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Every article about Bottlenecks on the COLONIZED blog, newest first.
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RenderEvery game is limited by either the CPU or the GPU at any moment. A five-minute test with resolution and per-thread usage tells you which one is yours, and a table shows which settings to touch and which part to upgrade.
5 min read
RenderA powerful graphics card running at 60 % is not coasting: it is waiting. The seven usual causes, from the CPU to the frame limiter, how to tell them apart with three tests and when the right fix is to do nothing.
6 min read
RenderMeasuring well is what separates knowing from guessing. Which free tools to use, which numbers to watch (frame time, 1 % lows, per-thread usage, temperature), a repeatable test protocol for online games and how to read the graphs.
5 min read
RenderA bottleneck is the part that sets the pace for the whole PC. This guide explains how one forms, why there is always one, which symptoms point to the CPU, GPU, memory, disk or network, and when fixing it is not worth the money.
6 min read
RenderMore players, more fauna and more structures mean more work for the CPU, and a better graphics card does not fix it. The five loads that saturate it in an MMO or a survival game, why one thread rules and what hardware eases it.
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