Will a dual-core processor benefit from Multi Core support?

Parthrax0923

With the dual-core support coming, will a PC with an intel pentium G4560 (dual-core processor) run better when multi core support is added? I have a 2nd PC my friend could use. That’s why I’m asking. Will the performance be noticeably different?

ZOS_Edward

Hey @Parthrax0923,

The multi-core support mentioned is going to show improvement in Quad Core and greater computers as mentioned here:

ZOS_BrianWheeler wrote: »

Quad Cores will see a slight increase but the processors with higher cores will see a greater impact. <-- code gang confirmed 2.0

Zaaroc

Whilst the g4560 is a dual core, it has 4 actual threads via hyper-threading. Therefore, it's to some extent a quad core. You might see some improvement, perhaps not as much as on a true quad core though.

itscompton

ZOS_Edward wrote: »

Hey @Parthrax0923,

The multi-core support mentioned is going to show improvement in Quad Core and greater computers as mentioned here:

ZOS_BrianWheeler wrote: »

Quad Cores will see a slight increase but the processors with higher cores will see a greater impact. <-- code gang confirmed 2.0

Will consoles see any improvement from multicore support?

MLGProPlayer

itscompton wrote: »

ZOS_Edward wrote: »

Hey @Parthrax0923,

The multi-core support mentioned is going to show improvement in Quad Core and greater computers as mentioned here:

ZOS_BrianWheeler wrote: »

Quad Cores will see a slight increase but the processors with higher cores will see a greater impact. <-- code gang confirmed 2.0

Will consoles see any improvement from multicore support?

Client Performance: We have increased the amount of cpu cores used by the client which should improve framerate for players on mid to high end CPU's on PC platforms. On consoles and PC we have improved how characters are composited resulting in faster character loads and less framerate spikes.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/5001021

Consoles will only benefit from the improved character compositing.

misfitmanic

AMD FX-8350 here. Super excited for this.

Own

ZOS_Edward wrote: »

Hey @Parthrax0923,

The multi-core support mentioned is going to show improvement in Quad Core and greater computers as mentioned here:

ZOS_BrianWheeler wrote: »

Quad Cores will see a slight increase but the processors with higher cores will see a greater impact. <-- code gang confirmed 2.0

Is this a limit on the amount of cores ESO will use? Is there an advantage of having above 6 cores? 8 cores?

LittlePinkDot

ZOS_Edward wrote: »

Hey @Parthrax0923,

The multi-core support mentioned is going to show improvement in Quad Core and greater computers as mentioned here:

ZOS_BrianWheeler wrote: »

Quad Cores will see a slight increase but the processors with higher cores will see a greater impact. <-- code gang confirmed 2.0

Will it improve performance on console?

kyle.wilson

LittlePinkDot wrote: »

ZOS_Edward wrote: »

Hey @Parthrax0923,

The multi-core support mentioned is going to show improvement in Quad Core and greater computers as mentioned here:

ZOS_BrianWheeler wrote: »

Quad Cores will see a slight increase but the processors with higher cores will see a greater impact. <-- code gang confirmed 2.0

Will it improve performance on console?

No, because they are optimized from the beginning for the hardware. Computers have such varying hardware, and zos is too nice. They allowed antique equipment to run this game for far too long. Seriously, 32bit was outdated by years when the game launched in 2014.

Colecovision

ZOS_Edward wrote: »

Hey @Parthrax0923,

The multi-core support mentioned is going to show improvement in Quad Core and greater computers as mentioned here:

ZOS_BrianWheeler wrote: »

Quad Cores will see a slight increase but the processors with higher cores will see a greater impact. <-- code gang confirmed 2.0

Will duo core computers see any reduction in performance or will my i3 3.7 ghz continue on as it has? I’m happy with it.

zaria

kyle.wilson wrote: »

LittlePinkDot wrote: »

ZOS_Edward wrote: »

Hey @Parthrax0923,

The multi-core support mentioned is going to show improvement in Quad Core and greater computers as mentioned here:

ZOS_BrianWheeler wrote: »

Quad Cores will see a slight increase but the processors with higher cores will see a greater impact. <-- code gang confirmed 2.0

Will it improve performance on console?

No, because they are optimized from the beginning for the hardware. Computers have such varying hardware, and zos is too nice. They allowed antique equipment to run this game for far too long. Seriously, 32bit was outdated by years when the game launched in 2014.

PS4 and One run an amd 8 core 64bit cpu. Its however slowly clocked as it was primarily an laptop cpu as I understand.
This patch should do wonders if it had worked on consoles.

