Dual Processors

[codeseven]

Ya, hopefully the SH game engine has been pushed close to the limit (I wanna see the next patch max it out! ) so SH5 will have a new, multithreaded, DX10 capable game engine!

[ReallyDedPoet]

When I was building a new computer I decided to put in a cheaper processor for now, P4 D 3.2ghz, rather than the Dual Core for this reason, that it would take developers some time to catch up with the technology. The mobo will support a dual-core down the road, they will be cheaper then to

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[meatball]

Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

When I was building a new computer I decided to put in a cheaper processor for now, P4 D 3.2ghz, rather than the Dual Core for this reason, that it would take developers some time to catch up with the technology. The mobo will support a dual-core down the road, they will be cheaper then to

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Money is money but clock speed is not an accurate gauge these days when you are talking old technology vs. new technology. See the following thread, specifically the post by InteliotInside, for why buying even the cheapest dual core is better than buying a P4:

http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardw...ict234530.html

[maerean_m]

Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

When I was building a new computer I decided to put in a cheaper processor for now, P4 D 3.2ghz, rather than the Dual Core

FYI: Pentium D is Dual Core (link to intel.com)

[Grothesj2]

I get good frame rate with my AMD dual core.

[Fercyful]

I have a core2duo e6600 and I´m very happy with it in SH4 (ARMA and Oblivion also loves it...) so no problems, and both cores are used in some way while playing, don´t know if the game is optimized or not but works well and that is the important thing x me!

[Rilex]

To answer the op, yes, SH4 is multithreaded:


Very few games, if any, are single threaded applications. This would lead to a whole slew of performance issues when it came to input, sound, and video if true.

[Marko_Ramius]

When running SH4, with Teamspeak (or other same software), virus-scanner, maïls stuff, monitoring, and so on ... It is very good to have a dual Even if the game is not multi-threads.

But if you have a good single core, no hurry to upgrade. Better to look in some ram or better graphic card.


Soon, we will see the quad-core for all ... and so on. They will never stop the war, LOL !!



EDIT : Hé !! my picture "Shore leave" is funny !! I like it.

[Zantham]

Multi-threaded does not equal multi-core compatibility. The ability to utilize dual-core (or multi-core) depends on two things: The operating system must support it, and the application running must support it. Windows XP (and Vista) support it fine. As for the application, an app that runs multithreaded wont necessarily be optimized for dual core. This can be seen when running a demanding app on a dual core machine, often one CPU will run at 100% the other will barely do anything. An app that is programmed for dual core will run 100% on both cores.

An example: you have two Pentium 4 processors. One is single core (assume no hyperthreading to make it fair) running at 3.8GHz, the other is a dual-core, running at 2.8GHz. The processors are otherwise identical. A game that takes advantage of dual core will run significantly faster on the 2.8GHz machine than the 3.8GHz. But a non-optimised game will run faster on the single core 3.8GHz, and this is true of most, but not all, games today.

Oddly, I have seen the odd motherboard that was running single apps I knew to not be optimised for dual-core....and windows reported both cores in use, but at 40-60% or so each (both adding up to 100% total at any given time). Go figure.

And as Marko_Ramius says,

It is very good to have a dual Even if the game is not multi-threads.