how many cores does clod use

[janpitor]

Originally Posted by Heliocon

Yes because you have plenty of experience with this stuff to base your opinion on? 8 threads = alot better than 4 threads/cores. Your cpu has to sit and wait for your ram, in the meantime if you have an i7 it will be far more active/productive.

8 threads isnt the same as 8 cores...with or without hyperthreading, the total processing power available is approximately the same (if the frequency and number of cores is the same)...you can just run more applications at the same time...8 threads could be usefull only if the game could use more threads but couldn´t use them to their full capacity (less than 50%load on every thread)

Just try to switch off hyperthreading on your CPU and see the minimal difference in FPS