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[Cravab]

Hi there!

I'm using an AMD FX-8120 "Eight-core-processor".

The Mass Effect 3 config tool (retail version 1.03) only detects 1 Core.
Obviously i have plenty more (Duh!).

just want to say that I donno if it impacts performance. I just preloaded the game.

I hope Mass Effect 3 doesn't only use 1 Core...

Because(copy from readme):
"
Known Issues
------------
Mass Effect 3 does not run optimally on a computer with a single-core
CPU. We recommend that you do not play Mass Effect on a system with a
single-core CPU.
"



If you need further information just tell me.

Cya!

Modifié par Cravab, 03 mars 2012 - 01:08 .

[zeypher]

actually i like some info on this as well. I got a AMD X6, and it only detects one core.

Edit could just be a bug, cause my me2 config also detects one core and i had no problem running it

Modifié par zeypher, 03 mars 2012 - 01:11 .

[Cravab]

zeypher wrote...

actually i like some info on this as well. I got a AMD X6, and it only detects one core.

Edit could just be a bug, cause my me2 config also detects one core and i had no problem running it

Had no problems running the demo as well. It also detects just one core

It probably uses more than 1 Core but just doesn't display them correctly.
I mean... it's not that big of a deal... just condused me xD

Modifié par Cravab, 03 mars 2012 - 01:13 .

[ZLurps]

FX-8120 has high clocks so chances are that you are able to play ME3 just fine.

I think there's also a chance that final code (demo is earlier code) detects new AMD chips correctly.

It's also possible to do some tweaks regarding how your CPU appears to OS and applications. Check sites like xtremesystems for more info.

Modifié par ZLurps, 03 mars 2012 - 01:23 .

[Cravab]

ZLurps wrote...

FX-8120 has high clocks so chances are that you are able to play ME3 just fine.

I think there's also a chance that final code (demo is earlier code) detects new AMD chips correctly.

It's also possible to do some tweaks regarding how your CPU appears to OS and applications. Check sites like xtremesystems for more info.

I used the Config tool that comes with the preload version Of Mass Effect 3 downloaded via Origin.

Version history tells me Demo and Retail versions (of the Config tool!) are the same.

As I mentioned before, worked fine for the demo... I guess it's just a display bug. I'm pretty fammiliar with Oc'ing so just in case it doesn't work (GTX 560 main card; Gtx 550 Ti Physx Card, 8120 cpu, 8gb Ram should be enough ;D) I could tweak everything here and there.

But thanks for telling me anyway. :happy:

So long,

Cravab

[jimmyw404]

I lot of games use only one core. If they're well written they will lean on the GPU so much that it's not a big deal.

[ZLurps]

Cravab wrote...

I used the Config tool that comes with the preload version Of Mass Effect 3 downloaded via Origin.

Version history tells me Demo and Retail versions (of the Config tool!) are the same.

As I mentioned before, worked fine for the demo... I guess it's just a display bug. I'm pretty fammiliar with Oc'ing so just in case it doesn't work (GTX 560 main card; Gtx 550 Ti Physx Card, 8120 cpu, 8gb Ram should be enough ;D) I could tweak everything here and there.

But thanks for telling me anyway. :happy:

So long,

Cravab

BioWare has said that demo code is pretty old in comparison to gold versionm I have no reason not to believe them. Then config tool is pretty generic util and I don't know if that has changed a lot since ME2. That's however not what I meant.

This is what I meant:
http://www.xtremesys...1-Threaded-Perf

So if you run your BD as 4/4 and other modes and compare how it runs towards default settings, you get to know if all the cores are used.

Nice rig btw.

Modifié par ZLurps, 03 mars 2012 - 04:29 .

[Cravab]

ZLurps wrote...

Cravab wrote...

I used the Config tool that comes with the preload version Of Mass Effect 3 downloaded via Origin.

Version history tells me Demo and Retail versions (of the Config tool!) are the same.

As I mentioned before, worked fine for the demo... I guess it's just a display bug. I'm pretty fammiliar with Oc'ing so just in case it doesn't work (GTX 560 main card; Gtx 550 Ti Physx Card, 8120 cpu, 8gb Ram should be enough ;D) I could tweak everything here and there.

But thanks for telling me anyway. :happy:

So long,

Cravab

BioWare has said that demo code is pretty old in comparison to gold versionm I have no reason not to believe them. Then config tool is pretty generic util and I don't know if that has changed a lot since ME2. That's however not what I meant.

