Is quake 4 going to be multithreaded?

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Is it? Was quake 3 multithreaded?

 

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[SynthDude2001]

Quake3 did use SMP in some form, yes. I don't remember whether or not the Doom 3 engine is, though.

 

[BFG10K]

Not much I'd wager.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: SynthDude2001
Quake3 did use SMP in some form, yes. I don't remember whether or not the Doom 3 engine is, though.

I don't think it is. Has to do with how graphics are drawn or sum'n.

The promise of multi-core is AI in games. Atleast that's the theory and most developers admit that you won't see games taking advatage of multi-core for atleast 3 years. And yes, that means the next gen consoles will have underutilized hardware for 3+ years.