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Old May 13th 15, 04:40 PM posted to comp.sys.intel
Yousuf Khan[_2_]
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Default Xeon Phi multi-core mania

On 08/05/2015 7:13 AM, wrote:
I read in a gaming forum the other day that games do not use more than 4
cores because of diminishing returns.


That's all about to change with the advent of DirectX 12! The GPU
threads may now use as many as six cores (possibly more later on) to
speed up graphics in DX12.

Tested: DirectX 12's potential performance leap is insane | PCWorld
http://www.pcworld.com/article/29008...is-insane.html

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