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Should You Use "Only Physical Cores" in Escape from Tarkov? A Technical Deep Dive

"The debate surrounding hardware optimization in Escape from Tarkov (EFT) is as complex as the game’s own ballistics system. Battlestate Games has built a notoriously unoptimized engine that relies heavily on single-core CPU performance. Players often search for the setting "Use Physical Cores Only" in the game’s settings menu, hoping to squeeze out extra frames per second (FPS) and reduce stuttering. However, the reality of CPU architecture—specifically the difference between Physical Cores and Logical Threads (Hyper-Threading or SMT)—is often misunderstood. Enabling this setting forces the game to ignore the logical threads provided by your..."

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