The famous air combat simulation game DCS World is about to receive a big performance boost, as developer Eagle Dynamics has announced the introduction of multi-threading support in the latest 2.8.3.37556 open beta release.
Multithreading is a programming technique that allows multiple threads to exist in the context of a single process. Threads are independent execution paths within a program, and multithreading allows a program to perform multiple tasks simultaneously, thereby improving its performance and responsiveness. However, multithreading also introduces some complexity, such as thread synchronization and resource sharing, which must be carefully managed to avoid problems such as contention conditions and deadlocks.
Eagle Dynamics says that about half of the P cores are dedicated to graphics requirements. Currently, the rendering pool scales to a maximum of 16 threads on the P core (1 core = 2 threads). The other P cores are used by a pool of main logical threads, sound engine threads, and auxiliary threads that occupy all available space. e cores are only used by an unrestricted pool of resource streams (1 core = 1 thread).
For some older quad-core CPUs, the performance gain from enabling multithreading may not be significant, and may even degrade performance. In addition, for high-end CPUs with more than 32 threads, hyperthreading should be disabled.
Otherwise, most CPUs will get a game performance boost with multithreading enabled, and the Steam version can be found in the right-click launch menu with the Multithreading (MT) preview option.
According to the official announcement, the 2.8.3.37556 open beta also brings three new campaigns.
Battle Mosquito FB VI: V for Victory (Reflected Simulations)
Battle AV-8B: Kerman (Ground Pounder Sim)
Campaign F / A-18C: Determination (Looking Glass)
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