This is what I meant:
http://www.xtremesys...1-Threaded-Perf

So if you run your BD as 4/4 and other modes and compare how it runs towards default settings, you get to know if all the cores are used.

Nice rig btw.

"Nice rig":
Thanks a lot! I saved all the money from side jobs I do while studying for the Hardware.

"Old code":
Yeah the demo code most certainly varies a lot from the retail code. It's usual that they use old codes for Demos or Betas (BF3 Beta had an oooooold code) I just saw the numbers on the tool that said it'd be the same Version. It's just a number anyway so I don't care that much.. It runs for me, obviously, but others with like 3 Core CPUs or 2 Core CPUs could have problems if the game used only one core instead of using all of them. That's what i am concerned about.

CPU:
Yeah I know that one. I wish they fabricated and advertised them as 4 Core CPUs and make programs use the modules as cores(I think you know what i mean ). Performance would be outstanding in comparison to other CPUs... But I guess it's not that simple and I'm not a person who understands anything of that complicated stuff so who am I to argue

We'll see how/if they fix it. If it's just a number that is printed on a screen with no impact on the game performance itself it doesn't really matter that much. :happy:

[ZLurps]

I think the most important thing is that now folks with BD CPU's know they probably can play ME3 without issue, despite it looking like only one core is used.

And I hear you. I followed what was going on with BD for a long time and I was really excited about it, then.. well. I think AMD marketing dropped the ball, really.

I didn't upgraded to FX, still going with 555 BE, Goes to 4 Ghz on air (Noctua HD-14 rules!) as 2 core, don't know how much I would get with 4 cores open. My build is more for silence than gaming performance (HD6850, 8 gigs, Define R3 case, Gentle Typhoon for case cooling).

Anyway, not to make this completely off-topic, I guess folks even with FX 4100 series CPU's would be just fine with ME3. After all, it's updated Unreal engine and then, X-box. :-D

Modifié par ZLurps, 03 mars 2012 - 07:25 .

[Amputat3]

How sure are you that it's running on 1 core?...
Even though I HIGHLY doubt that you are, try to manually change it in the Task Manager.

Task Manager - Processes -> ME3.exe (or whatever it is) -> Set Affinity.

[devSin]

I believe this is just something for determining what the default settings should be. As long as you change your video settings to what works best for you, it's meaningless what "score" the config tool gives you.

It is interesting that they can't get an accurate core count on newer AMD processors, though.

Modifié par devSin, 03 mars 2012 - 11:39 .

[miltos33]

Don't worry about this. The configuration tool doesn't recognize more than 4 core cpus. It's the same in ME1, ME2, DAO and DAII. It simply detects 6 and 8 core cpus as 1 core cpus. However, if you press ctl-alt-del during the game to bring up the task manager you can see that all the cores are utilized.

[Urza]

miltos33 wrote...

Don't worry about this. The configuration tool doesn't recognize more than 4 core cpus. It's the same in ME1, ME2, DAO and DAII. It simply detects 6 and 8 core cpus as 1 core cpus. However, if you press ctl-alt-del during the game to bring up the task manager you can see that all the cores are utilized.

Pretty much this. The configuration tool is a very old piece of BioWare tech at this point. As long as they keep including it to alter the settings beyond the ingame options I'm fine that it doesn't detect new hardware correctly.

Modifié par Urza, 04 mars 2012 - 03:14 .

[Kelwing]

I run the FX-4100 at 4.2ghz with crossfire HD6770's and the demo ran perfect at 1920x1080

[SSV Enterprise]

BioWare's Config tools have had problems detecting the proper amount of cores on a CPU before.  I don't think it's ever really affected gameplay.

Cravab wrote...

CPU:
Yeah I know that one. I wish they fabricated and advertised them as 4 Core CPUs and make programs use the modules as cores(I think you know what i mean ). Performance would be outstanding in comparison to other CPUs... But I guess it's not that simple and I'm not a person who understands anything of that complicated stuff so who am I to argue

No matter how Bulldozer was marketed, it wouldn't change the fact that its single-threaded performance (applications that only use one core) is terrible compared to Intel, and actually worse than AMD's previous Phenom processors.  Bulldozer only has good performance in heavily multi-threaded applications (applications that use multiple cores), and even then, Intel's Hyperthreading technology does a better job at that.  Of course, Intel is more expensive, but ultimately you get what you pay for.

Regardless, ME3 is not a very processor-heavy game, so just about any Bulldozer processor should run it just fine.

Modifié par SSV Enterprise, 04 mars 2012 - 04:47 .