Re:Intel Announces 9th Gen Core CPUs
by GuB-42 on Monday October 08, 2018 @03:17PM
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Game engines are multi-threaded, but there is still a critical path. And passed a certain amount of cores (typically 4 in modern games), you won't get any improvement by adding more.
That's because once you are down the critical path, the only way to go faster is by improving single core performance.
There is a reason reason why Core i5 are so popular with gamers. They have just enough cores not to limit a game engine, excellent single-thread performance, and they are affordable.
That's because once you are down the critical path, the only way to go faster is by improving single core performance.
There is a reason reason why Core i5 are so popular with gamers. They have just enough cores not to limit a game engine, excellent single-thread performance, and they are affordable.