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The Source Engine & Multi-Core

by Maarten Goldstein, Nov 02, 2006 7:16am PST

Related Topics – Valve, Intel

Related to the news below is this bit-tech.net article about the Source Engine's support for multicore CPUs. Valve's Gabe Newell, Tom Leonard, Brian Jacobson and Jay Stelly talk about what becomes possible with the technology's multithreading support.

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By: sharkII x Show Full Post

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What a great article.

I wonder if their multi-core approach couldn't just consider a dedicated physics processor as another core that they can offload to, transparently, without having to code anything else for it?

well, I guess they would have to use the specific physics API for that card...

I dunno.

Nov 02, 2006 7:53am PST

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What a great article. I wonder if their multi-core approach couldn't just consider a dedicated physics... : sharkII
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  I think you are correct. Not only would you have to use their specific API but you'd have essentially a ... : ezanga
  - If their main thread that handles all the core shuffling (this logic here, that logic there, etc) can pus... : sharkII
  - It'd be cool if you could write your physics in an API, and it's engine would scale up or down depending ... : Liquid

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You have to love Valve and their commitment to their engine. We are going to get a big update to source before EP2 rolls out so that when we get to actually play that game we will se pretty nice improvements on multi-core rigs. what more can you ask for?

i do wonder if the performance improvements will scale back to the HL2 and EP1 or is it like when they added HDR and you had to specifically use the new function.

Also this screams NEXT GEN CONSOLE LOVE considering both of them are multi-cored, source on PS3/X360 should find lots of love. MMM HL3 making full use of either console could be pretty freakin awesome (assuming I get my kb/m).

Nov 02, 2006 11:51am PST

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You have to love Valve and their commitment to their engine. We are going to get a big update to source ... : smacknca
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- When VALVe went off to make the "source engine" I thought this was an important distinction and a future ... : spyrext

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Awesome article.

I miss the old shack where this type of article would be an absolutely huge news post and not just a bullet under "TECH". Now we have stuff like "Shack Preview: Gunpey DS/PSP". Yay wtf.

Nov 02, 2006 5:37pm PST

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Awesome article. I miss the old shack where this type of article would be an absolutely huge news post... : flasher 907
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  the headlines here should be dynamically resized according to popularity of the item : Tuppertina
  - diff effect I totally agree. : flasher 907

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That was the most exciting game tech article I've ever read. It also makes that Dual Core system I was planning to buy, look obsolete.

Nov 02, 2006 9:16am PST

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That was the most exciting game tech article I've ever read. It also makes that Dual Core system I was p... : falkan
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- No way. It makes me think that it will finally be put to good use! :) : sharkII
- Me too, i'm waiting for quad core before buying. I think it will be good timing with games like QuakeWars... : flasher 907

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What do quad cores usually start at cost wise?

Nov 02, 2006 12:25pm PST

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Thanks for an awesome article! The most interesting read I've had in months.

Nov 02, 2006 1:08pm PST

Thanks for an awesome article! The most interesting read I've had in months. : downrightevil

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I still believe the best approach for all of this from a Hardware point of view is a Dual-Core CPU... and a single "Massively Multi-Core Co-processor"

Functions that can be multi-threaded are off loaded to the Co-Processor for quick calculation.

Nov 02, 2006 12:51pm PST

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I still believe the best approach for all of this from a Hardware point of view is a Dual-Core CPU... and... : ShadowRam
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- Which Vavle is basically doing in thier system... 1 core is the Cpu and N-1 = is the co=processor... ... : ShadowRam
- I swear, everyone is cashing in on the genre these days... : spl

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By: Carnivac x Show Full Post

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That's a fucking great article. Fascinating stuff.

Nov 02, 2006 8:43am PST

That's a fucking great article. Fascinating stuff. : Carnivac