So I downloaded RivaTuner and HWiNFO for some in game statistics analysis for this game and found that the GPU is not the issue at all. With Alternate Frame Rendering 2 turned on both of my GPUs stay up in the 90% range of usage. But the CPU is terribly used. I set up the analysis tool to show the usage of all 8 logical processors and here is what I found...


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Core 1-
LP1 = 50-100% load
LP2 = 10-20% load
Core 2-
LP1 = 10-20% load
LP2 = 5-10% load
Core 3-
LP1 = 0-5% load
LP2 = 0-5% load
Core- 4-
LP1 = 0-5% load
LP2 = 10-30% load

Total CPU Usage - 10-20%

GPU 1 = 80-95% usage
GPU 2 = 80-95% usage

FPS = 28-34
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That CPU reading is abominable. And those numbers are just the variations that sometimes occur. Most of the time the first logical core is being maxed out at 90-100%, the second stands around 10%, and the rest of them are laying dormant at 0-5%, sometimes spiking up a little only to drop right back down. Meanwhile these are the percentage usages of the cores adding up to that total percentage usage of 10-20% for the CPU. The GPU, while running hot, seems to be pulling it's weight. Unless I have this backwards and the high usage of the GPU is not something that is desired. But I don't think that is the case. I think the CPU is not being utilized nearly as much as it should be.

My CPU model, again for those interested, is the Intel i7 3630 QM which runs at 2.4 GHz tb/ 3.4 GHz. I've tried everything I know of with this CPU. I've enabled/disabled threaded optimization in the Nvidia Control Panel, I've reallocated off of the first two logical cores (the first CPU core), I've turned off turbo boosting, and every kind of compatibility setting I could think of. But I simply cannot change the fact that this game will not use more than 20% of my CPU at any given time.

Larian, please, at least acknowledge these threads. I've been posting in several like this one for the past week, I've sent two report tickets, one of which was misunderstood entirely by one of your support staff who gave advice that was of no use, and I would very much like a simple response as to if you are aware of the CPU limitations we are experiencing. I ran the report diagnostic tool and it stated that my CPU failed the test but I cannot see how that can be. You state directly on your store page that the minimum required processor is, and I quote, "Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 or equivalent" which is a 2 core processor running at 2.4 GHz, and your listed recommended equivalent is the "Intel i5 2400" which is a quad core running at 3.1 GHz. You cannot tell me that my CPU does not fall somewhere between those two. It most certainly would outperform that meager intel E6600. There is no reason why my CPU should be listed as failing your diagnostic other than you have not programmed the diagnostic, or the game, to properly recognize and utilize this CPU.

Please respond, I am not angry, I am just wanting to be heard. I really appreciate the patches that have been put out thus far. But I do not want the issues that I am having to go unheard, unseen, or overlooked.