Question CPU How to prioritize certain cores for gaming

[Wade Wilfong]

I want to prioritize my game, mouse and keyboard for my cpu how do I do so correctly?

 

[kanewolf]

I want to prioritize my game, mouse and keyboard for my cpu how do I do so correctly?

What OS? What CPU ? How much RAM? What is your game competing against ?
You might not be CPU limited....

 

[Wade Wilfong]

What OS? What CPU ? How much RAM? What is your game competing against ?
You might not be CPU limited....

ryzen 5700x 4.7ghz 1.2875 volts
my ram at the moment is corsair vengeance 16gb 3600 cl 18 22 22 22 42
2060 super FE
asrock b550 pro4 motherboard
windows 10 22H2 60 services startup

 

[kanewolf]

ryzen 5700x 4.7ghz 1.2875 volts
my ram at the moment is corsair vengeance 16gb 3600 cl 18 22 22 22 42
2060 super FE
asrock b550 pro4 motherboard
windows 10 22H2 60 services startup

OK, that is the hardware side, but what is your game competing against ?
"Prioritize" implies you have some other thing at the same time....

 

[Wade Wilfong]

ryzen 5700x 4.7ghz 1.2875 volts
my ram at the moment is corsair vengeance 16gb 3600 cl 18 22 22 22 42
2060 super FE
asrock b550 pro4 motherboard
windows 10 22H2 60 services startup

I play performance settings my goal is to get 240 frames constant with the least stutters possible

 

[Wade Wilfong]

OK, that is the hardware side, but what is your game competing against ?
"Prioritize" implies you have some other thing at the same time....

I want my fastest cpu cores to only be used for my game, inputs and ethernet

 

[Wade Wilfong]

I want my fastest cpu cores to only be used for my game, inputs and ethernet

also potentially have a better overclock on my cpu and ram I want to get 4000 speed on my ram or lower cl timings

 

[TerryLaze]

I want my fastest cpu cores to only be used for my game, inputs and ethernet

The CPU and windows do that on their own, messing with it can only make things worse.
All your cores can reach the highest clocks just not all of them together, if your game uses all cores it will not boost to the highest clocks unless the load is very light.

 

[Wade Wilfong]

OK, that is the hardware side, but what is your game competing against ?
"Prioritize" implies you have some other thing at the same time....

im competing against the game server and other peoples inputs

 

[Wade Wilfong]

The CPU and windows do that on their own, messing with it can only make things worse.
All your cores can reach the highest clocks just not all of them together, if your game uses all cores it will not boost to the highest clocks unless the load is very light.

yes but only certain cores have L3 cache and I want to priortize my game on that core

 

[TerryLaze]

yes but only certain cores have L3 cache and I want to priortize my game on that core

Not for the 5700x ,all the cores are the same for that one since it only has a single ccx.

 

[kanewolf]

I want my fastest cpu cores to only be used for my game, inputs and ethernet

One thing you might consider is upgrading to Win 11. The scheduler for Win 11 has better optimizations to use the "fastest" cores.

 

[Wade Wilfong]

Not for the 5700x ,all the cores are the same for that one since it only has a single ccx.

well thats all u had to say I know the better cpus have better cores for gaming

 

[Wade Wilfong]

Should I focus on lowering cl timings with 3600 ram speed, or lowering 3600 ram speed to 3200 to get even lower cl timings or raising cl timings to maybe get a higher mhz like 4000 to 4400? My goal is to get more consistent frame rates etc 240 frames with minimal stutters or 360 frames with minimal stutters

 

[Wade Wilfong]

I want to overclock or underclock my CPU to get consistent frames of 240 with no stutters or minimal stutters as possible, Is it best to go for 4.7ghz with 1.2875 volts or a curve with pbo 2 or even 4.4 ghz with like 1.125 volts

 

[Eximo]

Depends on the CPU really. With Intel, latency tends to be better because bandwidth tends to matter less. With AMD, bandwidth is better.

The end result difference is actually quite small as long as you have sufficient bandwidth.

Of course there will always be an ideal middle point between bandwidth and timings. You can look at first word latency as a measure of that.

 

[COLGeek]

Please don't start a bunch of threads on the same basic topic. Work with those helping you to achieve an optimal configuration for your system.

Thank you.

 

[Wade Wilfong]

Depends on the CPU really. With Intel, latency tends to be better because bandwidth tends to matter less. With AMD, bandwidth is better.

The end result difference is actually quite small as long as you have sufficient bandwidth.

Of course there will always be an ideal middle point between bandwidth and timings. You can look at first word latency as a measure of that.

I would rather have a more consistent frame rate and consistent latency over potential stutters

 

[kanewolf]

Should I focus on lowering cl timings with 3600 ram speed, or lowering 3600 ram speed to 3200 to get even lower cl timings or raising cl timings to maybe get a higher mhz like 4000 to 4400? My goal is to get more consistent frame rates etc 240 frames with minimal stutters or 360 frames with minimal stutters

You should probably consider getting a 5800X3D and use the large on-CPU cache to make up any deficiency in main RAM speed.

 

[Wade Wilfong]

Please don't start a bunch of threads on the same basic topic. Work with those helping you to achieve an optimal configuration for your system.

Thank you.

Please don't start a bunch of threads on the same basic topic. Work with those helping you to achieve an optimal configuration for your system.

Thank you.

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