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johnblommers · 12-20-2007, 06:46 PM

Originally posted by Jim Sachs:

...They run the current Alpha version of MA3 at about 40 FPS, using about 25% of the CPU time. Pixel shaders should not be necessary, though I will probably be adding effects for those who have them.

So the performance bottleneck in your case is not the CPU but somewhere in the I/O bandwidth, RAM, and video card areas. Or possibly wait states?

Is MA3 multi-threaded to take advantage of modern CPU architectures?

12-20-2007, 06:46 PM	#953
johnblommers The Architect Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 756	Originally posted by Jim Sachs: ...They run the current Alpha version of MA3 at about 40 FPS, using about 25% of the CPU time. Pixel shaders should not be necessary, though I will probably be adding effects for those who have them. So the performance bottleneck in your case is not the CPU but somewhere in the I/O bandwidth, RAM, and video card areas. Or possibly wait states? Is MA3 multi-threaded to take advantage of modern CPU architectures? Reasons people don't watch Star Trek: 60% - It’s for nerds. 39% - The show’s stupid. 01% - My parents were killed by Klingons and it's still too painful.