Deus Ex: MD has poor low/midrange CPU perf. What Graphics options will ease the CPU bottleneck?

[Stuka87]

720p moves the bottleneck to the cpu. Why are you running it at 720p if you feel you have a weak cpu?

If the issue is draw calls, lowering graphics settings also ease CPU usage.

 

[TheELF]

720p moves the bottleneck to the cpu. Why are you running it at 720p if you feel you have a weak cpu?

As you can see in the video,and as I said already,the gtx 650 is the bottleneck even at 720/low ,the GPU is at 99% always while the CPU is at about 80-90% most of the times.

Also that's the point of the videos I upload,to show the CPU with the highest possible load so it will show if it chokes in a game.

 

[TheELF]

If the issue is draw calls, lowering graphics settings also ease CPU usage.

Yes, quality settings sometimes affect draw calls,resolution does not,no matter how small things are displayed it's the same amount of things needing the same amount of draw calls.

 

[dogen1]

Yes, quality settings sometimes affect draw calls,resolution does not,no matter how small things are displayed it's the same amount of things needing the same amount of draw calls.

I think some games adjust level of detail based on resolution.

 

[Red Hawk]

Well if you have an infinite GPU maybe,keep in mind that console cores are jaguar cores that run at less then 1.5Ghz ,probably a lot less when all of them are working,consoles are completely dependant on splitting tasks up into multiple threads since all 6 of their available cores are probably slower than a single i3 core without the HT.
We already have most AAA titles filling up the console cores completely,there is no difference in how they get used the total amount of work stays the same and the i3 has shown that it is fine running such workloads.

The PS4's CPU runs at 1.6 GHZ while the Xbone's runs at 1.75 GHz, actually.

 

[TheELF]

The PS4's CPU runs at 1.6 GHZ while the Xbone's runs at 1.75 GHz, actually.

Do they run at that or do they boost to that for a single thread?

 

[Erenhardt]

consoles do not have boost.
Performance has to be reliable.

 

[nurturedhate]

This game makes me want to buy a new card. Still feels there's nothing of value (own opinion) to upgrade to. 480/1060 are slightly more than side grades in the overall picture even though in this game it would be an upgrade. 1070 seems gimped (again, own opinion). 1080/TitanXP are both way overpriced. I want new toys dag nabit.