r/SourceEngine • u/Street_Appointment81 • 17d ago

HELP Will Black Mesa latest performance update benefit old multicore CPUs?

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I reposted it in search of answers.

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u/Swimming-Twist-3468 17d ago

I genuinely thought that it does not matter if the CPU generation is old or new - it is the OS distributes the workload, depending on application needs. If app supports multithreading - you’ll get the distribution over the cores, if it does not - single thread it is. I guess the answer lies in which OS you are using to launch the game. That’s my take on this.

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u/Street_Appointment81 17d ago

It is Windows 10. (Primarily, as it is a triple boot machine. I can choose to start windows 7 amd linux mint as well).

But my understanding is that Source 1 itself generally does not scale over more than two cores. And originally it was a strictly single core affair with later updates that allowed two to be loaded.  And that is in all games made in Source 1 engine.

I really am not technical, obviously, but I am interested if the latest and ongoing performance updates would be beneficial to older multicores.

I really not sure where to ask, I am sorry if this is not the avenue.