You're experiencing a significant CPU strain when playing with more than five ships in-game.
You're experiencing a significant CPU strain when playing with more than five ships in-game.
You're experiencing blue screen problems, likely due to a driver-related problem. The crash dump indicates a kernel-level issue.
4770k at 4.6ghz performs well, handling at least 10-11 waves. I'm curious to see the actual CPU usage after the update.
I haven't seen my 4770K hit over 65% yet, but I am only running a 670... My 4670K does hit 85% though, so I'm assuming this game actually uses hyperthreading somewhat. Here's a screenshot of some gameplay results. 4770K OC'd @ 4.5GHz: I'm definitely GPU bottlenecked.
^ CryEngine is built to efficiently utilize multiple cores, making it well-suited for HT.
I've experienced no issues with my 8350; it performs excellently.