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BoardsDontHitBack   12-14-2006 at 12:40:33 PM

I read alot about there only being a performance gain in games from dual core processors if they were multi threaded.
Does anyone know any games that are.

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VBDude   12-14-2006 at 05:34:28 PM
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There's an old thread in the General Discussions section that's been stickied. Hasn't been updated in a while, but still some good info:

http://forumz.tomshardware.com/gam [...] 94969.html

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spookn   12-22-2006 at 03:13:27 AM
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here is a really good read about Dual-Core and SMP, very understandable. see below
And if I get it right, gaming does not gain all that much, its more for multi tasking,,,,

Do dual-core and SMP double the speed?

No. If you have two 2.4 GHz cores or processors, you do not have a 4.8 GHz computer. You have a computer that can process two threads at a time at 2.4 GHz each. This will benefit applications (such as Adobe Photoshop and Premiere) that are multithreaded, and it will allow you to run two processor intensive programs at once without lag. That leads me to the next point…

Will dual-core or SMP chips make my games run faster?

No. Games are single-threaded, so they’ll only use one of the cores. However, if you are, for example, gaming and ripping MP3s at the same time, it will mean your game won’t lag. So if you’re going to be using a computer mostly for gaming, get a faster single-core chip over a dual-core one

http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=153070

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yas   12-23-2006 at 10:30:20 PM
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I know that crysis is supposed to use this multi threading thechnology where it takes advantage of dual core processors.

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duc900sp   12-27-2006 at 09:27:21 PM
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Maximum PC magazine says Quake 4 is multithreaded.

Jake

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krisz   12-28-2006 at 01:20:10 AM
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Quote :

Maximum PC magazine says Quake 4 is multithreaded.

Jake


It is not like you need multi threading for that game. It uses an old graphics engine which is not really demanding, in my opinion.
At least i have not had any trouble running it on an Nvidia 7800 GTX

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Jeepinator   12-31-2006 at 04:00:18 AM
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I am willing to bet Quake Wars will be multithreaded. Those guys at Id rock.

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Keman   12-31-2006 at 06:18:47 AM
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Battlefield 2142...I guess thats ovious since its basicly a mod of BF2 XD. On my G15, I've watched my CPU usage, and it bounces from 60-70% usage, I have hyperthreading, so anything over 50% is using both threads. Most games dont do this and there isn't an application running in the background using the CPU to that extent.

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strpdgato   01-04-2007 at 03:34:32 AM
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Lotsa new games commin out boast a benefit from dual-core processors
Splinter Cell: Double Agent for instance, though I woulnd't recommend the PC version, its just a 360 port

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