Best possible CPU?

[aDOLPHINjoy18]

I've noticed with msi afterburner only one of the 8 cores to my processor is 67% the other 7 cores are only 10-20% utilized. This is the disadvantage of directx11. although my processor has 4 cores 8 threads (4 physical + 4 logical processors according to windows 10 task manager). My CPU is only 57% Utilized. I play on 1080p ultra full screen and manage 24-40fps with 22 rides moderate scenery and 6k guests. when i play Koali Beach I get 10.4fps under those settings. The i7 6700k and 7700k have faster clock speeds than AMD multi core processors. People can ocerclock those processors to near 7Ghz and they come with a higher stock speed of 4.2Ghz with turbo boost or base speed of 4Ghz which is the not overclocked stock speed of the i7 6700k.

 

[snick3rsAUS]

From what I've heard from others, System RAM plays a major part in the FPS for this game. 16GB barely cuts it. 32GB is good but 64GB is best. I can't confirm this myself.... Yet... Maybe one day soon

 

[culley38]

you certainly don't need 32 gb of system ram for planet coaster, very few games use 16gb, i have 32gb for x-plane because it uses it,32gb is a waste of money for planet coaster.

 

[FutureFear]

From what I've heard from others, System RAM plays a major part in the FPS for this game. 16GB barely cuts it. 32GB is good but 64GB is best. I can't confirm this myself.... Yet... Maybe one day soon

I have 32GB Ram and to be honest, the only applications that actually use that much on my computer are no games at all.

For planet coaster it won't matter much if you have 8-16-32-64GB Ram, even with a park like koali beach the game only uses 4GB RAM (tested on my system).

 

[Guitar_Sly]

The i7 6700k and 7700k have faster clock speeds than AMD multi core processors. People can ocerclock those processors to near 7Ghz and they come with a higher stock speed of 4.2Ghz with turbo boost or base speed of 4Ghz which is the not overclocked stock speed of the i7 6700k.

Near 7GHz? Nope! This will only work with LN2 Cooling. On normal High End Air Coolers/ Watercoolers you can reach something between 4.7 to 5 GHz. But the 5 GHz only on really good and delidded samples. No one can reach those overclocking-record speeds without extremely expensive equipment for short events. Thats far away from 24/7 home setups.

 

[LN]

From what I've heard from others, System RAM plays a major part in the FPS for this game. 16GB barely cuts it. 32GB is good but 64GB is best. I can't confirm this myself.... Yet... Maybe one day soon

From what I've heard memory only has an influence on loading speed.

I have 8GB and the game runs fine, even in some of the bigger parks.

 

[Ticmaster]

From what I've heard memory only has an influence on loading speed.

I have 8GB and the game runs fine, even in some of the bigger parks.

Which cpu do you play with ? If you don't mind me asking[up]

 

[edjenoh]

From what I've heard memory only has an influence on loading speed.

I have 8GB and the game runs fine, even in some of the bigger parks.

No, it doesn't. I don't understand why people make these kinds of statements. Load up a full park and the fps becomes extremely choppy. Performance doesn't have a lot to do with visual settings either, the bottleneck is on the cpu. You can still like the game and make valid criticism.

 

[Ramm]

64gb ram is best and people overclock to 7ghz. Is this the new sci fi thread?

[wacky]

anyway, 16gb should be the sweetspot. There isn't any noticable benefit of having 32gb over 16gb, at least it wasn't a few months ago. Haven't seen planet coaster using more. However 8gb is kinda under the limit unless you play 1 game at a time so i'm a bit skeptical if that's enough. Planet Coaster recommands 12 anyway. But if you do browsing, youtube, gaming and stuff like that on the same time you should really have 16gb. Unless you are streaming in 4K or something I doubt you will need more than 16gb.

 

[Chems]

64gb ram is best and people overclock to 7ghz. Is this the new sci fi thread?

Right?! [haha][haha][woah][wacky]

anyway, 16gb should be the sweetspot. There isn't any noticable benefit of having 32gb over 16gb, at least it wasn't a few months ago. Haven't seen planet coaster using more. However 8gb is kinda under the limit unless you play 1 game at a time so i'm a bit skeptical if that's enough. Planet Coaster recommands 12 anyway. But if you do browsing, youtube, gaming and stuff like that on the same time you should really have 16gb. Unless you are streaming in 4K or something I doubt you will need more than 16gb.

Yea, 16 is more than enough for now. My computer has 8GB and I haven't run into any problems yet either.

