Dual Core / Dual Processor and flight sim 2004

Hi there,

does anyone know if FS9 / FS 2004 can make any use of dual processor technology? Looking at getting a dual core but only if flight sim has parallel code in it ?

Cheers,
Talby101

Hi Talby, doing a research on internet this is what I have found.


Dual core processors: FS9 allegedly doesn’t take advantage of the second processor. But here is a neat trick how to force FS9 make use of both processors on a dual-core system: Start Flight Simulator, load your flight in windowed mode, then press Ctrl+Alt+Del to open the Windows Task Manager. Click the "Performance Tab" and observe that FS9 is only using one processor. Unless you have tons of other programs running, the left window will show a heavy load, the right graph a very low load. Click on "Processes" and look for "fs9.exe" (if you click on "Mem Usage" it should be the first or last item). Right-click "fs9.exe" and select "Set Affinity". Remove the check mark from one CPU. Close the window, then repeat the process and select both CPUs again. FS9 will now spread the workload over 2 processors. You should notice a marked difference in performance. If this does not work on your PC, contact Microsoft Support for the optional "dual-core hot fix".



Regards

Roberto