Jerykk wrote on Dec 7, 2011, 22:42:
Maybe it's just an issue of what type of CPU you have, rather than just clock speed. I have a Core 2 Quad and the game runs like ass in the cities. The patch says it optimizes performance for Core 2 Duos, which is basically the same as a Core 2 Quad (minus 2 cores), so hopefully that will improve things.
Core 2 Duo here, oc'd to 2.8ghz, with an absolutely
ancient Abit AW9D-Max, 4GB ram, 5870 (1 GB) at 1920x1200, Xonar D2X, and Win7 32-bit. I haven't had any appreciable slowdown (admittedly, subjective) in cities, although I've had a few crashes. I can play a few hours before it CTDs (when it crashes; usually it doesn't), but no other real issues. I can't stand choppy video when gaming, but this game is surprisingly smooth for me.
You may have a bottleneck somewhere other than your CPU.