keeping an "old operating-system" to play SH3 for long into the future seems mandatory to me. XP turns out to be the best gaming platform for me. though I had planned to install a new rig in order to be able to play SH5, I postponed the buy of new hardware as I won't be connected to UBI permanently.

therefore atm I stick to my single-core system and be happy with it. :D

Someone should reverse engineer it, or adopt the concept to a open source 3D engine.