CPU simulation performance

[Redrooster]

What do simulation games like Totally Accurate Battle Simulator demand of a cpu? Is it more cores or better single core performance? 

 

I have a i5 3550 and whenever i have 150+ characters on the screen, my game chugs. 

[Mira Yurizaki]

Likely more cores since each "soldier" should be an AI agent, which can be on its own thread.

[Daniel Z.]

TABS uses Unity physics IIRC, so it should be mostly single threaded. Maybe try something like a newer i5 or i7?

[Redrooster]

6 hours ago, Daniel Z. said:

TABS uses Unity physics IIRC, so it should be mostly single threaded. Maybe try something like a newer i5 or i7?

Yeah, using Afterburner my cpu never goes above 50% but my game sits at 7 fps when there are over 200 people.

[Brent744]

It really depends on the game or application. The cpu is what handles the amount of objects on screen and all the calculations for those objects however, the application has to be optimized to run on a certain number of cores. Most simulation games and applications are optimized for higher core counts these days so upgrading to something with more cores should give you much better performance.

If you don't want to spend a lot of money check out ebay for an i7 3770 that you can just plug into your current motherboard. I had one for years and its still a solid chip.

[Daniel Z.]

10 hours ago, Redrooster said:

Yeah, using Afterburner my cpu never goes above 50% but my game sits at 7 fps when there are over 200 people.

Well the best performance you could get then is like an i7 or i5 and overclocking it as much as possible.