Hyperthreading - Finally an answer

[Feuerfalke]

I'd be rather interested if it benefits from multithreading.

I don't know any game that would profit from Hyperthreading. AFAIK only professional software does.


But lately Oleg posted that only part of the sound-engine is multithreaded. So we will have to see how well it performs with DX10s use of multiple cores.

[Osprey]

Can you even buy a single core these days?

Originally Posted by Osprey

Can you even buy a single core these days?

Perhaps, but what does that have to do with this topic?

[Feuerfalke]

Originally Posted by Hecke

Perhaps, but what does that have to do with this topic?

I wondered about the same thing

[Meusli]

He is probably saying that it should be Multithreading enabled as you can no longer buy single core cpus.

[Feuerfalke]

You mean hyperthreading enabled.

We can't enable multithreading. Unless you already hacked the code, that is.

[TheEditor]

On Topic....

The question is if hyperthreading's "yes but not so much" worth $100?
I'm guessing that your looking between the 2500k and the 2600k right?

[simace]

Originally Posted by Osprey

Can you even buy a single core these days?

Originally Posted by Hecke

Perhaps, but what does that have to do with this topic?

Originally Posted by Feuerfalke

I wondered about the same thing

Um...duh...

If you can't buy a single-core processor, the OP question is pointless to ask.

[EAF92_Brigstock]

Chances are you'll get 8 cores looking busy, whether it gives you any performance boost over a 2500k with 4 cores looking busy will only show in benchies of both chips.

Originally Posted by EAF92_Brigstock

Chances are you'll get 8 cores looking busy, whether it gives you any performance boost over a 2500k with 4 cores looking busy will only show in benchies of both chips.

Let's hope that at least 3-4 cores will be busy. And I don't mean 100% by that for sure.