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Performance boost for ppl who have more then 4+ CPUs
By ☢LordMiki☢
Just for ppl who have better pc-s and modern ones that have more then 4+CPUs, this will hopefully boost your performance a little for that extra FPS. :)

For ppl who have up to 4 or less they are fine just starting the game, no action needed here.
   
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Category: Modding or Configuration
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25 Sep, 2021 @ 4:40pm
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Performance boost
Open the Windows Task Manager
Right click on the process "shadows.exe"
Click "Go to details"
Right click on the process "shadows.exe"
Click "Set affinity"
Uncheck "<All Processors>"
Check the first 2 CPUs (CPU 0 and CPU 1)
Click OK

P.S. You will need to do this every time you start the game..
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☢LordMiki☢  [author] 9 Oct, 2021 @ 1:37am 
@tynian87116 Thx for info
tynian87116 8 Oct, 2021 @ 4:22pm 
Just tested and, for my rig at least, it runs better with all selected versus 0 and 1. It's possible that selecting two other cores that aren't 0 and 1 could actually have different results as with windows 10 cores 0 and 1 are the OS cores so they're the "heavy lifter's".
tynian87116 8 Oct, 2021 @ 4:14pm 
FYI, a utility like process lasso allows you to select an always affinity to select the cores you want to run. That'll remove the need to change affinity every single time. I'm testing this out to see if I notice a difference in performance, only have minor stuttering in FPS here and there running full affinity.