Will games use 6 cores in the next 4 years?

[Hydro_Homie]

Will Games utilize 6 cores (12 threads) in the next 4 years?

[Dark knight]

quads have more power thru just by single core heard must games dont use a good core me too im debating on that

[_I_]

possibly, but most games use 1 core heavily, and others threads lightly

most likely they will use 6 cores in the future, hard to guess how long it will take tho

[Bad_Conduct]

BF4 uses 8 cores.

Even if the game only uses half the cores, Windows offloads background tasks to the other cores. So it improves performance eitherway.

[Hydro_Homie]

Originally posted by Bad_Conduct:

BF4 uses 8 cores.

Even if the game only uses half the cores, Windows offloads background tasks to the other cores. So it improves performance eitherway.

If a current game like BF4 or Watch_Dogs says they use 8 cores, they are actaully using the 8 threads from a quad-core CPU (for intel a single hyperthreaded core has 2 threads in it). AMD however, usually doesnt use hyperthreading and all 8 cores are being utilized. That's why intel doesnt have anything above 6 cores.

[76561198001357399]

Originally posted by Bad_Conduct:

BF4 uses 8 cores.

Even if the game only uses half the cores, Windows offloads background tasks to the other cores. So it improves performance eitherway.

That's not true at all (If what you're saying is that you're best off with an octocore).

Quad core I5s and I7s still have a few years yet. Game engines haven't really developed much in the last three years.

[Joker]

There is a difference between how many cores a game uses and how much CPU power it needs. A game just gets extra performance when it can use more cores. Intel i5 quad cores get better performance than AMD "8" cores even in games that use extra cores. The same is true comparing Intel 6 cores vs 4 cores. We would be upgrading to new CPUs anyway when games need so much CPU power in the future.

[rotNdude]

Originally posted by Cryptonick:

Will Games utilize 6 cores (12 threads) in the next 4 years?

I think it all boils down to how much helper threads do to improve the game experience. You don't design a game to spawn multiple threads if those individual threads still have to be synchronized to make the gaming experience acceptable.

[Wu411]

Originally posted by Cryptonick:

Will Games utilize 6 cores (12 threads) in the next 4 years?

Yes, they will!

[Nakama]

Probably

[Marshmoreth Darthbleth]

We can only hope so.

[Yet]

che

[fL1ss]

Imagine that the processors will be so strong that it will have also a very powerful integrated graphics card so it will never be needed to buy a standalone graphics card. the apu technology from amd is amazing.

[Bad_Conduct]

Originally posted by Tris125's Laptop:

Originally posted by Bad_Conduct:

BF4 uses 8 cores.

Even if the game only uses half the cores, Windows offloads background tasks to the other cores. So it improves performance eitherway.

That's not true at all (If what you're saying is that you're best off with an octocore).

Quad core I5s and I7s still have a few years yet. Game engines haven't really developed much in the last three years.

It's completely true, and everything you said has nothing to do with my comment. A game can fully use 8 cores if they are available. The same game can use 6, 4, 2 or 1, if that is all that is available. If the game can only use 4 cores, and you have 8, Windows will move background tasks to the remaining 4. Pretty simple.

UT4 just came out, Cryengine runs on Linux. What nonsense.