CoolFunkMan Posted September 19, 2007 Posted September 19, 2007 I upgraded my PC a few months back to play games like Bioshock, TF2 and Crysis at their best. My comps processor is an Intel Core 2 Duo E6420. However, after a tech problem, I had to send my computer to a repair shop, and I ended up having to get XP Home (with service pack 2 installed.) I recently heard an unnerving peice of information that's me worried about my system. I've heard that multicore support is limited to the Pro version of XP, so my system is currently only using one of the two cores. Is this true? If so, is there an option where I can get both cores running (that preferably doesn't end with me buying Vista)? Thanks if anyone can help...
Guest Jordan Posted September 19, 2007 Posted September 19, 2007 From Wiki: Support for two physical central processing units (CPU). The number of CPU cores and Hyper-threading capabilities on modern CPUs are considered to be part of a single physical processor, therefore multicore CPUs will work fine under XP Home Edition.[4][5] ie: 1 CPU with 2 or more cores = fine, but more than 2 physical CPU's = no way.
CoolFunkMan Posted September 19, 2007 Author Posted September 19, 2007 Ah, ok then. Cheers for clearing that up!
Ant-Shimmin Posted September 20, 2007 Posted September 20, 2007 Still Get Vista if you can it's not as a bad as Operating System as People would lead you to believe....
CoolFunkMan Posted September 20, 2007 Author Posted September 20, 2007 Hmmm, I'm still unsure on Vista tbh. I'm deffinitely planning to upgrade sometime in the not too distant future, but only when the first Service Pack is out for it...
McPhee Posted September 20, 2007 Posted September 20, 2007 Well nearly everyone who uses it swears by it, it's mainly people that don't use it that hate it. Tells you something eh? TBH though Vista isn't much better/different to XP. It's just a more complete package
Guest Jordan Posted September 20, 2007 Posted September 20, 2007 Vista SP1 isn't going to be adding any significant features or improvements anyway, its just going to be a consolidation of updates and a couple of stability updates that will have no major bareing on anything.
CoolFunkMan Posted September 20, 2007 Author Posted September 20, 2007 I am planning to upgrade to vista sometime soon anyway (after Christmas/early next year sounds right.) Plus upgrade option, via download from Microsoft's site, sounds tempting. I'm unsure which version I should get though. Home Premium sounds interesting, plus it's cheap (for a Microsoft OS anyway), but I've heard that Ultimate is the only really decent one.
McPhee Posted September 20, 2007 Posted September 20, 2007 Ultimate isn't worth much over Home Premium. You basically get Bit Locker, a Poker game and video wallpapers, other than that i've not noticed anything more
CoolFunkMan Posted September 20, 2007 Author Posted September 20, 2007 Okay then, methinks I'll get Vista Home Premium (though after Christmas, as I said just.) Plus I found that Home Premium is only $159.95 (£80) to download from Microsoft. Bargain! Thanks again for the help folks. ^^
Caris Posted September 20, 2007 Posted September 20, 2007 £65 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SW-036-MS&groupid=33&catid=20&subcat=
CoolFunkMan Posted September 20, 2007 Author Posted September 20, 2007 An even better bargain! Thanks again. ^^
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