CS:GO: Cores and Hyper-Threading benchmarked

WARNING: Your results may vary!

I see how the number of cores / threads you have affects your framerate in CS:GO. I tested up to 6 cores / 12 threads.

Hyper-Threading (And soon multi-threading with AMD's Ryzen) makes each of your processor's cores act like 2. It's great for certain types of work, but not necessarily in CS:GO. I investigate with this video. Benchmarks were consistent and the results, interesting.

Just so that you know, Skadoodle has an Intel 6700HQ, which has 4 cores / 8 HT.

I adjusted the number of cores / threads used by setting the Affinity values in the Windows Task Manager.

0:34 - Hyper-threading explained using wonderful diagrams. 1:40 - Non-HT results 2:22 - Multicore Rendering Enabled - or else! 1:59 - HT results 2:42 - Conclusion: HT VS Non-HT

See the Reddit page / original video by Shroud here: https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/5vev69/shroud_turning_off_hyperthreading_gives_more_fps

And thanks to TheCatofWar for the improved graph: https://youtube.com/TheCatOfWarCSGO

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