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Why is windows only showing 4 of 8 cored?
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Poprin
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Damn, my knowledge of AMD and Windows 8 is limited. I know on my intel I can limit the amount of active cores in BIOS. I would start your search there.
I did install Windows 8.1 on my new build, kept it for a week. Reinstalled Windows 7, oh the joy of going back to Windows 7 after trying to work around Windows 8 seriously unfriendly interface. I thought all the talk on the internet was everyones usual reluctance to accept change but no they are pretty much all correct... it is a step backwards.
I did install Windows 8.1 on my new build, kept it for a week. Reinstalled Windows 7, oh the joy of going back to Windows 7 after trying to work around Windows 8 seriously unfriendly interface. I thought all the talk on the internet was everyones usual reluctance to accept change but no they are pretty much all correct... it is a step backwards.
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Didn't work..
Look at this http://i.imgur.com/IuBr6yN.png
It says I have 4 cores..
But logical processors say 8.
bigsmiler53
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I don't think anything is wrong
The new (ish) line of AMD processors work on a module system, where each module has 2 logical cores which contain separate integer clusters and 128bit floating point clusters, however the floating point clusters can fuse to create one 256bit floating point unit. Also the two cores in a module share the same early fetch and decode.
So what you are seeing is the representation of 4 modules making 8 cores.
The new (ish) line of AMD processors work on a module system, where each module has 2 logical cores which contain separate integer clusters and 128bit floating point clusters, however the floating point clusters can fuse to create one 256bit floating point unit. Also the two cores in a module share the same early fetch and decode.
So what you are seeing is the representation of 4 modules making 8 cores.
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