OOTP 18 to support multi-core CPUs!?!

vulcan4 · 03-12-2017, 07:12 PM

I have the Intel Core i7 6950x cpu which has 10 cores. My understanding is that OOTP 18 will support multi-core CPUs. Is this correct? Also, will there be support for 64-bit as well?

Caporegime · 03-12-2017, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by vulcan4

I have the Intel Core i7 6950x cpu which has 10 cores. My understanding is that OOTP 18 will support multi-core CPUs. Is this correct? Also, will there be support for 64-bit as well?

Multi-core cpu support was added to last year's (OOTP17) addition. However, 64-bit support is another story.

vulcan4 · 03-12-2017, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Caporegime

Multi-core cpu support was added to last year's (OOTP17) addition. However, 64-bit support is another story.

Ok, great!! Thank you.

Caporegime · 03-12-2017, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by vulcan4

Ok, great!! Thank you.

You're welcome. Anytime.

homerj · 03-13-2017, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Caporegime

Multi-core cpu support was added to last year's (OOTP17) addition. However, 64-bit support is another story.

Code:

$ file ootp_linux64r 
ootp_linux64r: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64

We've had 64-bit support for ages, come to the other side.

Caporegime · 03-13-2017, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by homerj

Code:

$ file ootp_linux64r 
ootp_linux64r: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64

We've had 64-bit support for ages, come to the other side.

Nevermind....my mistake. I was under the impression that OOTP was still a 32-bit application.

homerj · 03-13-2017, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Caporegime

Nevermind....my mistake. I was under the impression that OOTP was still a 32-bit application.

Ahh, it may be under Windows, the "we" in my context was Linux, where we have things like 64-bit OOTP

Caporegime · 03-13-2017, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by homerj

Ahh, it may be under Windows, the "we" in my context was Linux, where we have things like 64-bit OOTP

LOL...yeah that went over my head initially. What else can you expect from a Windows user?

So, the Linux version of OOTP is actually capable of using more than 4gb of RAM? Maybe I will cross over.

I have 32gb of quad channel DDR4 SDRAM @ 2133 mhz. While OOTP runs like the wind on my machine, most of that hardware muscle is probably wasted on OOTP. I'd love to be able to run a compete historical sim from 1871-2016 in 8 seconds or less.

NoOne · 03-15-2017, 07:41 PM

linux is great for a very select few people. more power to them, too.

it's simply not for mainstream use, though. there's always some alternative OS that might be better but has severe drawbacks for normal users, nonetheless. what was it... OSWarp? unix? linux? relative to personal computing they are only worth a dual boot setup, but not good enough alone for most people. almost like a hipster thing amongst computer people.

what you described is about the only thing you'd notice a big difference about, if any... a longer simulation. 1 day or even 1 month likely is not noticeably faster - 32bit vs 64bit.

with all that extra ram sitting dormant all the time, you should look into setting up a RAM disk, or whatever they are called. extra dormant ram doesnt do anythign but sit there like a rock, otherwise. anythign more than 2x the max ram in use at anytime is unuseful... even that is probably overkill (need the phyiscal space required for efficient manipulation of the data)... maybe 133% of max used ram or so, my guesstimate.

pop ootp over to ramdisk before use and you'll see a performance improvement in loading times, for sure.

03-12-2017, 07:12 PM	#1
vulcan4 Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 351	OOTP 18 to support multi-core CPUs!?! I have the Intel Core i7 6950x cpu which has 10 cores. My understanding is that OOTP 18 will support multi-core CPUs. Is this correct? Also, will there be support for 64-bit as well?

03-15-2017, 07:41 PM	#9
NoOne Banned Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,273 Infractions: 0/1 (3)	linux is great for a very select few people. more power to them, too. it's simply not for mainstream use, though. there's always some alternative OS that might be better but has severe drawbacks for normal users, nonetheless. what was it... OSWarp? unix? linux? relative to personal computing they are only worth a dual boot setup, but not good enough alone for most people. almost like a hipster thing amongst computer people. what you described is about the only thing you'd notice a big difference about, if any... a longer simulation. 1 day or even 1 month likely is not noticeably faster - 32bit vs 64bit. with all that extra ram sitting dormant all the time, you should look into setting up a RAM disk, or whatever they are called. extra dormant ram doesnt do anythign but sit there like a rock, otherwise. anythign more than 2x the max ram in use at anytime is unuseful... even that is probably overkill (need the phyiscal space required for efficient manipulation of the data)... maybe 133% of max used ram or so, my guesstimate. pop ootp over to ramdisk before use and you'll see a performance improvement in loading times, for sure. Last edited by NoOne; 03-15-2017 at 07:45 PM.