforms, even as it wants a bit of graphics muscle thrown at it.

Don Woligroski
89 Comments Comment from the forums
  • Silmarunya
    jdh64Admit it TOMS......Geforce rules this games as well as others.......quit being ATI fanbois......Wait till the new series of cards comes out....then whatcha gunna do...cry!!!!
    Not really. This is just about the only benchmark where a Geforce card beats a comparable 5000-series one, so there's still a nice lead for the 5000 cards. With a driver update, this result can change in favor of the 5000, which would give them back every game tested here...

    And nobody should be very concerned about the GTX 300, at least not for the first year and a half. The initial mammoth chip will be expensive, hot, noisy and more powerful than useful for gaming. By the time it scaled down properly, ATI will have refreshed cards in the market for a while, probably offering better performance, lower power consumption and more features for a similar price tag.

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  • gilbertfh
    This game looks interesting and could be a good diversion once in a while but I can't really see it replacing the games I am playing now. I have played other cryptic studios games and they really didn't engage me for long. If I buy it I will at least play it for the included month before purchasing a subscription.
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  • toxxel
    If your interested in playing this game give it 6 months or so. Currently there is no content at max level, and it takes less than a week to hit max rank. Klingons only have pvp content but more is promised for both factions. Server instability and downtime have plagued launch mostly for the overwhelming player base and not being prepared.

    I for one would wonder how this and Champions Online run since ST:O runs on a modified CO engine.
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  • footsoldier
    Sh*t game. Sh*t graphics. But, good article. Geforce do weirdly beats 5000s tho, maybe some driver updates will fix it.
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  • JeanLuc
    How does such an ugly game mange to tax state of the art video cards?
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  • notty22
    Star Trek and Nvidia ROCK, thats not news to people in the Know. I feel sorry for ati***s scared of Fermi.:)
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  • jennyh
    I guess Nvidia leaned on Don after this months "Best gaming graphics card".

    Batman AA was the last one of these reviews I believe. Either way, twice in the past 4 months you've managed to review games that go quite wildly against the norm in terms of the gtx260's actual potency.
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  • cypeq
    it is a shameless advertisment...
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  • cypeq
    notty22I feel sorry for ati***s scared of Fermi.
    I feel sorry for nVidia now becouse roles on marked turned and now nVidia is on position where it needs to chatch up.
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  • Onus
    Subscription-based? Pass.
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