- Sep 19, 2011
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Guys,
I'm specifically looking for help from people who actually work on a system with Dual Xeon's, or have a good knowledge on the matter.
I just finished building a Dual Ivy Bridge-EP Xeon E5-2650 V2 based Workstation. Each CPU supports 8 Cores / 16 Threads, giving a total of 16 Cores / 32 Threads. At this point I'm not clear if both CPU's are working and being utilized. My main concern arose when I ran Maxwell Render, which can utilize 2 CPU's with unlimited # of cores & threads, reportedly using only 16 Threads instead of 32.
I installed CPU-Z and this is what it shows me:
The "Selection" box shows "Processor #1" but is greyed; you cannot select another processor. I believe I should be able to select Processor #2 in there.
This is the case with all Usage & Temperature monitors I have tried as well, including Windows' own Task Manager's "Performance" tab. They all show information of 1 processor only - 8 Cores & 16 Threads. I've tried CoreTemp, RealTemp, SpeedFan & HWMonitor. None of them was able to show me temperatures or load of more then 8 Cores / 16 Threads.
The only 2 places where I see signs of a 2nd working processors is, a) In the BIOS. If I go into BIOS, it shows me both CPU's, also shows me temperature of both CPU's. And b) in the Device Manager in Windows, it actually shows me 32 Processors ....
However, both BIOS & Device Manager could simply mean there is a 2nd processor that is installed & "electrically" On. I don't know if it necessarily means both are being used & working.
This is my first Dual Xeon build and I want to make sure I'm not missing something.
Any advice?
Thanks.
I'm specifically looking for help from people who actually work on a system with Dual Xeon's, or have a good knowledge on the matter.
I just finished building a Dual Ivy Bridge-EP Xeon E5-2650 V2 based Workstation. Each CPU supports 8 Cores / 16 Threads, giving a total of 16 Cores / 32 Threads. At this point I'm not clear if both CPU's are working and being utilized. My main concern arose when I ran Maxwell Render, which can utilize 2 CPU's with unlimited # of cores & threads, reportedly using only 16 Threads instead of 32.
I installed CPU-Z and this is what it shows me:
The "Selection" box shows "Processor #1" but is greyed; you cannot select another processor. I believe I should be able to select Processor #2 in there.
This is the case with all Usage & Temperature monitors I have tried as well, including Windows' own Task Manager's "Performance" tab. They all show information of 1 processor only - 8 Cores & 16 Threads. I've tried CoreTemp, RealTemp, SpeedFan & HWMonitor. None of them was able to show me temperatures or load of more then 8 Cores / 16 Threads.
The only 2 places where I see signs of a 2nd working processors is, a) In the BIOS. If I go into BIOS, it shows me both CPU's, also shows me temperature of both CPU's. And b) in the Device Manager in Windows, it actually shows me 32 Processors ....
However, both BIOS & Device Manager could simply mean there is a 2nd processor that is installed & "electrically" On. I don't know if it necessarily means both are being used & working.
This is my first Dual Xeon build and I want to make sure I'm not missing something.
Any advice?
Thanks.
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