Valve has added Multicore rendering support to Team Fortress 2 with varying degrees of success. There is a benchmark on Steam Forums.
Added Multicore Rendering
- This initial release is aimed at testing compatibility, so the option is OFF by default. To turn it on, go to the Options->Video->Advanced dialog, and check the "Multicore Rendering" option
Other Changes
- Several performance improvements to decals and client bone/flex setup
- A variety of alt-tab and mode switch fixes
- Improvements to the way the engine initializes surround sound, fixing some specific hardware casesFixed a crash on exit in Vista 64