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Summary

• 📅 At the start of October, Colossal Order increased the minimum and recommended requirements for City Skylines 2.
• ⚠️ Two weeks later, they admitted they had not achieved the performance benchmarks they targeted, but promised continuous improvement.
• 🖥️ Concerns arise about whether budget and mid-range hardware can provide a satisfactory gaming experience.
• 💻 The video creator purchased various hardware to test the game's performance and provide insights on necessary upgrades.
• 🎮 Initial tests show that older and budget cards can achieve 30 FPS on low settings, while high-end cards can reach 30 FPS on high settings.
• 📊 1% lows were significantly better on high settings for some cards, and disabling Vsync improved overall performance.- 🔄 Resizable BAR should be enabled in the BIOS for a 10% performance boost on compatible CPUs and GPUs.

Highlights

• 📅 Colossal Order increased requirements for City Skylines 2 but didn't meet performance benchmarks.
• ⚠️ Concerns about budget and mid-range hardware performance.
• 💻 The video creator tests various hardware to determine compatibility and necessary upgrades.
• 🎮 Initial tests show budget and mid-range cards can achieve 30 FPS on low settings.- 📊 High settings provide better 1% lows for some cards.
• 🔄 Disabling Vsync improves overall performance.
• 🔄 Resizable BAR should be enabled in the BIOS for a 10% performance boost.

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I wasn't able to watch the video but did check out the document with all testing results, and it seems that the highest performing setup he got was with a 3080ti and even then he was unable to hit 60fps

Fantastic video