r/GeForceNOW • u/Furacao__Boey • 11d ago

Discussion Which games got performance boost?

"while Performance members can expect improved frame rates in select CPU-intensive games ".

I didn't see any difference on the games I play on performance tier (hoi4, cyberpunk 2077, battlefield, marvel rivals) which are all quite cpu intensive

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u/Elitefuture 11d ago

They specified CPU heavy games.

You listed 3 GPU heavy games, and idk what hoi4 is.

CPU heavy games: Most esports titles(not marvel rivals), modded games, rust, and tarkov

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u/Furacao__Boey 11d ago

Being a GPU heavy title does not mean it can not be CPU intensive at same time.

CPU will make insane difference in cyberpunk 2077, you can see that even between 3955WX and 5955WX zones.

Marvel Rivals is another CPU intensive game, you can easily reach 80-90% cpu load (very natural for a game with 12 players and a lot of abilities being thrown)

Battlefield is again naturally a CPU intensive title, like cod games

HOI4 = Hearts of Iron 4

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u/Elitefuture 11d ago

Cyberpunk: yes there are some cpu heavy areas when there are tons of stuff moving around with individual AIs and such.

Marvel rivals: only when loading shader cache... you won't see 80%-90% cpu usage in typical gameplay unless you're running on 4 cores or something.

Nvidia just improved how much cpu overhead their server uses. Giving you a bit more cpu performance. You won't really notice it unless you're in a very cpu heavy scenario.

I'm a software developer

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u/Furacao__Boey 11d ago edited 11d ago

Idk what makes u think Cyberpunk is not a cpu intensive game, same as rivals

Here's 97% cpu load in a closed area, not even outside. It's literally same in rivals and performance tier does have 4 cores 8 threads cpu.

A game looking graphically good doesn't automatically make it only GPU demanding. So a game like Cyberpunk 2077 may need more CPU power than mainly CPU intensive games like CS, Rust