Civ V, very CPU intensive / is this normal? 1100T

[garage1217]

Hey people, I have noticed that once I get up to around turn 350 - 400 or so, on max res / standard sized maps, that it appears my CPU is bottlenecking. The vid card will drop down to 2-5% while the cpu is trying to keep up, once the CPU finishes its part, the vid card is right back and working away. During this very short time, the game bogs down a bit. Generally, prior to turn 350-400ish, the game is smooth as silk. Has anyone else experienced this with Civ V?

1100T OC / 4ghz / 4.2 turbo - H80
Northbridge @ 2600
8gb XMS3 PC2000 8-8-8-16-24 1t
6950 2gb OC 950 / 1500
890gxm-g65 mobo

 

[Cazalan]

I recall a game or two I couldn't finish without reloading an old save and making different decisions.

Make sure you're patched up. It's bug.

 

[gamerk316]

Makes sense; Civ5, like all Civ games, is very CPU intensive, especially during the CPU phase. And the bottleneck gets worse the later you get in games.

 

[Rockdpm]

I wouldn't think their would be a bottleneck....with just one 6950, but yes if the game is CPU usage at points in the game (if you've been monitoring CPU Usages) i know my FX 6100 bottlenecks when a random Explorer.exe thing with my architecture pops up. but ill be changing my CPU this week so hopefully that will be taken care of

 

[Chainzsaw]

Hello,

As the others have stated, it's a CPU issue. There are so many commands running in the back ground when you get so high in turns - that it takes a long time for the CPU to process them all.

This has been pretty normal for all CIV games, even the original.

 

[garage1217]

Best answer selected by garage1217.

 

[garage1217]

Thanks guys, I figured as much. Even civ rev on xbox bogs down when you get in the last stages of the game and it is more of a cartoon version with tons less features and terrible graphics by comparison.

Vid card has gobs of headroom still. Start of the game, it runs around 40% usage, and late in the game, it is around 80%ish. But then drops off when the CPU chokes.

I see they have a late game benchmark built in for civ V, Will run that and see where I am.