[Question] Is RO2 Supposed to be really CPU intensive?

[Kale]

So right now I'm running:
Windows XP Pro 32 Bit
Nvidia 9800 GTX
4(3.8) GB Ram
Intel 8300 Dou Core

Okay, while loading maps which can take up to 5 minutes, my CPU usage is a constant 100% and my Memory usage starts around 600k then goes about 10K every second till it just reaches over 1 mil then at that point my map loads and I can play with the usage maintaining this high amount. Right now I have everything on low. The sad thing now is along with this problem I updated my Card's drivers last night so see if it would help. Got into Barracks, got shot in the head then my windows drivers crashed, forcing me to do a full restart. Now this happens every time I load any map.

Now out of of all the games I have played in the past 4 years, non have maintained a constant rate of 1 million usage. The only time I ever saw this happen was when Black Ops was bugged the first week it was out and basically strangled your CPU. Please tell me when the game comes out optimized my experience will be much better than it is now.

 

[LeopoldStotch]

try this:

[Engine.ISVHacks]
bInitializeShadersOnDemand=False

to

[Engine.ISVHacks]
bInitializeShadersOnDemand=True

in your ROengine.ini in X:\Users\Public\Documents\My Games\UnrealEngine3\ROGame\Config


Didn't help me any though, I just get stuck on splashscreen then.

 

[atomMan]

Oh you're saying your video RAM goes over 1GB?
That's some serious memory leakage.

CPU... yes it is that intensive. OC the sh1t out of it.
Try not to fry it

 

[F3-St4rt3r]

It is CPU intensive..
It runs with my new Athlon II X4 640 3.0GHZ much better than with my old Athlon 64 X2 5000+.
But still with a bit CPU-Lags.

 

[Coreldan]

Guess I'm lucky to have a AMD Phenom X6 1090T at 3,5ghz and "only" a HD5770 for GPU, cos the game runs really nice for me. I have noticed that RO2 heats up my GPU much less than other games.

 

[Maizel]

TWI has said the game is primarily GPU dependent.

My i7 @ 3.6, hardly ever goes above 20% usage.

 

[F3-St4rt3r]

If it were only GPU dependent, it wouldn't stutter on low details and low resolution.

 

[Machete234]

Thats true you can lower the graphics and it wont give you a 100% performance boost like in other games.
Whatever they say I think the Unreal Engine is very CPU dependent

 

[Kreon]

I played a round on barracks and let ATI Tray Tools record my cpu and gpu usage.

The usage of my AMD x4 955 3,2 GHz varied from low 30's to nearly 90%. Most of the time 50-75.
My 5770 used 50-80% of its power most of the time.

My framerate is high 30's on average with drops to low 20s during artillery strikes.

Edit: High settings with shadows on medium.

 

[Maizel]

If it were only GPU dependent, it wouldn't stutter on low details and low resolution.

The stuttering isn;t because of GPU or CPU dependency, It's because of bugs and poor optimization.