Does hyperthreading helps in gaming ?
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In some cases it can, but the prevailing wisdom is that Hyperthreading increases total instruction throughput at the expensive of per-thread real time constrains. This is a rather technical way of saying that developers that want to meet real time constraints, such as a 16.67ms inter-frame period, should schedule key threads in such a way that they are scheduled on logical processors that belong to separate cores rather than the same core. So while HyperThreading can be beneficial in certain circumstances, many developers work around it so it's not necessary to purchase a CPU with HyperThreading support if your sole intention is to play video games.
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If you do decide to go with a Pentium, you might want to get a G3258 with an overclockable h87/97 motherboard.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pentium-g3258-overclocking-performance,3849.html
The G3258 wins some and loses some. It depends on which games you care about.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pentium-g3258-overclocking-performance,3849.html
The G3258 wins some and loses some. It depends on which games you care about.
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