Question Are Quad Cores finally becoming irrelevant?

[Notrix]

Ever since I have installed RDR 2 on my rig, I have been experiencing constant stutterings on my i3 9100f(4c/4t) even though on high-med I get 60+ fps, those occasional 5 second long stutters are a huge blow to an otherwise wonderful experience.
I have seen benchmarks with the same GPU as mine on an i5 9400f(6c/8t) and there were very minimal stutters .
That said, I recon most people still use 4 cores CPUs in their rigs and are also experiencing the same issue, workarounds have been found but this leaves me even more confused.
Is it just a bad optimization or are the quad cores starting to become irrelevant?

 

[kanewolf]

A stutter that long is more likely to be a RAM or storage performance problem, IMO. Do you have dual channel RAM? Is the game on an SSD?

 

[Notrix]

A stutter that long is more likely to be a RAM or storage performance problem, IMO. Do you have dual channel RAM? Is the game on an SSD?

Yes dual channel RAM and and an SSD.
Most people with quad cores are having the same issue so it's not just me.(View: https://www.reddit.com/r/PCRedDead/comments/ds3kk4/stutter_freeze_temporal_fix_red_dead_redemption_2/
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I guess it all comes down to poor optimization on Rockstar's part.

 

[boju]

Give it more time, hopefully things settle down.

See recent article;

News - Rockstar Blames Red Dead Redemption 2's PC Issues on Outd Drivers

Rockstar Games blamed Red Dead Redemption 2's launch issues on PC on outd drivers. Rockstar Blames Red Dead Redemption 2's PC Issues on Outd Drivers : Read more

forums.tomshardware.com

 

[InvalidError]

Normal stutter due to slow CPU is typically in the tens of milliseconds resulting in one or more consecutive skipped frames at 60Hz. When you get into seconds, you are into either software bug or out-of-memory territory.

Given Rockstar's long history of poorly optimized ports and RDR2 requiring day-0 driver updates to work, expect plenty of game-breaking bugs for the first couple of weeks. One major problem with so many game studios these days is that "launch day" has effectively turned into open beta.

 

[Obakasama]

Red Dead 2 seems to have a lot of issues at the moment. Gamers Nexus has a couple of videos/articles on it.