I play games like Civilization IV, Sims 2, Neverwinter Nights 2, KotOR 1/2, City of Heroes and Dungeons & Dragons Online. I have no interest in FPSes.
When somebody is building an E8600/4870 rig, I see people often commenting that it would be overkill for games like that.
So the question I put to you is, how low can you go? How poor components would you pick for games like that, to still run them smoothly, but so it wouldn't be overkill?
I would also like it if people could post what % their CPU is running at when playing any of those games? If you've for example got a Q6600 and regularly play Civ or Sims, what kind of CPU utilization are you getting? Is it ceilinging at 100%? Or down to 75%? 50%? 10%?
When somebody is building an E8600/4870 rig, I see people often commenting that it would be overkill for games like that.
So the question I put to you is, how low can you go? How poor components would you pick for games like that, to still run them smoothly, but so it wouldn't be overkill?
I would also like it if people could post what % their CPU is running at when playing any of those games? If you've for example got a Q6600 and regularly play Civ or Sims, what kind of CPU utilization are you getting? Is it ceilinging at 100%? Or down to 75%? 50%? 10%?