Instead it looks like it will give i7 + 1080ti players like this one 60fps in cyrodil zergs, something who is nice but not very important.

VilniusNastavnik

With ESO running on 1 core, 2 threads at the moment, I'm gonna see a hell of a difference when I get to open up the other 3 cores.. even more when I upgrade to 8 core in the coming months.

ADarklore

Just wonder how all of this will work, or won't work, with hyper-threading?

Merlin13KAGL

Zaaroc wrote: »

Whilst the g4560 is a dual core, it has 4 actual threads via hyper-threading. Therefore, it's to some extent a quad core. You might see some improvement, perhaps not as much as on a true quad core though.

Uh...no, it's dual core.

Four thread, four logical processors, still only dual core.

Separate cores utilize their own dedicated hardware connections. Hyperthreaded logical cores share hardware. HT is great if your CPU has extra processor time available, but it's not the same as having actual dedicated cores.

kyle.wilson

Merlin13KAGL wrote: »

Zaaroc wrote: »

Whilst the g4560 is a dual core, it has 4 actual threads via hyper-threading. Therefore, it's to some extent a quad core. You might see some improvement, perhaps not as much as on a true quad core though.

Uh...no, it's dual core.

Four thread, four logical processors, still only dual core.

Separate cores utilize their own dedicated hardware connections. Hyperthreaded logical cores share hardware. HT is great if your CPU has extra processor time available, but it's not the same as having actual dedicated cores.

I would send someone out to buy a used computer before I'd recommend that junk.
No company should still be selling dual core desktop cpus. The fact its from 2017 makes it worse.

ArchMikem

ZOS_Edward wrote: »

Hey Parthrax0923,

The multi-core support mentioned is going to show improvement in Quad Core and greater computers as mentioned here:

ZOS_BrianWheeler wrote: »

Quad Cores will see a slight increase but the processors with higher cores will see a greater impact. <-- code gang confirmed 2.0

I'm assuming this new support isn't going to be in the Console build?

xenowarrior92eb17_ESO

@Parthrax0923 meaning those with nuclear powerplants (like myself) will/should benefit greatly.

Skwor

My I7-6900k 8 core 16 thread oc’d to 4.1GHZ is gonna love this.

ArchMikem

Skwor wrote: »

My I-6900k 8 core 16 thread oc’d to 4.1GHZ is gonna love this.

I actually read that as your Processor overdosed on 4.1GHz.

Bevik

I'm afraid my i7 6700 slightly benefit means won't gain more than 1-2 fps.

Skwor

ArchMikem wrote: »

Skwor wrote: »

My I-6900k 8 core 16 thread oc’d to 4.1GHZ is gonna love this.

I actually read that as your Processor overdosed on 4.1GHz.

LMAO nice!

Zaaroc

Merlin13KAGL wrote: »

Zaaroc wrote: »

Whilst the g4560 is a dual core, it has 4 actual threads via hyper-threading. Therefore, it's to some extent a quad core. You might see some improvement, perhaps not as much as on a true quad core though.

Uh...no, it's dual core.

Four thread, four logical processors, still only dual core.

Separate cores utilize their own dedicated hardware connections. Hyperthreaded logical cores share hardware. HT is great if your CPU has extra processor time available, but it's not the same as having actual dedicated cores.

I thought my explanation of it being a "fake" quadcore was obvious enough :P Yes, it has only two cores, but seeing it has more threads available means that you -might- see a small performance gain, compared to a 2c/2t processor, seeing how ESO's mainly running on two threads it seems. I fully agree though, mind you: a current 2c/4t will never outperform a current 4c/4t due to shared hardware limitations.

grim_tactics

The more time that goes by, the more I realize this game was never meant to run optimally on console.

I put so many hours into this game that I just don’t have the time to do so on PC now that I have a good rig, but trying to PvP with any seriousness on console is impossible.

I was hoping that at some point ZOS would do something to fix the insane lag on console but now it’s apparent that everything going forward is focused on PC and console gets the scraps.

@ZOS_GinaBruno very disappointed you all will not address this issue and just ignore the console crowd.

Maybe once I change jobs I’ll have the time to jump on PC and grind all the stuff over again, but at the moment the constant frame rate drops, perma-snare slow walking, and not being able to bar swap will be the PvP experience during peak times going forward.

abelsgmx

I did this in UserSettings tuned for 4 core usage:

SET MaxCoresToUse "4"
SET RequestedNumJobThreads "4"
SET RequestedNumWorkerThreads "4"

I feel a more fluid experience with a few of bottlenecks. I think is because game is not multiprocesing optimized yet.

Note: The first option come with 8 and last 2 options come with 1 instead of 4 in my case.