And while Ubisoft’s own Watch Dogs technically works on dual-core processors, gamers say its performance is utterly abysmal on that hardware.
Activision’s Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare also refused to work with some straight dual-core processors at launch, according to reports, though it appears to be working fine now.
Forum goers report similar issues with EA’s Dragon Age: Inquisition. The beginning of the end?įar Cry 4 isn’t the first AAA title to shout “game over” at budget gamers this year, either. But its lack of hyperthreading support may doom it to an early grave if top-tier games start requiring four-core hardware. The chip, lovingly dubbed the “Pentium K” by gamers for its beastly overclocking capabilities, costs under $75 and is able to punch far above its weight class performance-wise with some tweaking. Most of the gamers reporting problems are using a dual-core Intel Pentium G3258. The impact on you at home: If games start to require true quad-core processors, it could put a hurting on gamers with a budget. Several affected gamers managed to coax Far Cry 4 into working on Core i3 processors with hyperthreading enabled-despite the official spec’s calling for at least a Core i5-750. If you don't think any of the above situations apply, you can use this feedback form to request a review of this block.The issue indeed seems to be tied to pure thread availability. Contact your IT department and let them know that they've gotten banned, and to have them let us know when they've addressed the issue.Īre you browsing GameFAQs from an area that filters all traffic through a single proxy server (like Singapore or Malaysia), or are you on a mobile connection that seems to be randomly blocked every few pages? Then we'll definitely want to look into it - please let us know about it here. You'll need to disable that add-on in order to use GameFAQs.Īre you browsing GameFAQs from work, school, a library, or another shared IP? Unfortunately, if this school or place of business doesn't stop people from abusing our resources, we don't have any other way to put an end to it.
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