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Any Hyperthreading or dual core games?

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Smartazz

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What games currently take advantage of hyperthreading or dual core cpus? I know Quake 4 and Call of Duty 2 both do, know of any more?
 
I m interested too by this subject. IMHO, multiple core enables CPUs is the future of persaonal computing, at leat the near future (Cell 9 cores, Intel 4 cores, AMD 2 cores, ...).
I just bought a AMD X2. I m interested in performance increase in multiple core enabled games. Have you tried to bench Quake 4 Smartazz ?
 
Originally posted by: pascall
I m interested too by this subject. IMHO, multiple core enables CPUs is the future of persaonal computing, at leat the near future (Cell 9 cores, Intel 4 cores, AMD 2 cores, ...).
I just bought a AMD X2. I m interested in performance increase in multiple core enabled games. Have you tried to bench Quake 4 Smartazz ?
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I have the game, but haven't benchmarked it yet, I think I should do that now.
 
Quake 3 is the only one that comes to mind

Some others I have heard will off load things like audio processing to the second core but thats about it AFAIK
 
Hyperthreading of at least the Intel variety on the 478 pin and 775 as well at least is NOT dependant upon programming. contrary to popular belief, it does not take one application or program and run it exclusively on one side and the other on the other side. It takes whatever process string comes to it, regardless of what program it came from and deals it back and forth as they come side to side. that's why you'll see the CPU useage being the same side to side.
 
Games (that I can think of) that will or do use dual core cpus:
UT2007 (coming out later this year?)
Quake 4 (got to use console to enable it though, doom 3 too? same engine...)
Oblivion

Thats all I can think of.
 
HT doesn't really improve performance. It just allows more simultaneous threads to run. If you run two threads on an HT, that might botch the ability to burn a CD while you are gaming for example. (Bad example because the CD burning would get the little time slice it needs anyway.)
 
Originally posted by: xtknight
HT doesn't really improve performance. It just allows more simultaneous threads to run. If you run two threads on an HT, that might botch the ability to burn a CD while you are gaming for example. (Bad example because the CD burning would get the little time slice it needs anyway.)
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Actually it does.

Usually SMP aware games offer about 10-20% increase for HT systems.
 
Originally posted by: xtknight
HT doesn't really improve performance. It just allows more simultaneous threads to run. If you run two threads on an HT, that might botch the ability to burn a CD while you are gaming for example. (Bad example because the CD burning would get the little time slice it needs anyway.)
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HT does improve performance. They even gain performance in games that utilize smp patches, look here.
 
Originally posted by: potato28
Half-Life 2 with the newest patches and all of the Source games.
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Really?? I had no idea. I updated the game like 2 days ago but I don't see any mention of dual core optimizations at steampowered.com.
 
Originally posted by: classy
Originally posted by: xtknight
HT doesn't really improve performance. It just allows more simultaneous threads to run. If you run two threads on an HT, that might botch the ability to burn a CD while you are gaming for example. (Bad example because the CD burning would get the little time slice it needs anyway.)
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HT does improve performance. They even gain performance in games that utilize smp patches, look here.
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Hmm, well that's surprising.
 
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