ok, so i fired up thief this am to find that it runs absolutely terrible on my pc. Minimum System Requirements OS: Windows Vista with platform update Win8.1 CPU: High-performance dual core CPU or quad core CPU Core2Duo E8500 OC'd 3.6 RAM: 4 GB 8GB Graphics Card: AMD Radeon 4800 series / Nvidia GTS 250 XFX Radeon HD 6870 DirectX: DirectX 10 HDD/SSD: 20 GB tried as low as 1024x768! i should be able to play it even at the lowest setting.. nope. Its horrible... like 12fps horrible. Any ideas? the good thing is that i won the game so it was free lol as a side note... i can run Titanfall on 1920x1080 and its fine (30+fps)
I would reckon the CPU would be fine, maybe lose the overclock and try again Also are you drivers up to date?
I'm with George, if you're using a dual core, you'd want one with very high IPC like a Sandy/Ivy/Haswell i3. For reference, a stock i3 3220 performs roughly twice as fast as a stock E8500. When they refer to a "high-performance dual core CPU" in 2014 they are probably not referring to a processor released six years ago in January 2008. Definitely try new drivers as well.
I will defend the e8500, served me well for many a year, but at 2v1 i might be wrong worth trying without the overclock, the game might not like it P.S, Thief seems to runs OK on an what i think is an equivalent AMD chip, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYmxYZ5cw5A
I'm sorry, but no, this is just plain bad advice. What do you mean 'the chip might not like it'? I've never ever encountered a situation where faster CPU has made performance worse.
CPU should be fine if you managing Titan fall with 30fps! Just double check your graphics settings in Thief and check that there isn't something set to ultra. Also try disabling your AV see if that helps. Annnnd of course check your drivers are upto date.
I said the game might not like it Parge i don't see this as bad advice, i had problems with certain games when i OCd my e8500, some games ran fine, others crashed. Only trying to help the guy out, is it not worth ruling out ?
If you are getting some games crashing, and when you remove the OC they don't, then that's an unstable OC, as simple as that. The chip is stable in everything, and he's just getting poor performance, which won't be helped by slowing the chip down. I see Thief uses the Unreal 3 Engine, so the CPU should pretty capable. I'm with Pookie - GPU drivers?
Anyway, lets not argue, i am not good at it Hope the OP gets it sorted though, oh and yes drivers, that's the one thing i think we all agree on, Let us know if you got sorted
Thief, from the little i've seen of it so far, seems to be pretty damn multi-threaded, so much so that it'll complain and have issues on anything that can't either run multiple threads at high speed, or single threads wicked fast to keep up with the game. As a test; leave Task Manager open and run the game in a window, see if it just flat out maxes the CPU; if it does; I'm afraid you're out of luck. Overclock or not; The Core2 line is getting very long in the tooth, and there are no clear upgrades unless you can scrounge a Core2Quad up from somewhere.
well.. i removed the OC (took me like 5 tries! lol) im about to install 14.2 drivers (out today) and no, absolutely everything in thief is set to the lowest possible. last resort now....
yep, its jams the CPU to 100% and stays... even sitting at the main menu!! well.. i guess i put this game on the side burner until i can upgrade - months probably at the earliest (anyone got any MB/CPU's they want to toss my way? lol)
Thief supposedly uses 8 cores. Not tried it yet as it's not my sort of game so I won't pay a premium for it.
this really sucks.... I have been waiting for this game since forever! I shall go cry in the corner now (until mar 11th or till someone sends me a new mb cpu combo lol)
Thanks for the update Static, worth trying what you have done, shame though This game is on CDkeys.com for just under £16 http://www.cdkeys.com/pc/games/thief-pc-cd-key-steam
I've read very mixed things on the game, often related to whether the person doing the reviewing has played the previous games and whether they liked them or not.
