Advice on My rig and GalCiv3

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Can anyone help?

I just upgraded to 16 GB RAM yesterday. I notice very little difference after turn 100 or so. I'm playing Insane, with 50 factions. The lag between turns is so noticeable, that the movements almost "blink." 

Here's my specs:

Windows 10 64 Bit, Intel Core I5-4460 CPU @ 3.20 GHz, 16.0 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745

 

Any suggestions? Settings?

Thanks

 

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

How fast is the RAM?

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

1600mhz

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

You need more ram on the GPU. How much does that vid card have? Also more threads equal faster processing time. I have a 15-3570K (4 threads) and I have longer turn times with 35 factions (plus 20 minors) but I am noticing lag while the game 'moves' ships around. I have 16 gigs ram and my card is GTX 970 (4gigs onboard) and it was an amazing increase in perfomance from my previous card which had only 2 gigs on it. 

 

In the end more processors (more threads) is going to be the ultimate winner. I am planning on building a rig just for GCIII using the new Kaby Lake-S 10 and 12 core broadwell processors ( 20+ threads). That combined with faster DDR4 ram 'should' make a substantial dent in turn times and ship movement lag. 

 

GCIII is designed for multiprocessors. Each Ai will use or uses its own thread. I have not heard  if this is capped yet so the newer Broadwells (which are behind the Skylakes) in theory would make the game run much faster. 

 

Many forum posts back in beta said GCIII will make excellent use of upcoming multi core processing. 

 

Hope this helps!

Reply #4 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Thanks Larsenex, I semi-follow you. I think my card has 4gb Ram. How do I check?

The rest is kinda Greek to me, lol.