Hyperthreaded games

Alphane · 12 Jan 2012 at 22:26

Now the general advice I'm getting in Hardware regarding a gaming rig is go for an i5 as games don't use hyperthreading.

This makes me wonder though will games soon be developed to take advantage of hyperthreading or is it just something that isn't neccasery in that kind of software?

Alphane · 12 Jan 2012 at 23:26

You see a lot of the gaming I do is strategy sims like hearts of iron 3, this has the most basic user interface but can 'chug' because of all the calculations going on.

Will hyperthreading be useful in such a case.

I feel in some 'build' and 'sim' type games hitting your FPS target isn't always going to be the limiting factor for smooth gameplay, would others agree, or have I misunderstood the subject ?

Alphane · 12 Jan 2012 at 23:36

So it is currently an implementation issue as to how the software is written. Fair enough Cheers

Alphane · 13 Jan 2012 at 00:53

Foxtrot26 said:
http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,...already-benefit-from-six-cores-CPUs/Practice/

Interesting article especially regarding turn times of stratergy games.

I am still a little confused on the subject though as if we compare the two chips metioned on a benchmarking sight, the games all seem to be a lot better with the 4 core intel ?????

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