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Escape from Tarkov: Use Only Physical Cores On or Off? The Definitive 2026 Performance Guide

"Escape from Tarkov remains one of the most CPU-intensive titles in the hardcore extraction shooter genre. As we navigate the technical landscape of 2026, the game's migration to the updated Unity 2023 engine and the prevalence of hybrid-architecture processors have made the "Use Only Physical Cores" setting more controversial than ever. This guide provides a deep technical analysis of whether you should toggle this setting on or off based on current hardware standards, including Intel’s latest Arrow Lake-S Refresh and AMD’s Zen 6 architectures. Disambiguation: This technical analysis refers exclusively to the internal "Use Only Physical Cores..."

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