Is the game optimized for 4 CPU cores?

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I posted some analysis of the threads here:

Performance and benchmarks

One more attempt to show that the game uses multiple threads. Indeed it turns out it uses rather a lot of threads. Anyone can check this for themselves by running Task Manager, going to the Details tab, right clicking on any column heading, choosing Select columns, and checking the box for the Threads column. You will then be able to see the number of threads the AoE2DE_s.exe process is using. I’ve shown the result when running the benchmark in the image below, along with a view of the individua…

Also, some tests with different affinities here, and in the post below it:

Performance and benchmarks

To try to settle the question of how many threads the game can use, I have just run a load of tests with different affinities. If you set the affinity of the Steam process before running the game up, the game will have the same affinity that you set for Steam. Explanation of the affinities: 1 - 1 thread of 1 core 11 - 2 threads, both on the same core 101 - 2 threads on two different cores 111 - 3 threads, 2 of which are on the same core etc Hopefully these results make it clear that the g…