 

[aDOLPHINjoy18]

My system has 16GB DDR4 2400 HyperX RAM. According to Windows 10 Task Manager and MSI Afterburner, when I play big parks on 1920x1080 Ultra preset (full screen not windowed), my system RAM is 4-7GB (at worst) utilized. It depends on which settings and resolution and park size you play with on 8GB RAM. And then again you don't get the full quoted usage of the stated memory storage (eg. 8/16GB/etc). So 8GB is cutting it more tight. But it's do-able. However forget about trying 4k with 8GB RAM. 4k eats up more RAM than 1080p gaming. And that's why people may go with 16 32 and 64GB RAM. 16GB can do 4k gaming too. Windows 10 tends to use 2GB RAM even when you're on the desktop.

Since the i7 6700k and 7700k are the fastest stock speed 6th/7th gen processors from Intel, they have faster stock clock speeds (base speeds) than other processors which have more cores from Intel and AMD. And since the game runs on Directx11, I think the 6700k and 7700k are good investments. They work well for video editing too. 64GB RAM for gaming is overkill. With 32GB you can do 4k gaming in luxury. Even my GPU is overkill for The Sims 4. But it certainly helps with playing this game.

 

[culley38]

i own a ryzen 1800x because i do video editing and other games i play run better on my ryzen cpu,but if your pc is gonna be mainly used for single core performance, intel is the better option, the 8700k comes out october 5th and that will be the best option for planet coaster. i myself am waiting on the ryzen 2 to come out in january. it's a give and take, if you only play planet coaster 5% of the time, buy the ryzen 1700 or 1700x, much cheaper and multicore performance is equal to the 900.00 6900k.when intel releases an 8 core mainstream under 500 bucks, i will probably go back to intel, i buy the best bang for my buck. the only reason i bought the 1800x over the 1700, i didn't have to tinker with the bios getting 4ghz.as far as ram, and all you do is play games, anything over 16gb is a waste of money, especially at current ram prices, i have 32 gb of system ram for video editing and x-plane, if i didn't use either, i would have 16gb.keep in mind ddr5 is around the corner as well as pcie 4.0. only buy what you need, a high single threaded cpu, 6700k,7700k,8700k if you can afford it, if not 6600k, 7600k,8600k is fine, get a good videocard, gtx 1060 or above, those 2 parts will be the best bang for your bucks.

 

[smelly]

I7 7700k

This thread came up just at the right time for me. I'm running an i5 4690k and gtx 1070 but I'm only getting 18 fps on a medium park hence looking to upgrade. I'm looking at the i7 7700k but I'm concerned about laying down 500 for a new chip and motherboard for only a small increase in fps. I wonder if the upgrade will be worth it or if I should wait a couple of weeks for the 8000 to be released. If I will see significant gains with the i7 7700k then I will just jump in for that one.

 

[Ramm]

This thread came up just at the right time for me. I'm running an i5 4690k and gtx 1070 but I'm only getting 18 fps on a medium park hence looking to upgrade. I'm looking at the i7 7700k but I'm concerned about laying down 500 for a new chip and motherboard for only a small increase in fps. I wonder if the upgrade will be worth it or if I should wait a couple of weeks for the 8000 to be released. If I will see significant gains with the i7 7700k then I will just jump in for that one.

I highly doubt that would be much of an improvement for the money. I'm kinda in the same boat but instead of my cpu I wanna upgrade my gpu but i'm scared the slight increase isn't going to be worth the investment. At least for most people that is. I have an 6700k and gtx780 and would want at least an gtx1080 which is like 600$ but the thing is it's probably only going to be like 5fps improvement. That's not worth the money for me. And besides, every other game runs fine on ultra 60fps.

Especially if every other game runs fine on your current system which i'm pretty sure is the case. Planet Coaster is just the most demanding game ever, it's fine if you wanna create a single high detailed coaster but for a full theme park with lots of stuff in it there currently isn't any rig that can play it without it being a slideshow.

 

[LeglessBloke]

This thread came up just at the right time for me. I'm running an i5 4690k and gtx 1070 but I'm only getting 18 fps on a medium park hence looking to upgrade. I'm looking at the i7 7700k but I'm concerned about laying down 500 for a new chip and motherboard for only a small increase in fps. I wonder if the upgrade will be worth it or if I should wait a couple of weeks for the 8000 to be released. If I will see significant gains with the i7 7700k then I will just jump in for that one.

I'd wait for the 8xxx Intel core processors to be released. I highly doubt either the 7700k or the 8xxx processors will offer much in terms of performance in Planet Coaster over your i5, however the 8xxx will be a far more future proofed processor than the 7700K because of the extra cores.

