Replacing my GTX480

[Fatalmasterpiece]

So a little update, I recently got my hands on some newer hardware (second hand),

 

My "new" system has:

16gb ddr4 ram

Intel Xeon e5-1650 v3 3.5ghz

EVGA GTX 1060 6gb

 

So much better than my previous build... and guess what? FO4 in downtown Boston still runs like crap and drops framerates down to slideshow speed. That is with shadowboost enabled etc. My conclusion is that Bethesda has serious design flaws with FO4 exteriors which are multiplied on weaker systems. Stronger systems can reduce these problems but not solve them completely. They probably never fixed it because in the vanilla unmodded game, these issues are not as obvious. Once you start adding ENB etc it starts to fall apart.

 

For now I'm pretty happy with my "new" system as it runs great otherwise.

[iXenite]

It's my understanding that Fallout 4 renders all of its shadows on a single core of your CPU, and it also renders them at fairly massive distances on the higher settings. This is why the FPS is so horrible in Downtown Boston area, it's the shadows and all of the other things in that cramped area causing the framerate drops. I also think (I could be wrong) that the CPU you are using has weaker single core performance than something like the i7 6700k, which would explain why it may not being doing so well too. The CPU you have is a server CPU - so it's not really made for gaming. With that said, consider dropping shadow quality down to at least "High" instead of Ultra, and set Shadow Render Distance to "High" as well. That could help performance.

 

Overall, it's horribly optimized game - and it is embarrassing on how bad the performance can get even with good hardware. It probably may not be the case, but it would be interesting to see what the CPU performance is at when playing the game in the Downtown area. It could be by some chance that your system has some sort of bottleneck when playing this game in particular. Look into something like CAM or MSI Afterburner to monitor your system performance. If you're interested that is.

Edited October 19, 2016 by DaddyDirection

[GSanger]

...I also think (I could be wrong) that the CPU you are using has weaker single core performance than something like the i7 6700k, which would explain why it may not being doing so well too. The CPU you have is a server CPU - so it's not really made for gaming...

 

The E5-1650 V3 is nothing less than a 5930K with ECC support. It is a 6 core, 12 thread 22nm Haswell-E chip with 40 PCI-e lanes. Still very modern and not a problem "for gaming." If you have a consumer X99 board, chances are you can even overclock it, as all samples I have seen have been unlocked. I'm not bull-shitting you, typing to you from an E5-1650 V3 @ 4.4 GHz with ECC ram on an X99-E WS. Single thread should be the same if not better than a Skylake 6700K at those speeds. OP has a really good chip "for gaming" if you just tweak it a bit. 4.0 GHz should be doable at stock voltage.

 

And yeah, first post, just saw "E5-1650 V3" which is a hidden gem of a CPU.

[Fatalmasterpiece]

 

...I also think (I could be wrong) that the CPU you are using has weaker single core performance than something like the i7 6700k, which would explain why it may not being doing so well too. The CPU you have is a server CPU - so it's not really made for gaming...

 

The E5-1650 V3 is nothing less than a 5930K with ECC support. It is a 6 core, 12 thread 22nm Haswell-E chip with 40 PCI-e lanes. Still very modern and not a problem "for gaming." If you have a consumer X99 board, chances are you can even overclock it, as all samples I have seen have been unlocked. I'm not bull-s***ing you, typing to you from an E5-1650 V3 @ 4.4 GHz with ECC ram on an X99-E WS. Single thread should be the same if not better than a Skylake 6700K at those speeds. OP has a really good chip "for gaming" if you just tweak it a bit. 4.0 GHz should be doable at stock voltage.

 

And yeah, first post, just saw "E5-1650 V3" which is a hidden gem of a CPU.

 

Great first post! Well like I said it is better than my outdated i7 950 @ 3.07GHz which it replaced.

Can you recommend how to tweak my CPU for better performance? I've never tried that before.

[iXenite]

 

 

The E5-1650 V3 is nothing less than a 5930K with ECC support. It is a 6 core, 12 thread 22nm Haswell-E chip with 40 PCI-e lanes. Still very modern and not a problem "for gaming." If you have a consumer X99 board, chances are you can even overclock it, as all samples I have seen have been unlocked. I'm not bull-s***ing you, typing to you from an E5-1650 V3 @ 4.4 GHz with ECC ram on an X99-E WS. Single thread should be the same if not better than a Skylake 6700K at those speeds. OP has a really good chip "for gaming" if you just tweak it a bit. 4.0 GHz should be doable at stock voltage.

 

And yeah, first post, just saw "E5-1650 V3" which is a hidden gem of a CPU.

 

 

Well I did make sure to mention I could be wrong, and I obviously turned out to be wrong. Either way, good job with your first post. :smile: