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Can anyone tell me what the Best CPU for SCFA is? I"M thinking about an E8400 but i thought i would ask First Can't hurt.

thanks Averyone :hello:

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SupCom? I went from single, to dual to a quad. Q6600 ran it the best, but I would suggest upping the FSB from 266 to 333.


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If money isn't in the equation; QX9770.

If it is, 6600, 6700, 9300 are the next best thing.

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Another vote for quad, it gets utilized with this game.


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My E8400 runs it fine but quad would give you a definate boost. IMO Q6600 is the best bang for your buck right now.

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Agreed I run that game on the Rig In My Sig, and the thing just flies @ 1680x1050 w/dual screens enabled.
Max details.

Saw a good increase in performance from a dual core setup.


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Dual monitors are very nice on that game, unless you run it on a big plasma or LCD...then you can utilize the mini-map...only it's not so mini anymore.


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WOW thanks A lot Guys! Great Help!

now Here is a Question i wanted to know for a long time,

i Have a P4 3.4GHz HT Extreme, and it Flies through Crysis and whatever but Supreme Commander, it Sucks, i play in a 10x10 with a cap of 250 units
after about 1 hour it Sucks.

So what i Really want to know is (How many Guys) can you play with, with these CPU's? where it doesn't Slow down after an hour or 5, thanks Big time Guy's!

like 5/6/8 players with 1000 Unit Cap, thanks!




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Supreme commander??
How big can the cap be?
Damn now im thinking what to get first
CPu or GPu O.o

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Alfrido wrote :

Supreme commander??
How big can the cap be?
Damn now im thinking what to get first
CPu or GPu O.o




1000 Unit Cap,
But they have made a mod that lets you go to 3000 unit cap,or basically as many as you want ahah or your PC can Handle, ahaha you never played it? wow its poretty cool,thanks ! :hello:

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quad core all the way, at least a q6600. i dont personally like oc, too complicated on a ga-p35-ds3l. if u want to oc, get a nvidia mobo, its so much simpler.

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Umm you must be retarded, oc'ing on the ds3l is quite simple. Hmm you seem to be pretty inconsistent with your knowledge, in another post you were talking about how a e8400 would bottleneck. interesting....


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OK so im not a big Overclocker,i can but im not a System Pusher, so now what?

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Zerk wrote :

OK so im not a big Overclocker,i can but im not a System Pusher, so now what?


Then you need a quad core. If you do overclock, e8400 can give acceptable performance on higher unit counts.


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quads definetly give higher performance on SCFA than duals, the games just build that way, there a topic too that shows results comparing quads and duals