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darkspriggan

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I'm currently playing a game that only uses 2 cores of my 4, and I came up with an interesting idea that I'd like some feedback on to get better performance out of this horribly CPU intensive game.

I'm running a 2600k @ 4.6ghz.

My idea is:
Drop 2 cores back down to stock clock, and use the reduced heat to bump up the other 2 cores a bit higher. Then I'd be setting affinity with my game, and hopefully running better.

This leads to questions from me though...
Will the heat actually disperse from the low 2 as planned, and be taken up easily by the higher 2?
Will windows become magically retarded and not function?
Is this really, really bad for my CPU even within temperature thresholds?
If this DOES happen to work, should I do it on two specific cores? (eg. 1&3, or just 1&2)
And some other questions I can't remember at the moment.

Or should I just go balls to the wall and try it?

Thanks for any feedback.
 
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edogawa

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Ugh, no.

Most games are only designed to run on a couple cores. No game should even put any stress on a 2600k.

This is a weird idea, and I'm not exactly 100% sure what the heck you want to do with the way your wording things.

What is the point of your "idea?" -Are you suffering from lag? Then get a better GPU.
 
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GPU is a GTX 690. I saw a noticable difference in the game when I overclocked the CPU to begin with, so I thought maybe I could squeeze a little more out of it.
I'm moreso interested in whether or not this will be detrimental to my hardware at all, or if it'll even funtion properly set up that way.
 
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edogawa

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You have a GTX 690, a very powerful card, and a highly overclocked processor, trust me your fine for gaming.

The 4.8ghz is a large overclock that will increase performance, just keep those temperatures in acceptable zones.

Setting the affinity for the game yourself in Windows won't really do much for you to.

Also, hyper-threading does not help in games at all, thought I would mention it at the same time since you have a 2600k.
 
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Will the heat actually disperse from the low 2 as planned, and be taken up easily by the higher 2?

-You will see reduced heat from dropping the two cores. Consider running 3 cores or leaving HT on to handle OS and background tasks

Will windows become magically retarded and not function?

-OC is a tricky business, if the OC is good, no reason for windows to crash

Is this really, really bad for my CPU even within temperature thresholds?

-Yes and no. The higher clocks will increase degradation due to either voltage (if you push that really high) and simply because of higher clock rates. This should not become an issue though

If this DOES happen to work, should I do it on two specific cores? (eg. 1&3, or just 1&2)

-I have no idea, try and select the cooler cores when you run say prime95 and OC those two

And some other questions I can't remember at the moment.

-Can't answer those :p
 
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