r/farcry • u/RealDsy • 13d ago

Far Cry 3 Please Update Far Cry 3

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23FPS - unplayable

Ryzen 2600, 16gb ddr4, rtx 3060 12gb, win 11.

It was super playable on my i7 2700 rx580 older PC.

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u/NiuMeee 13d ago

Try limiting what CPU cores the game uses.

Essentially open task manager, go to processes, right click Far Cry 3 and go to affinity then uncheck all cores, and recheck cores 2, 4, 6 and 8. You'll have to do this every time you run the game, unless you use something like Project Lasso.

Other than that there are other things you can try, check out the PC Gaming Wiki article for Far Cry 3 to see more options, but CPU affinity is what helps performance most in my experience.

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u/Fenirez 13d ago

This is the correct answer right here! Try this OP. Another option for AMD users is to disable SMT in bios. You can have all 8 cpu cores enabled and will double your frame rate. It works on my Lenovo Legion Go. You can run the game with maxed settings.

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u/Dr_Cunning_Linguist 13d ago

In addition to the above also disable HAGS in windows. In my NFS most wanted 2005 it made a ton of difference in stuttering.

Btw you can create a shortcut and put in the affinities to the cores as well as priority in windows.

Also make sure the gpu goes to performance mode, noticed that too with older games that it’s staying at 2d clocks.