"No need for more than 4 cores. Period"

[CookPassBabtridge]

Hello chaps

 

Probably opening up a can of worms / grumpiness here, but I am reading general internet opinion on the future of PC CPU's. We've got 8 core PS4's and XBoxOne's. Games are almost always written on console first then ported. Some devs are starting to write to take advantage of more than 4 cores.

 

We've got Elite Dangerous, Star Citizen coming up with support for more than 4 cores. We've got X-Plane that can use more than 4 cores. We don't know whats going on with EDGE, but I alternately read "no more than 2" right up to "could use 6".

 

But I keep hearing "you don't need more than 4 cores for ANY PC gaming".

 

Is this true for all flight sims, now and future (2-3 years)?

Is this true for all games, now and future? (2-3 years)?

 

Someone else tells me the 8 core in a console is nothing like an 8 core in a PC. I thought AMD deliberately made them to be similar to PC architecture? Is it true that "All you need is QUAD", now and forever more, or can quad core users envisage a time in the not too distant future where their chips are relegated to "mid range"?

 

:huh:

[cichlidfan]

But I keep hearing "you don't need more than 4 cores for ANY PC gaming".

 

Where do you keep hearing this?

 

Just for reference:

 

"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."

 

Ken Olsen, founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977

 

http://www.techhive.com/article/155984/worst_tech_predictions.html

Edited September 30, 2014 by cichlidfan

[CookPassBabtridge]

Where do you keep hearing this?

 

Just for reference:

 

http://www.techhive.com/article/155984/worst_tech_predictions.html

 

For the record, its sounding like you and I share the same view... but to answer the question: The usual situation begins with "I want to build a top spec gaming rig that will last me a couple of years. Plz halp". :D

[Abburo]

Multicores is not needed for just one application. They can serve for multiple differnet apps which are running simultaneously on your machine, for example:

- your preferred sim 2 cores

- communication app - 1 core

- 3rd party map rendering (google earth) for gps positioning - 1 core....

- realtime statistics -1 core

- video capturing - x cores

... so on and so forth... you can extend this list as much as you want.

 

So, don't be affraid about multicores :D

[cichlidfan]

For the record, its sounding like you and I share the same view... but to answer the question: The usual situation begins with "I want to build a top spec gaming rig that will last me a couple of years. Plz halp". :D

 

Ah, I see. Well, since the statement is generally coming from the same pool of knowledge that produces YouTube comments, I think you can safely ignore it. :P

[txmtb]

Ah, I see. Well, since the statement is generally coming from the same pool of knowledge that produces YouTube comments, I think you can safely ignore it. :P

 

 

Nice! :thumbup:

[Bucic]

It's true for vast majority of games, including those most demanding with regard to CPU power. And it's going to remain true until a 'make my game utilize many cores' wizzard/creator for game devs gets released.

 

A reality check...