...d reacts accordingly. It connects to the motherboard through a [[Wikipedia:CPU socket|socket]] and through this connection, has access to all the componen
...at are made today are multi-core, meaning they feature 2 or more cores per CPU die. Many laptops today feature CPUs with 2 cores. Desktop computers can fe
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...e CPU to run at a minimum of 100% (on desktop, not laptops) to help reduce CPU fluctuations which may cause performance issues.}}</ref>
...the latest versions of Windows (1809 & 1903) Game Mode no longer does GPU/CPU prioritization. This prioritization was intended to give more resources to
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...vailable, try to load the PSU as much as possible, generally by running [[#CPU + GPU|all]] stress tests and connecting as many external devices as availab
...n fine, but the risk of destroying the rest of the components and even the CPU itself raises significantly.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.badcaps.net/forum
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...fix this, the affinity of the NFS11.exe process must be changed to exclude CPU 0; after doing so, the load should equally spread across the remaining core
...om/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=372777922|title=Reduce Stuttering, Tweaking CPU Cores & Hyper-Threading|date=May 2023}}</ref>|fix=
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...t increases GPU usage.<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Radmaxx|date=2022-05-03|comment=CPU performance especially improved during city sections.}}</ref>
{{Fixbox|description=Resetting CPU affinity|fix=
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{{ii}} The game will not use CPU cores and threads properly on certain modern systems.
...48190/discussions/0/1727575977550197630/|title=FPS Lag & Microstuttering - CPU Affinity Fix|date=May 2023}}</ref>}}
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{{Fixbox|description=Ingame FPS Cap workaround and CPU load fix|fix=
{{ii}} This is caused by 2 issues - a uneven 59fps fps cap and excessive CPU load when using Vsync
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|CPU bound game
|Game stayed CPU bound regardless of settings, performance improvement was minor.
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{{Fixbox|description=Resetting
CPU Afinity|fix=
#Uncheck the box for '<All Processors>', recheck '
CPU 0', and click OK.
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* Adjust traffic settings according to your system. All AI traffic requires CPU power and will decrease performance.
: Where <code>n</code> is a number that will depend on the amount of physical CPU cores you have:
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...optimal on certain hardware configurations. The game was found to be quite CPU intensive in some scenarios, especially during traversal and when ray trace
===SMT and HT causing inconsistent CPU usage===
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...Very CPU-limited during gameplay|being limited to utilizing relatively low CPU power]].<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://feedback.naughtydog.com/hc/en-us/articles
===Very CPU-limited during gameplay===
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...When using VSync,the game places most of its processing load on the first CPU core only(typically 99%) which may cause stuttering and occasional framerat
* For a 4/4 (core/thread) CPU {{code|cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity e "{{P|game}}\deadspace2.exe"}}
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...a bottleneck on CPU instead of GPU. Here are some different ways to limit CPU:
...p adding cores until the framerate is acceptable while bottleneck still on CPU.
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|minCPU = Intel Core i3 Dual-Core CPU 2.0 GHz
|recCPU = Intel Core i5 Dual-Core CPU 2.6 GHz or equivalent AMD CPU
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|minCPU = Intel i5 Dual-Core CPU 2.0 GHz
|recCPU = Intel i7 Quad-Core CPU 2.6 GHz or equivalent AMD CPU
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...irectX versions. Available for Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7, you can use CPU-Z to monitor clock/core speeds, bus speeds, voltages, timings etc.
...overclocking for Turboboost. Because of this, it's quite easy to determine CPU-Z as an essential tool for troubleshooting or tinkering.
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...48190/discussions/0/1727575977550197630/|title=FPS Lag & Microstuttering - CPU Affinity Fix|date=May 2023}}</ref>
* For a 4/4 (core/thread) CPU {{code|cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity e "{{P|game}}\ACRSP.exe"}}
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...48190/discussions/0/1727575977550197630/|title=FPS Lag & Microstuttering - CPU Affinity Fix|date=May 2023}}</ref>
* For a 4/4 (core/thread) CPU {{code|cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity e "{{P|game}}\ACBSP.exe"}}
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...e (DirectX, Software, OpenGL), CPU priority, [[#Single CPU affinity|single CPU affinity]], [[#Widescreen resolution|widescreen resolution]], [[#Windowed|w
...screen resolution]], [[#Windowed|windowed]], [[#Single CPU affinity|single CPU affinity]], [[#Skip intro videos|skip intro videos]].
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