how many cores does clod use

[Rattlehead]

Originally Posted by Heliocon

This is the second major/BIG transition into multicore cpus and we will see low end pcs all with quads while a gaming pc will be 6-8 core in a years time.

This is what I find a bit funny about the PC market, because I very much doubt there will be a single game that is optimized for six or eight cores before (at the earliest) 2013.
I'm willing to bet quad cores will still be the real world standard until then. Developers are not going to develop games for six or eight cores as it will be isolating 80% of the market.

Nobody is making uber game engines for PC right now, largely because of economics...even Crysis, Crysis 2 and Metro 2033 run perfectly well on a dual core on maximum settings.
So while it's nice to be able to boast a fast quad or hex core CPU, for 90% of games out there it's overkill, imo.

I'm willing to bet the same will apply to six and eight core cpu's in the foreseeable future.