Arma 3 && Multithreading!!

[MadDogX]

Would it be possible to run AI on multiple cores depending on the faction perhaps if the extra cores are available?

It should be possible to have multiple AI worker threads, yes, though whether or not this brings an effective performance improvement really depends on the implementation.

[gatienthe]

what about HyperThreading on I7 ?

[batto]

what about HyperThreading on I7 ?

What about it?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Hyper-threading

The performance improvement seen is very application-dependent, however when running two programs that require full attention of the processor it can actually seem like one or both of the programs slows down slightly when Hyper-Threading Technology is turned on.

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthrea...=1#post2141688

[gatienthe]

and they won't change that in Arma III ?

[Leon86]

Hypertheading only leads to gains if the rest of the cpu is working 100%. It's damn near impossible to balance the load of a game so well that will lead to real gains.

Battlefield 3 does a decent job at this but even there the gains of hyperthreading are minimal and lots of people report stutter when it's on.

[batto]

Hypertheading only leads to gains if the rest of the cpu is working 100%.

If the rest of CPU is used by other apps then maybe. But IMO BIS doesn't care about such scenarios. If your application creates many short-lived tasks than HT is good.

[frostwyrm333]

HT would work only on Intel CPU's, they are reluctant to make such changes anyway, we'll see soon. E3 is 3 weeks away.

[GossamerSolid]

Hyperthreading is a gimmick. A lot of people I know with HT processors end up turning it off because of stuttering/performance issues anyways.

[Dingo8]

Hyperthreading is a gimmick. A lot of people I know with HT processors end up turning it off because of stuttering/performance issues anyways.

Hyper-threading does significantly help performance for some CPU intensive applications, so it's not just a "gimmick". It just seems to have some issues with some games. Good thing you can easily switch it off. I've been keeping it on lately and haven't had any noticeable performance issues.

[batto]

Hyper-threading does significantly help performance for some CPU intensive applications

Exact opposite is true. Define CPU instensive maybe?