Quad-core setup for MIX system working.. better than single

[Chris Watkins]

Well; I was having random problems with my only P4 system so I finnaly bit the bullet
and built a quadcore system this weekend; I was waiting for various reasons;
but finally found a board with 5 pci slows. Ga-P35-S3G and it works faster than
my single core P4 at 3.4 did.
I have a parts list;

but some of the depressing things it is indeed only using 1 core; although the rest
of the machine doesn't get sluggish it only does 1 core of rtas. but in my case that was 3x as many
as before anyway.

[gerax]

Are you saying that you cannot assign more than 1 core to RTAS processing or that the OS only sees 1 of the 4 cores? The first case would be strange, the second one makes me think the OS hasn't been installed in multicore support fashion. I have a friend with a Q6600 Intel Quad Core based system, and he can assing all 4 cores to RTAS processing: Look Here

L.G.

[Chris Watkins]

Yeah, you missed that I'm on a MIX system.
that's 6.4.1cs4.
no options for number of core's in the software.

[sunburst79]

Welcome to Quadville.

While 6.4 will only use one core many other apps you run will see all 4.

[gerax]

Ooops, I stand corrected. Then it's how it should be. If you happen to upgrade to HD and post 7 versions of PT you'll see a really HUGE amount of RTAS processing power. So much that I'm looking for a used HD card and build a Quad for the HD1 to be used only with RTAS and outboard with a Lynx Aurora 16.

Cheers

L.G.

[Andres Gonzalez]

but finally found a board with 5 pci slows. Ga-P35-S3G and it works faster than
my single core P4 at 3.4 did.

Can you give us a little info on that motherboard? Ga-P35-S3G
Who is the manufacturer? Gigabyte?
Are the PCI slots together so you can use lots of HD Accel cards?

Thanks,

-Andres

[x9blade]

hello chris congrats on your new machine. don't mean to hi jack your thread just wanted to share some info . i'm actually building a new quad,intel q6600. the board you speak of gigabyte Ga-P35-S3G is the board that i ordered. i'm running hd 3 with 7.4 i will post my results as soon as i get the parts and build this machine. i will post reasults on a new thread. hopefully i will have my parts by the end of the week. good luck with your machine

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128084

[sunburst79]

X9, Let me know how that goes. I would love to post a 79.99 HD compatible board on the top of the page

[x9blade]

feel free to skype me sunburst. my thoughts exactly

[sunburst79]

feel free to skype me sunburst. my thoughts exactly

Hmm... I seem to have never aquired your screen name, Although I remember talking with you and Shan and MATTP



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