Right, got free sync enabled and limiting to 65 fps. I don’t think the in game limiter works right (was still running 70-80 fps). So, going to limit graphics card side when it launches.
Well, I find that you have to play with the caps. D3 I actually have set the cap to 65, in order for it to end up around 60FPS. If I set it to 60, I get like 53 or something stupid. I can run it at 144, but it doesn’t play any smoother and only makes the GPU work harder when it doesn’t have to.
You can limit by using control panel ( GPU’s. IDK which model you have ) If you can tell what GPU you have, I can help you more. Because, I did a huge research. I had to, 7600k and 3070 Ti 
and everyone said: " it’s impossible " Only 10% around performance loss for me which is pretty good for me.
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The i5-4430 CPU is a notch below the MINIMUM required CPU for D4, which is a I5-2500K.
### Minimum Requirements
- OS: 64-bit Windows® 10 version 1909 or newer
*** Processor: Intel® Core i5-2500K or AMD™ FX-8350** - Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660 or AMD Radeon™ R9 280
- DirectX®: Version 12
- Storage: SSD with 90 GB available space
- Internet: Broadband Connection
LMAO, your case is even harder than mine. You can watch 6750xt-i5 4430 videos
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Yeah, but I’m running the game at 4k with +60fps with some settings tweaked. It’s just taxing the processor more than I’d like and trying to give it a little more space to breathe.
Do you have fast internet and time to download and play other games ? Your situation is too specific I think
Yeah, 650mbps fiber.
I play a few other games. But they aren’t as taxing as Diablo. I appreciate everyone’s help. But I get it if this is too specific.
It’s fine, if you don’t have any CPU heavy game in your library then I can suggest Path of Exile. It’s F2P, also you can play it while waiting for D4 but maybe there is a way to test your system without any game. IDK sorry
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You do realize that a 2500K is a 2nd gen and the 4430 is a 4th gen right? So technically, the 4th gen is the better CPU.
That said, they are both below an 8th gen. You are going to see bottle necks on older CPUs regardless of their generation. DDR3 is one reason. Chipset is another. These are physical limitations of those generations. None of them properly support nvme even. Some 6th and 7th gens have nvme and DDR4 support but not as nice as 8th and above.
If anything, Anisotropic Filtering should be always at 16x. It’s a setting that costs so few GPU resources on modern GPU that I doubt you can notice performance difference by lowering this setting on even a crappy GTX 1030.
Generally speaking, Shadows, Clutter, Physics and Particles have more pronounced impact on CPU.
2500K is overclockable to run at 4.5GHz+ on all four cores, on the other hand 4430 can only run at max 3.2GHz boost clock on a single core. There is huge performance difference in favor of 2500K unless OP doesn’t overclock his 2500K which would be strange.
This is super helpful thank you. I have most of those turned down. But I’ll go back up to 16x and make sure all shadows are turned down.
Yeah, I have the i5-4430. If you have any tips specific to that let me know. My understanding is that it can’t be overclocked and boost is just something that naturally happens. But I’d gladly accept any other advice you have!
Thank you.
Believe it or not, not everyone overclocks their hardware. Whether they can or not is immaterial. I mean you make that sound like it’s normal for everyone to overclock it when the truth is most people don’t overclock.
And besides all that we’re still arguing semantics. Both CPUs are old gen. both CPUs are using DDR3. Both CPUs are running on older chipsets. At the end there’s little difference to be gained whether you’re overclocking one over another or not. They’re still both old.
