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Feral's GameMode 1.8 Adds CPU Core Pinning and Parking
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The article didn't really explain anything though. All it did was mention a couple types of processors that may benefit.
Someone more knowledgeable can correct me, but the main idea is that pinning can dedicate (or pin) certain cores to a specific process such as a game to improve performance.
Parking can dynamically disable cores not needed for the process, improving thermals and energy consumption.