Multiple... so many cores... (5-boxing)

[Fuzzyboy]

Thanks for the feedback, and my apologies for being slightly vague :-)

I guess what I meant to ask is if the WoW client benefits from having more than 2 cores per client. For example, if I have a 24 core processor - can the 5 clients utilize 4 cores per client or is it pretty much the same performance as if they had 2 cores per client?

[WOWBOX40]

The old engine uses 80ish % on 1 cpu core, then is able to spread the other 20% on other cores. You could f.ex assign 1 game to 4 cores (8 threads), at 4,2 gz or assign 1 game to 2 cores (4 threads) at 4,6+ gz. The fps improvement could be around 30% on the one with fewer cores, but higher clockspeed.

So it likes few cores, at high overclock, if you want to minmax it.

If you want to buy a huge cpu, and wish to try assign 4 true cores (8 threads) to each game, its possible. It will ofcourse still be a lot better than having a less cpu and having the games fight over the same cores. Let us know how it works out, if you want to give that a go.


Other new games, that is not cpu bound: any decent cpu at 4gz would be plenty. The main fps improvement will be based on the gfx card you got. As in: spend more money on gfx card than cpu, for other games than wow.