Poor performance

flaviossa · 07-21-2010, 07:44 PM

Anybody getting poor performance using this game?
I got it today, running in a quad 9650 3ghz 8gb nvidia285gtx and it get 70% of processor utilization sometimes. I guess old code in this game is generating this ...
I´m running with custom screen size 1680x1050 with all the graphic options maxed out.

How about the performance of you guys and girls?
Thanks!

Scalpel · 07-21-2010, 07:59 PM

http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...3&postcount=41

flaviossa · 07-21-2010, 08:44 PM

Thanks for the info but even in software mode it lags a lot. I think i made a mistake buying this ....
The only acceptable away to play this is in window 1024 x 768 software mode.

What a shame ...

07-22-2010, 07:18 AM

are you sure it doesn't lag the whole way through?

like at least for me, it does lag a few seconds, but if I pause the game for a few seconds, the animations smooth out just fine.

G.Funk · 07-22-2010, 07:25 AM

I have to set shadows to 'low' then all is smooth. Note that after setting them to low you need to exit to region view and then re load your city for the settings to work.

Would be good to have shadows enabled though

OOIEatte · 07-23-2010, 09:14 AM

task manager --> simcity4.exe --> affinity ---> make it use one core

ozku · 07-23-2010, 10:31 AM

I never needed software mode to play this game. All the framerate drops I had occured only when playing in large cities. Solution was to drop the traffic quality to medium/low since the game engine can't handle that much traffic.

07-21-2010, 07:44 PM	#1
flaviossa Join Date: Jun 2009 Reputation: 0 Posts: 43	Poor performance Anybody getting poor performance using this game? I got it today, running in a quad 9650 3ghz 8gb nvidia285gtx and it get 70% of processor utilization sometimes. I guess old code in this game is generating this ... I´m running with custom screen size 1680x1050 with all the graphic options maxed out. How about the performance of you guys and girls? Thanks!

07-21-2010, 08:44 PM	#3
flaviossa Join Date: Jun 2009 Reputation: 0 Posts: 43	Thanks for the info but even in software mode it lags a lot. I think i made a mistake buying this .... The only acceptable away to play this is in window 1024 x 768 software mode. What a shame ... Last edited by flaviossa: 07-21-2010 at 08:59 PM.

07-23-2010, 09:14 AM	#6
OOIEatte Banned Join Date: Feb 2010 Reputation: 4 Posts: 236	task manager --> simcity4.exe --> affinity ---> make it use one core Last edited by OOIEatte: 07-23-2010 at 09:18 AM.

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07-21-2010, 07:59 PM	#2
Scalpel Join Date: Nov 2008 Reputation: 4 Posts: 44	http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...3&postcount=41

07-22-2010, 07:18 AM	#4
koolkalang Guest Posts: n/a	are you sure it doesn't lag the whole way through? like at least for me, it does lag a few seconds, but if I pause the game for a few seconds, the animations smooth out just fine.

07-22-2010, 07:25 AM	#5
G.Funk Join Date: Dec 2006 Reputation: 0 Posts: 12	I have to set shadows to 'low' then all is smooth. Note that after setting them to low you need to exit to region view and then re load your city for the settings to work. Would be good to have shadows enabled though

07-23-2010, 10:31 AM	#7
ozku Join Date: Oct 2006 Reputation: 259 Posts: 2,517	I never needed software mode to play this game. All the framerate drops I had occured only when playing in large cities. Solution was to drop the traffic quality to medium/low since the game engine can't handle that much traffic.