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02-03-08, 11:34 PM
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Hi, can XP use full potentitial of the new processors like two, quad core,
etc? When a processor company release a new processor, must MS throw away new versions of hot-fixes/SPs/roll-ups, etc? Is it just a processor feature? or both? Thanks in advance |
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02-03-08, 11:54 PM
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"Paulo Roberto" <paulo.roberto> wrote in message
news:1188 > Hi, can XP use full potentitial of the new processors like two, quad core, > etc? When a processor company release a new processor, must MS throw away > new versions of hot-fixes/SPs/roll-ups, etc? Is it just a processor feature? > or both? > > Thanks in advance >> http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/200...-support-both/ |
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#3
02-03-08, 11:58 PM
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Generally it depends whether your motherboard supports them, and whether any
apps you have can make use of the multiple cores, no winxp updates are usually required "Paulo Roberto" <paulo.roberto> wrote in message news:1188 [..] |
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02-04-08, 01:10 AM
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Windows XP Home can only take advantage of one physical processor (and 4
virtual, I believe). XP Pro can use multiple with no issues. No new hot fixes are needed to take advantage of it. It is called scaling, and XP is great at it. |
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02-04-08, 02:20 AM
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Think sockets, not processors.
XP Home can use one socket. The physical processor in that socket can have many cores. In Task Manager on the Performance Tab you would see a dualcore processor as one physical and two logical processors and a quadcore processor as one physical [processor and four logical processors. XP Pro can use two sockets. The physical processors in those sockets can have many cores. In TM you would see a pair of quadcore processors as two physical processors and eight logical processors. If you replace a single core cpu with a multicore cpu you may have to do a repair install because of the hal.dll file but no worse than that. "Paulo Roberto" <paulo.roberto> wrote in message news:1188 [..] |
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