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So, rather than I agree/I disagree/TL;DR etc, what about an actual discussion as to why you think that, or, has this forum turned into the steam forums... ?

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TLDR; I hate OKW ...

Your own TL;DR stated "i hate OKW", and it shows... A LOT. So what kind of discussion do you expect to have after this rant?

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RAM 1.8 GB constant, the max for a 32 bit app... Yeah this is getting old.
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Well, it goes below 60gps for my CPU that is. And that means the most recent such as 6700K (or older 4790K, how is it so good??), whilst not that much better, would maybe allow to keep it above the critical 60fps mark all the time, which would change everything, in regard to fluidity, and more importantly when considering streaming at a true 60fps which is currently impossible for this game otherwise. That said since I'm already at 4.35 GHz so this is not even sure.
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Basically that is really bad, because it means I'd have to decrease AA

I'm pretty sure COH2 has large adress awareness, and uses more.
Just for the benchmark i've seen a 2,4 GB baseline, and another 0,9 GB while benching, ~3,3 GB overall.

As i linked earlier: your CPU is pretty much as good as they get, single-threaded wise. There hasn't been any improvement for ages, and without a miracle there won't be any.

COH2s AA is quite bad, just force FXAA in your nvidia control panel and deactivate COH2s.


Anyways, some core scaling benchmarks:
FPS average from the COH2 benchmark. No special treatment.

cores	FPS avg.	priority
1	25,56	high
2	36,48	high
3	36,56	high
4	36,98	high
4+4	37,01	high
4+4	36,92	normal
4+4	37,05	real

The "no special treatment" shows a little. (Edit: background tasks kept running, therefore interfering a little with the low core testing, as well as showing some difference in priority). Doesn't matter either way.
It basically caps out at 1,x cores, and isn't properly multi-threaded. So no news there either.


Back to square one:
...someone got a heavily OC'd nitrogen cooled dual core around?

Well, achieving the 100%'ish isn't a problem with COH2... temporarily.

The benchmark:

Yay, 100%'ish load.

But an actual game:

23 minute game, Rzhev Winter, 3v3, medium settings with AA & vsync off
Started out with fluent 80-100 FPS, went to crap a little later. Probably would go down further over time.


30 minute game, City 17, 3v3, low settings with AA & vsync off
Same again, decent load at start, all fluent, and then drops FPS & load after a while.
Funny detail: GPU clocks down due boredom.

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My conclusion from this is and the fact that my load was not at 100% in the 1080p test, is that my GTX 970 is not the limiting factor in 1080p....
I can then assume the limiting factor for me is the performance of my CPU (now rather old i7 3770k even with a 130% OC), and more precisely its limit on a single core (because the game is not well enough multi-thread optimized).

Most likely. My CPU seems to be around 30% load all game long.

But let's be fair here for a second:
http://www.cpu-world.com/benchmarks/desktop_CPUs_single.html
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html
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Your CPU in this regard is still pretty much as good as they get. My little Xeon doesn't have to hide either. So what kind of CPU setup do we have to own to keep up?
hmm... someone got a heavily OC'd nitrogen cooled dual core around?



Nevertheless, the performance degradation is rather severe in this game, and sadly unavoidable atm.
- my 2 cents


Apropo, to answer the original question from OP:
you want more GPU load? Ramp up ze graphics. Will at least give you some load at start.

Relic clearly underestimates the french war effort, and especially the entertainment and gameplay potential one could have, with a USF Partisan commander.
So, may i present you...

The French Cigarette Smoking Partisan Company*

*name is up for change (it's a bit long )




Featuring:

0CP Economic resistance
Enemies who capture your points will only receive 50% income from it for 120 seconds.

3CP Jean Claude and his minions
- they stole his baguette, now they gonna pay!
Basic Partisan squad with hobo-cast. Can be upgraded with weaponary (at high cost)

5CP Vive la résistance
Infantry special, for ammo cost. Increase attack speed by 30% for 30 seconds. De- / Capturing rate increased by 30%. After special ends, it drains 20 health points (entity keeps 1hp if it would drop under), slows movement speed by 25% for 15 seconds.

9CP BCRA network
Cast a resistance squad to a control point (paradropped). Squad is AI controlled, will capture the point, remain on the point, hidden while out of combat, for 60 seconds (low strength).
(or self controlled?)

11CP Amêlie Achille
Solo specialist with camo.
May plant timed high yield demo TNT charges.
Can use aimed shot special to snipe targets at cost of ammo - C'Est La Vie

no haterino please