games using 100% of 2 cores

[id10x]

this game is programed to use multi cores at maximum i thought games are only capable of using single cores . well mainly i guess

[pam123]

Going back to 2006, maybe 2005, any game that used the Unreal Engine could make full use of multi-core processors (Though that didn't necessarily mean that they did.).

[ryuk999]

Originally Posted by pam123 (Though that didn't necessarily mean that they did.).

So do you mean that they weren't efficient about using the multi-cores?

[id10x]

nice new pc btw pam enjoy

[pam123]

Originally Posted by ryuk999 So do you mean that they weren't efficient about using the multi-cores?

Crysis, for example, was coded for multi-core .
Other games weren't coded for it and couldn't use it.
It's not a matter of efficiency.

We'll eventually get to the point where gamers can add efficient use of multi-core to the list of topics they argue about but we're not there yet (Though, with help from Steam, we may get there sooner rather than later.).

[pam123]

Originally Posted by id10x nice new pc btw pam enjoy

Thanks

It was past time for an update of the video card and since Win7 was out I got more ram as well.

[ryuk999]

Originally Posted by pam123 Crysis, for example, was coded for multi-core . Other games weren't coded for it and couldn't use it. It's not a matter of efficiency. We'll eventually get to the point where gamers can add efficient use of multi-core to the list of topics they argue about but we're not there yet (Though, with help from Steam, we may get there sooner rather than later.).

ohh so it sounds like when steam decides to offer 64 bit versions of games + the actual application Steam then that's when the "efficiency" would increase? or do you mean the actual encoding of the games by the developers? <-- or maybe I'm looking at this wrong and you mean both lol

[David M]

Many of the newer games can utilize dual core processors. Windows machines with a 64 bit OS can of course run 64 bit games or 32 bit games.

If your core(s) are running at 100% and you are not running a lot of stuff in the background, that is a sign that your CPU is the bottleneck.

Efficiency comes from writing code for games that uses less of the CPU and GPU. Crysis was not written very efficiently. Crysis Warhead was written more efficiently (Crytek made changes to the graphics engine making it more efficient), therefore the better framerates, given the same game settings compared to the original Crysis

[ryuk999]

ohh alright i think i get it now thanks!

[id10x]

i dont think my cpu is a bottleneck for any games out there at the time being .
am playing batman asylum and its using less than 50% of 1 core ..

maybe this game is just programed to reserve all availbe cpu capacity but am sure its not actully
using all of it .

[Force Flow]

Looks like it's a common complaint for this game:

http://www.google.com/search?q=drago...ient=firefox-a

I looked at a few of the threads, but didn't see any fixes or solutions listed. You may have to dig a bit deeper.

[id10x]

Originally Posted by pam123 Thanks It was past time for an update of the video card and since Win7 was out I got more ram as well.

so u just updated the vga and ram ? not all the pc ? i might be doing that also next summer
maybe . i failed to RMA my 4 GB corsair ram so am using 2 GB 667 kingston atm
also i might like to shift to dx11 if nvidia played it well ..and try to sell my 9800