Originally Posted by
SamueleD
Most people want to play with either high or ultra unit sizes, for which you need a good CPU. The resolution doesn't have a really big effect on the CPU bench, we only used that one because 1900x1080 is the most common resolution on steam.
Also most people with an AMD CPU won't have an overclocked FX-8350, running at 5.0GHz, which is the only one to give a result that could be defined as playable.
Please, stop this pointless debate, we are not saying AMD is crap or something like that, we are just saying that AMD CPUs don't run TW as well as comparatively priced Intel CPUs, on the contrary, they are a lot slower, and that is a fact that any benchmark will confirm, as you can see for yourself.
The purpose of this thread is to collect data on the performance of various hardware in TW, in order to provide better informed suggestions for those who wish to buy new hardware, and give them an idea on how that hardware will run the game on fairly enjoyable settings (the ones used for the GPU benchmark). On the light of this we aim to suggest the best possible hardware for TW at a given price point. Apparently Intel CPUs are better suited to TW than AMD CPUs, at every price point.
If, in the future, AMD will produce CPUs that are better suited to TW than a comparatively priced Intel CPU, we will make sure to recommend those, in the meantime, we cannot, in all honesty, recommend a single AMD CPU for TW gaming.
Basically to run Shogun 2 well on an AMD CPU you need to lower unit sizes, but why would you want to do that, when you can get a similarly priced Intel CPU that will run them higher?
It means very, very little. It compares hardware to the game recommended and minimum specs, which tend not to be exhaustive and often misleading, you are much better of comparing benchmarks.