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12-20-2005, 11:52 PM
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| AMD X2 question I heard that when using a dual core system, especially when playing games that are single threaded, that you need to set the affinity to use a single core...and that doing this will improve performance...is this true?...doesn't that pretty much mean that for 95% of the current games out that one would need to change this affinity since barely any games out are multi-threaded at the moment? which CPU would I need to disable, CPU 0 or CPU 1, or does it not matter?...does this only need to be done for games or do other applications require changing the affinity setting as well?
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12-21-2005, 01:10 AM
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| Maybe you should try testing each cpu to see which one is stronger for the task at hand? I have heard that with a dual-core that one core could be a little weaker than the other core for handling heavy load. |
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12-21-2005, 01:11 AM
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someone else also told me that if I install the AMD X2 driver and MS hotfix that changing the affinity setting would no longer be necessary...
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12-21-2005, 01:16 AM
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12-21-2005, 01:23 AM
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12-21-2005, 01:28 AM
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 BTW: That forum is very business minded (it is owned by AMD) and they will treat you harshly if you say anything that is not right to them. I got a post of mine edited for simply stating that XP is a disease and I wish that Microsoft did not come up with that name for an OS. I even provided a link to prove that I was not joking: http://www.xps.org/ . | |
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12-21-2005, 01:32 AM
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12-21-2005, 02:37 AM
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| In most cases, the cores will not overclock the same. One core is usually stronger than the other. Some people get around this by removing the IHS. This also lowers temperatures a lot. Of course, slicing open a CPU will void any warranty. |
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