Any good lists of current/coming multi-threaded games?

[jdoggg12]

So as the threat title states... where's the list of those games?

 

[EarthwormJim]

Originally posted by: jdoggg12
So as the threat title states... where's the list of those games?

Did you read Extelleron's links?

COD4, Crysis, pretty sure Farcry is (also benefits from a 64bit OS), Supreme Commander (takes advantage of quad cores even), Bioshock, World of Warcraft (recent patch),

 

[CP5670]

Originally posted by: Extelleron
When I said everyday tasks, I did not mean improvements in word processing and internet surfing performance both of which require no more than a single core CPU to begin with.

There are numerous non-gaming tasks that can see benefit from multi-core CPUs. If you do any video editing or rendering, then it is night and day. For anyone who runs Folding@Home, the difference is night and day. And there is a significant advantage to having 4 processing cores versus 2 when it comes to multi-tasking.

True, but those are all rather specialized types of programs and not exactly what I would call "everyday tasks."

And what kind of multitasking are you talking about? I typically have a bunch of stuff open at once, but it's all things like Firefox windows, pdfs, Word documents and so on. These types of programs are idle most of the time and barely show any activity on even one core. Maybe four cores will help if you want to play two games simultaneously or something esoteric like that, but I can't think of many situations where they would all be used to capacity (just in the context of multitasking with ordinary programs).

 

[Extelleron]

Originally posted by: jdoggg12
So as the threat title states... where's the list of those games?

Have you read anything I have posted in this thread? I feel as those I am saying the same thing over and over again.

I have posted a total of 5 games, which happen to be the most important titles of 2007, that support multi-core CPUs - Bioshock, Supreme Commander, Call of Duty 4, Crysis, and World in Conflict.

http://www.gamespot.com/features/6177688/p-7.html
http://www.gamespot.com/features/6182806/p-6.html
http://www.gamespot.com/features/6183967/p-5.html
http://www.gamespot.com/features/6166198/p-6.html
http://www.gamespot.com/features/6179006/p-7.html

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion also shows gains from multi-core CPUs: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuch...howdoc.aspx?i=2747&p=3
So does Unreal Tournament 3:
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuch...howdoc.aspx?i=2747&p=3

It is hard for me to give you a big list, because no CPU reviews include single-core CPUs anymore. Other games that support multi-core that I know about are:

-Company of Heroes
-Flight Simulator X
-STALKER
-Alan Wake (unreleased, but definately supports Quad-core from previews)
-Rainbow Six Vegas

 

[Extelleron]

Originally posted by: CP5670

Originally posted by: Extelleron
When I said everyday tasks, I did not mean improvements in word processing and internet surfing performance both of which require no more than a single core CPU to begin with.

There are numerous non-gaming tasks that can see benefit from multi-core CPUs. If you do any video editing or rendering, then it is night and day. For anyone who runs Folding@Home, the difference is night and day. And there is a significant advantage to having 4 processing cores versus 2 when it comes to multi-tasking.

True, but those are all rather specialized types of programs and not exactly what I would call "everyday tasks."

And what kind of multitasking are you talking about? I typically have a bunch of stuff open at once, but it's all things like Firefox windows, pdfs, Word documents and so on. These types of programs are idle most of the time and barely show any activity on even one core. Maybe four cores will help if you want to play two games simultaneously or something esoteric like that, but I can't think of many situations where they would all be used to capacity (just in the context of multitasking with ordinary programs).

I'll admit the multitasking scenario is a bit unlikely. In Anandtech's Quad FX review, they talked about the need for at least four cores, and even more, to run a Blu-Ray movie and do something else like rendering or encoding. I would presume that this is no longer a big deal because of the hardware decoders now found in new GPUs like the HD 3800 series and most GeForce 8/9 cards.

I think video editing could be considered a regular task, and plenty of people are involved in distributed computing and run programs like F@H.

I would say that Quad-core CPUs are for a more specialized type of user, if all you do is run basic programs, then buy a cheap dual core CPU.