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I am not asking "Can I find out no of cores from code?" ... Such a code will be ill-intended (forces you to buy a more expensive CPU to run a program - without the need of computational power).

uylmz
– uylmz

2015-01-07 12:28:41 +00:00
Commented Jan 7, 2015 at 12:28
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This function gives much more information then just a raw "number of cores". With this information you can deduct physical cores, logical cores and more. If you can deduct that, then you can write software to use this information. In a good or bad way (crash program when you see 4 cores but less then 4 physical cores).

Pieter B
– Pieter B

2015-01-07 12:32:40 +00:00
Commented Jan 7, 2015 at 12:32
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This may work in Windows, but what about OSX/Linux/iOS/Android/etc.? While it is referencing a game as an instance where this behavior is seen (and the natural correlation would be Windows = Gaming), it doesn't seem to be a game specific request.

Robert
– Robert

2015-01-07 15:50:27 +00:00
Commented Jan 7, 2015 at 15:50
For a game like Dragon Age, the systems in question are Windows/XBox/PS4.

user53141
– user53141

2015-01-07 22:30:00 +00:00
Commented Jan 7, 2015 at 22:30
Linux has /proc/cpuinfo and sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN) (the latter being mentioned in POSIX). Using the info to enforce a minimum performance threshold is still pretty bad form, though.

cHao
– cHao

2015-01-08 14:05:25 +00:00
Commented Jan 8, 2015 at 14:05

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