3 cores used by pcsx2?
#1
I've found something on this forum that pcsx2 will be able to use 3 cores in very close future. Is this true?
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#2
Something like that.
The first two cores are used in the same manner as the current version (9.6 and r1888), 1 for the emulator and one for the GS.
The third one is used for the GUI.
So it won't be like "ZOMG 500FPS!!11!one", but at least it's a little bit faster (especially on slower triples and quads).
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#3
Yeah and people keep mixing up cores with threads. It's 3 threads, so for example a Core i5 that has 2 cores and 4 threads will take benefit from 3 threads of PCSX2. Anyway as dr_thrax already mentioned, it's hardly a speed increase but does help in program responsiveness.
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#4
So it won't be using 3 phisical cores, only virtual threads? If I understand this correctly there will be no benefit from 3 or 4 phisical cores only multitasking of some cpus that got such function?
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#5
To gain a benefit from 3rd CORE you should made 3 threads with balanced load. So you task should be able to divide in 3 parts, and each part should have noticeable load. Right now pcsx2 load is divided by 70/30 (EE/GS), so minor threads, that could be obtained from GUI or something else, would be easily executed on 2nd CPU.

So only way to gain a benefit from 3rd core is to divide EE thread into two noticeable parts, and that's almost impossible.
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#6
It will. Your OS does not see 'cores' but only threads. So if you have a dual core system (without hyperthreading) the OS sees 2 threads. If you have a quad core system , the OS sees 4 threads, if you have a dual core system with hyperthreading the OS sees 4 threads (2 actual cores and 2 virtual from hyperthreading).
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#7
Thanks for your help. In this case I'll try to unlock one more core from my cpu to try if there will be any difference between 2 and 3 cores. Phenom II cpus don't have hyperthreading I believe so the only option will be 3 real cores.
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#8
Before I start PCSX2 all cores are zero % and 1 thread. When running it looks like this.


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#9
That's load balancing done by the OS.
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#10
I thought there will be major code changes ? Sorry if i'm wrong.(just woke up)
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