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Tera not using Ryzen CPU fully

When I run Tera, the most usage I'll get out of my Ryzen 1700 is 15%. I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or what. Please help, I barely got a big upgrade FPS-wise!
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  • ElinLoveElinLove ✭✭✭✭✭
    When I run Tera, the most usage I'll get out of my Ryzen 1700 is 15%. I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or what. Please help, I barely got a big upgrade FPS-wise!

    Divide 100% per 8, cause you got 16 threads. There you go. You using about as much as TERA normally uses a CPU. My 4 core 4 threads Core i5 also won't get more than 50% usage from TERA, the rest comes from the system.
    In short, TERA only uses 2 cores. And I don't know if it knows how to discern between threads on same core or not (tho I think that's for the OS or processor itself to do isn't it?)
  • DelusoDeluso ✭✭✭✭
    Tell us what's your specs and Tera performance in open-world, dungeons, battlegrounds and such. I knew how Ryzen performs on other modern games but since Tera is pretty much poorly optimized, I really need to know how it will perform on Tera before I build another machine. Otherwise I might have to spent more to get Intel's.
  • YamazukiYamazuki ✭✭✭✭✭
    Most games do not utilize multiple cores, and if they do it's a maximum of 2. Due to Tera's coding the game relies on high single core performance more so than many other games that rely on the cpu. If you can, and know how to, I would suggest overclocking your cpu as that's the only way to gain any slight amount of performance in regards to Tera, other than just buying an Intel cpu.

    Additional cores for gamers really only matter if you do production work on the same desktop or happen to be a streamer too.
  • Thanks for the replies, I guess I'm just going to have to look for overclocking options.

    @Deluso
    Cpu: ryzen 1700
    Ram: corsair 2x4gb 2400mhz
    Gpu: nvidia 960 ssc 2gb
    Mobo: msi b350 gaming plus

    Highwatch fps: 30-50
    Most dungeons: 50-60
    Harrowhold: 30~
  • ElinLoveElinLove ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for the replies, I guess I'm just going to have to look for overclocking options.

    @Deluso
    Cpu: ryzen 1700
    Ram: corsair 2x4gb 2400mhz
    Gpu: nvidia 960 ssc 2gb
    Mobo: msi b350 gaming plus

    Highwatch fps: 30-50
    Most dungeons: 50-60
    Harrowhold: 30~

    Your specs are great for this game and many/most others, and your FPS is about the best you can get. It really ain't getting any better than this until we get some complete code overhaul (or at least UI overhaul).
  • vkobevkobe ✭✭✭✭✭
    so ryzen 3 and Ryzen Threadripper dont work on tera ?
  • aeee98aeee98 ✭✭✭✭
    You aren't going to get a whole lot better fps (probably 20-ish extra in HW at best and the same-ish at worst) with an intel i5.

    The biggest problem stagnates that Tera itself overloads its thread when rendering UI and newer textures. I notice that if most people around you are using the older costumes and not on a dragon, the fps skyrockets to 100-120. This means that the newer BHS devs out there have absolutely no idea how to properly code Tera's content, but did it in a haphazard way.

    I really don't understand why Ryzen is targetted at gamers when there is still at least a year or two more before more multi-thread games become popular. I find it difficult to cap all four cores of my i5 7600 no OC build while playing Tera, running Visual Studio, surfing the net and test streaming on OBS at the same time (I barely managed to cap all cores and in this use case I am intentionally overdoing it).

    If you are only buying your ryzen for tera, I would say you will be disappointed. Even a G4560 might do better at this point.
  • vkobevkobe ✭✭✭✭✭
    so Ryzen Threadripper is not enough good to be the cutest elin in tera ?
  • ElinLoveElinLove ✭✭✭✭✭
    aeee98 wrote: »
    You aren't going to get a whole lot better fps (probably 20-ish extra in HW at best and the same-ish at worst) with an intel i5.

    The biggest problem stagnates that Tera itself overloads its thread when rendering UI and newer textures. I notice that if most people around you are using the older costumes and not on a dragon, the fps skyrockets to 100-120. This means that the newer BHS devs out there have absolutely no idea how to properly code Tera's content, but did it in a haphazard way.

    I really don't understand why Ryzen is targetted at gamers when there is still at least a year or two more before more multi-thread games become popular. I find it difficult to cap all four cores of my i5 7600 no OC build while playing Tera, running Visual Studio, surfing the net and test streaming on OBS at the same time (I barely managed to cap all cores and in this use case I am intentionally overdoing it).

    If you are only buying your ryzen for tera, I would say you will be disappointed. Even a G4560 might do better at this point.

    True, in fact I don't think any game has capped my CPU too. I did manage to cap it (and in fact in this usage it always caps) on video encoding, when I needed to do this. Thankfully I rarely ever need anymore.

    This does make me wonder if someone making a gaming rig only for TERA wouldn't be better off with a highest possible clock rate Pentium/i3 from 3rd generation onwards and some older 500~700 series Nvidia card there for maximum FPS per buck on this game alone.
  • DelusoDeluso ✭✭✭✭
    Ryzen are still good to go compared to other AMD's high end processor such as Phenom, A10 or FX considering how old this game is. I used to have 1st gen i5 with on-board graphic laptop that able to gain 40 FPS stable low graphic setting and still perform better than my AMD Phenom desktop at that time.
  • GrimoirGrimoir ✭✭✭
    I might mix something up but werent intel CPU's always better in terms of unreal engine rendering anyway?
    This game always ran like [ekhm] on computers with AMD.
  • DelusoDeluso ✭✭✭✭
    Grimoir wrote: »
    I might mix something up but werent intel CPU's always better in terms of unreal engine rendering anyway?
    This game always ran like [ekhm] on computers with AMD.

    Ryzen are pretty much on par with Intel's on modern games. Intel just perform better on old Unreal Engine than AMD's. Even mixing CPU/GPU won't do much in terms of performance when running latest UE games. Even indie UE game are "heavier" to run than standard game these days.
  • LesbianViLesbianVi ✭✭✭✭✭
    Don't worry, NASA Super computers lagged on Tera too, They asked BHS for the technology they used that all kinds of PC, specs lags playing a game created at 2012.
  • vkobevkobe ✭✭✭✭✭
    Deluso wrote: »
    Ryzen are still good to go compared to other AMD's high end processor such as Phenom, A10 or FX considering how old this game is. I used to have 1st gen i5 with on-board graphic laptop that able to gain 40 FPS stable low graphic setting and still perform better than my AMD Phenom desktop at that time.
    so Ryzen Threadripper is not the best amd high end processor ?
  • DelusoDeluso ✭✭✭✭
    vkobe wrote: »
    so Ryzen Threadripper is not the best amd high end processor ?

    Calm down, Ryzen Threadripper are new nobody know how it will perform in real world yet. Remember how AMD's marketing their FX to be a fastest monster ever live but turns out to be power hunger thermonuclear monster instead? And still remember how they keep saying that their R9 290x graphic card to be nVidia Titan's killer but turns out to be boiler/furnace that can cook barbecue inside your rig just like its thermonuclear cousin FX? So far, only "normal" Ryzen (Ryzen 3, 5 and 7) able to keep up with their promises.
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