SP1 to Support Multiple CPU Cores!!!

[Ashton Lawson]

http://blogs.msdn.com/ptaylor/archive/2 ... quote.aspx

Read that.

Great news, good read.

So for those who have more than one core on their CPU, this will help loading times, decrease lag in terrain texture loading, and above all, increase performance!

Str!ker

[gottoflynow]

Cool..That will (should) help a bit  :P

-GTFN

[Nick N]

FSX alread supports dual core. What they did was expand that use but do not confuse FSX SP1 dual core support as a full multithread application write because that is not what Ptaylor is saying. SP1 simply changes the cpu bound calls for the software and increases the 2nd core use, not use 100% of it.

I have flown SP1. It is well worth the wait and it will enhance performance quite a bit.

Hopefully it will be released by the end of the month.

[EGNX]

FSX alread supports dual core. What they did was expand that use but do not confuse FSX SP1 dual core support as a full multithread application write because that is not what Ptaylor is saying. SP1 simply changes the cpu bound calls for the software and increases the 2nd core use, not use 100% of it.

I have flown SP1. It is well worth the wait and it will enhance performance quite a bit.

Hopefully it will be released by the end of the month.

So how exactly how much more will it improve FSX when it starts to use dual cores more efficently...?

[Ashton Lawson]

well, wtv hes saying, its gonna help.  and support for more multiple cores, include more than 4 cores sounds good.

and the non-usage of hyperthreading stuff is good too.

[Nick N]

FSX alread supports dual core. What they did was expand that use but do not confuse FSX SP1 dual core support as a full multithread application write because that is not what Ptaylor is saying. SP1 simply changes the cpu bound calls for the software and increases the 2nd core use, not use 100% of it.

I have flown SP1. It is well worth the wait and it will enhance performance quite a bit.

Hopefully it will be released by the end of the month.

So how exactly how much more will it improve FSX when it starts to use dual cores more efficently...?

The fixes involved are related more to reduction of the CPU bound calls than they are how much the 2nd, etc, core is poled. It is a combination of the two which provide the needed relief for the software to run better.

Aces looked toward the future when they designed FSX. I think they looked a bit too far ahead to the 45nm processors which are still some time from hitting the market. The 45nm processor cores will almost double the CPU ability but its not here yet and FSX is. New motherboard technology will be entering the market soon which allows direct connection to the GPU/CPU memory bus to each core. With that introduced all games, multithread or not but especially multithread, will have a huge boost the industry has not seen for many years.

Its not about how much of the 2nd, 3rd or 4th core they may use but how they are used in relation to the GPU(s)

[Nick N]

[quote]well, wtv hes saying, its gonna help.

[Ashton Lawson]

sneeky b@$t@rd$... :-/

but hey, im gonna get DX10 and vista stuff anyway, so wtv.

[macca22au]

Oh, dear, Nick: that means that within a year we will need to get new motherboards and new CPUs.   Somehow I think my obsession with this sim is going to keep me poor.

[Keep It Simple]

[quote]Oh, dear, Nick: that means that within a year we will need to get new motherboards and new CPUs.