 

[Ramm]

I'd wait for the 8xxx Intel core processors to be released. I highly doubt either the 7700k or the 8xxx processors will offer much in terms of performance in Planet Coaster over your i5, however the 8xxx will be a far more future proofed processor than the 7700K because of the extra cores.

What will the standard be for the 8xxx series in ammount of cores? Right now the standard is still 4core 8 threads but are we going to see like 8 cores 16 threads now as a standard?

 

[FutureFear]

What will the standard be for the 8xxx series in ammount of cores? Right now the standard is still 4core 8 threads but are we going to see like 8 cores 16 threads now as a standard?

there aint even an 8th gen with 8 cores (so far) all of them have 4 or 6 cores and end up with 8 or 12 threads... (highest 8th gen is the i7-8700(k))
The bright side of 8th gen is actually the base/boost clock speeds that are higher compared to the 7th gen counterpart.

But some sad news too, even though they are faster it's only 0.10-0.50 ghz difference now people wonder why..?
We actually won't see a single processor that will go over 5.0 ghz even in boost clockspeed, it just is to expensive with the current CPU technology.
To counter the speed block we might see more and more motherboards that support dual/ quad precessors for a "reasonable" price.

if you opt for more cores then you might have to take a look at the i9-7980XE, it has 18 cores -36 threads and 24.75MB cache, baseclockspeed: 2.6ghz, boostclock: 4.2 ghz
This is currently the best CPU when it comes to cores and so far THE ONLY 18 core processor in the world.

So far the highest speed CPU (on the market) is yes the 8th gen i7-8700K with 3.7ghz base and 4.7ghz boost!


Ofcourse you could ask AMD or intel to make a custom CPU (if you have some secret money stash)
Because the fastest (silicon) cpu in the world has a speed of 8,3 ghz

Hope this solves the question of "the best CPU" (hardcore research involved)

 

[Ramm]

there aint even an 8th gen with 8 cores (so far) all of them have 4 or 6 cores and end up with 8 or 12 threads... (highest 8th gen is the i7-8700(k))
The bright side of 8th gen is actually the base/boost clock speeds that are higher compared to the 7th gen counterpart.

But some sad news too, even though they are faster it's only 0.10-0.50 ghz difference now people wonder why..?
We actually won't see a single processor that will go over 5.0 ghz even in boost clockspeed, it just is to expensive with the current CPU technology.
To counter the speed block we might see more and more motherboards that support dual/ quad precessors for a "reasonable" price.

if you opt for more cores then you might have to take a look at the i9-7980XE, it has 18 cores -36 threads and 24.75MB cache, baseclockspeed: 2.6ghz, boostclock: 4.2 ghz
This is currently the best CPU when it comes to cores and so far THE ONLY 18 core processor in the world.

So far the highest speed CPU (on the market) is yes the 8th gen i7-8700K with 3.7ghz base and 4.7ghz boost!


Ofcourse you could ask AMD or intel to make a custom CPU (if you have some secret money stash)
Because the fastest (silicon) cpu in the world has a speed of 8,3 ghz

Hope this solves the question of "the best CPU" (hardcore research involved)

Oh i thought because all the new amd and intel processors have way higher core counts that 8 cores 16 threads was gonna be the new standard. Anyway I have a 6700k myself and it's at 4.5ghz so I doubt it would be worth the investment to go to the 8000 series when they get released. Maybe in a year or 3

 

[TheWetDolphin]

Anyone know when this 8000 series will be released? I want to build a new PC using the i7 7700K but I don't know what the new series will offer yet [wacky]


Ok Ignore the top section of this post, I just looked it up. They are set to launch on the 5th of October (Thursday) The website also shown specifications of the new processors but the base clock speed was pretty low for the i7 8700K (3.7Ghz) considering the 7700K base clock speed was 4.2Ghz. I'm not the best with PCs and CPUs so could someone maybe explain why the base clock speed of the newer ones are lower?

 

[Ramm]

Anyone know when this 8000 series will be released? I want to build a new PC using the i7 7700K but I don't know what the new series will offer yet [wacky]


Ok Ignore the top section of this post, I just looked it up. They are set to launch on the 5th of October (Thursday) The website also shown specifications of the new processors but the base clock speed was pretty low for the i7 8700K (3.7Ghz) considering the 7700K base clock speed was 4.2Ghz. I'm not the best with PCs and CPUs so could someone maybe explain why the base clock speed of the newer ones are lower?

Probably because they have more cores