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I requested to have that implemented into Service Pack 2 so that it
would remember the affinity you set instead of having to do it each
time, but it was something MS says they will look into at a later time.
Phoey
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Nathan McNulty
Name withheld by request wrote:
> Also, to make it much easier, go to
http://www.tomshardware.com do a
> search for their task assignment manager, you can set each program you
> want for its affinity, instead of every time you run the program
>
>
> On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 00:02:23 -0700, Nathan McNulty <nospam@msn.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>>Open Task Manager by pressing Control+Alt+Delete then right click on the
>>process, then set affinity. Now check which CPU you want it to use
>>
>>----
>>Nathan McNulty
>>
>>
>>Charlie wrote:
>>
>>>How is that set, proc. "affinity", That makes complete sense and I would
>>>love to play with it for performance issues. Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>~Charlie
>>>
>>>
>>>"Name withheld by request" <none@none.com> wrote in message
>>>news:at0kl0hj5kgd0gt692neqagqos0q523m0m@4ax.com...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Photoshop CS, which I use daily.....is the reason I upgraded to
>>>>HT.....
>>>>Also, if you know how to set the processor affinity in applications,
>>>>you can take advantage of hyper threading. By setting apps that use
>>>>use all the time (I keep outlook, my tv tuner card, and firebird
>>>>running) to let say, "CPU1" then the threads on cpu0 are free for use
>>>>on apps that don't take advantage of HT.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>First. please do not be offended by what I am about to post.
>>>>>
>>>>>Hyperthreading is one of the biggest marketing scams ever put upon the
>>>>>consumers. HT only works with a very few programs that are written to
>>>>>take
>>>>>advantage of HT. 99.8% of the software on the market is not HT "aware"
>>>>>With HT enabled, you are probably getting a performance hit, usually
>>>>>around
>>>>>10-15%.
>>>>>
>>>>> When HT procs were first made available, most OEMs shipped their
>>>>>machines
>>>>>with HT disabled, because of the performance hit that occurs with normal
>>>>>usage with HT enabled. Many still do so today.
>>>>>
>>>>>The only true enhancement that works with all existing software is
>>>>>Hypertransport, available only with AMD processors. Their solution is a
>>>>>hardware solution, so works all the time with all software.
>>>>>
>>>>>Unless you use Photoshop or Adobe Premiere, I would recommend you disable
>>>>>HT. You will notice the difference in speed.
>>>>>
>>>>>Bobby
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"PowerUser90_Italy" <dun1@libero.it> wrote in message
>>>>>news:u6K5A3WpEHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hardware :
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Pentium 4 3.0 Prescott HT
>>>>>>GA 8IK1100 Rev 2.0 Chipset 875P
>>>>>>1 Gb Corsair
>>>>>>Bios Ver FE (10 Sept 2004)
>>>>>>2 Maxtor 200 GB SATA connected with ICH5R SouthBridge
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>OS: Win Xp PRO
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Problem: Under device manager i see 2 processors, but it u run some test
>>>>>>like 3dmark
>>>>>>or hotcpu, in task manager i see only one graphic for 1 cpu, instead of
>>>>>>2
>>>>>>graph for 2 cpu like
>>>>>>i see usualli when Ht is enabled.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I flash bios with latest version, Enabled Ht from Bios,
>>>>>>installed latest Intel INFENU 6.0.x.y and tryed a little utility from
>>>>>>intel that tells me that cpu and chipset are ok, but bios is not fully
>>>>>>ok
>>>>>>for Ht.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Any ideas other than wait for another Bios?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>
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