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Core optimizers?
GoGeTa006:
anyone know any multi-core optimizers, TBH I dont see much difference from a friends 2.6 dual core to my OC. 2.8 quad core. . .I fear probably half the cores are doing nothing but drinking beer. . .
I saw windows msconfig and you can select at the boot to use 4 cores but is that permanent? or just for the "system boot"?
anyways, Im running x64, Ive come across som x32 ones but havent tried them.
didnt find anything in various pages of the useful repository thingy
:)
zetskee:
You aren't going to notice a difference between your friends dual core and your quad core when just using things like web browsers and chat clients, or when booting the computer. If you run some multithreaded benchmarks then you should notice a fairly significant performance difference. Software needs to be designed to utilize multiple cores, you can't just tell any program to use 4 cores and make it magically run faster.
Here is a link to the setting you were talking about http://lifehacker.com/396904/make-vista-use-multiple-cores-to-speed-boot-time. Although if you want to speed up your system, the hard drive is probably the bottleneck in your system, and getting a 10k/15k rpm hdd or an ssd would help to speed up your computer.
Also, I've heard that overclocking when done improperly can sometimes cause performance decreases in certain situations. I'm no expert on overclocking so don't quote me on this.
GoGeTa006:
--- Quote from: zetskee on May 30, 2011, 09:12:44 PM ---You aren't going to notice a difference between your friends dual core and your quad core when just using things like web browsers and chat clients, or when booting the computer. If you run some multithreaded benchmarks then you should notice a fairly significant performance difference. Software needs to be designed to utilize multiple cores, you can't just tell any program to use 4 cores and make it magically run faster.
Here is a link to the setting you were talking about http://lifehacker.com/396904/make-vista-use-multiple-cores-to-speed-boot-time. Although if you want to speed up your system, the hard drive is probably the bottleneck in your system, and getting a 10k/15k rpm hdd or an ssd would help to speed up your computer.
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no I was thinking more of gaming, like SC II and Heroes of Newerth. I usually run the games and keep running chrome/iTunes/whatnot in the back he does the same thing and I notice no change from his PC to mine. . .
I would expect for SC II to run smoother since IIRC they have multicore support (I would hope SC runs on 2 cores and my OS/programs run on the other 2)
anyways my concern is this multitasking + videogaming stuff. I would expect higher FPS and stuff during heavy spell spam situations. . .?
whe playing everything on max in SC II we both get the "player is slowing down the game" thing. . .we have same video card, same RAM, windows 7 x64
Sosseres:
--- Quote from: GoGeTa006 on May 30, 2011, 10:16:59 PM ---no I was thinking more of gaming, like SC II and Heroes of Newerth. I usually run the games and keep running chrome/iTunes/whatnot in the back he does the same thing and I notice no change from his PC to mine. . .
I would expect for SC II to run smoother since IIRC they have multicore support (I would hope SC runs on 2 cores and my OS/programs run on the other 2)
anyways my concern is this multitasking + videogaming stuff. I would expect higher FPS and stuff during heavy spell spam situations. . .?
whe playing everything on max in SC II we both get the "player is slowing down the game" thing. . .we have same video card, same RAM, windows 7 x64
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See how much cpu usage your background programs use. Then know that they will generally use a bit less when the game is using a lot. I assume it is ~1%. Seeing as SC2 runs optimally at 2 cores and you have a 1% difference in how much the CPU changes things you should both get the warning in most cases.
If you were encoding what you were playing and/or streaming it then you would see a large improvement compared to your friend doing the same since your other cores would kick in. Basically, the extra two cores does nothing for SC2 as long as you keep the background applications down. If you start doing heavy stuff such as running two games at once or encoding then the extra cores start being helpful.
As for HoN, don't know how that works with multiple cores so can't comment on that.
kitamesume:
having more cores on games doesnt really help, it might but not that huge, maybe you`d see like 5-10fps increase. what affects games more is the videocard.
on the other hand, on a quad core you`ll see lower cpu usage vs dual core. so check how high your cpu usage and your friend's, thats where you`d see the benefit of having a quad.
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