I'm an absolute rank newbie when it comes to the ultra-technical aspects about computers and hardware...so I kinda need some help here...
I'm not sure if this has already been asked, but I've looked around on the net and didn't really find anything helpful. Here goes...
I'm running (quoting directly from my system info screen) an Intel(R) Core (TM) Duo CPU T2450 @2.00Ghz (2CPUs), ~2.0Ghz with 1 GB of RAM on Windows Vista (SP1) Home Basic...
I was recently told that my system was not running both CPUs simultaneously. I'd like to know if this is true...and if so, how do I get them to do that? Coz it seems kinda pointless to have 2 of them and not be able to use them both.
If I need to furnish any other info let me know...and thanks very much in advance...
Cheers
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it will use both CPU's though how much depends on the applications you are using (how they are written and how data is handled). Some applications will only use one of the cores but that doesn't mean that the other core is not being used by the OS.
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The_Observer 9262 is the best:)
If you look at task manager when using some heavy programs and see both of them are used,don't worry.Not all softwares can use both cores.
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If you're using Vista , it already takes care of that and makes the CPU, where possible ,run both cores for the same app.
Whoever told you you're not using both cores needs to brush up on his Dual Core history -
Core Duo processors
Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Chandrashekar, Jun 7, 2008.