So I bought Windows 7 today and installed it and its awesome and everything but why is it only recognizing 4cores when I have an 8 core?
i7 is 4 physical cores, 8 threads, not 8 physical cores.
I don't have an i7, uhmm its a * 2 x 2.8 GHz (E5462) Quad-Core Intel Xeon Harpertown *
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quad-coreaerodynamic wrote:
I don't have an i7, uhmm its a * 2 x 2.8 GHz (E5462) Quad-Core Intel Xeon Harpertown *
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2xMorpheus wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quad-coreaerodynamic wrote:
I don't have an i7, uhmm its a * 2 x 2.8 GHz (E5462) Quad-Core Intel Xeon Harpertown *
1. that would have been helpful to know
2. if your running it on a home-style comp may not recognize it till a patch (maybe) is out
3. may also depend on what version of OS you installed
2. if your running it on a home-style comp may not recognize it till a patch (maybe) is out
3. may also depend on what version of OS you installed
Yeah but shouldn't it show 8 cpu processes instead of 4? or am i wrong?
Morpheus wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quad-coreaerodynamic wrote:
I don't have an i7, uhmm its a * 2 x 2.8 GHz (E5462) Quad-Core Intel Xeon Harpertown *
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2xMorpheus wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quad-coreaerodynamic wrote:
I don't have an i7, uhmm its a * 2 x 2.8 GHz (E5462) Quad-Core Intel Xeon Harpertown *
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wait are you running on one of those server thingers? with two processors or are you just tripping me out
what version of windows 7, i've heard that home edition only sees 1 socketaerodynamic wrote:
So I bought Windows 7 today and installed it and its awesome and everything but why is it only recognizing 4cores when I have an 8 core?
I have Windows 7 64bit Home Premium.
go look on your box/win7 site about having two processors
Having a Dual Xeon and using it for non-server purposes can do no good for you but bottleneck your entire system X_x
Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me
Dual Xeon bottleneck waaaaaaaatFloppY_ wrote:
Having a Dual Xeon and using it for non-server purposes can do no good for you but bottleneck your entire system X_x
Lets pretend I didn't read what I just did....
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No but yeah...GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
Dual Xeon bottleneck waaaaaaaatFloppY_ wrote:
Having a Dual Xeon and using it for non-server purposes can do no good for you but bottleneck your entire system X_x
Lets pretend I didn't read what I just did....
Xeons are optimized for server use... same goes for Dual Xeons...
I highly doubt any games/non-server apps will take advantage of that enough to justify spending it on duo Xeon instead of a super-single processor like i7
Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me
They come in handy with Photoshop, Illustrator and Premier pro.FloppY_ wrote:
No but yeah...GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
Dual Xeon bottleneck waaaaaaaatFloppY_ wrote:
Having a Dual Xeon and using it for non-server purposes can do no good for you but bottleneck your entire system X_x
Lets pretend I didn't read what I just did....
Xeons are optimized for server use... same goes for Dual Xeons...
I highly doubt any games/non-server apps will take advantage of that enough to justify spending it on duo Xeon instead of a super-single processor like i7
Are you out of your mind? Xeons are same as any other desktop CPUs, they just can be put into multi-CPU setups.
In fact I would have bought a Xeon if I had got my hands on one, because it was slightly better overclocker on average than i7 920.
And not in a million years does it bottleneck anything in a system.
In fact I would have bought a Xeon if I had got my hands on one, because it was slightly better overclocker on average than i7 920.
And not in a million years does it bottleneck anything in a system.
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It's a MacPro isn't it?
Yes, its a mac.
But can we go back to the main problem?
But can we go back to the main problem?
Using BootCamp?
yes
Apple just added support for Win7 in v3.1 (Jan2010) so unless your version of bootcamp's out of date, I'm not sure why it's not detecting all 8 cores.
home premium only supports one physical CPU, you need professional or better for dual cpu's.
I don't believe any Windows home version has ever supported more than 1 physical CPU.
I don't believe any Windows home version has ever supported more than 1 physical CPU.
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I agree, I have yet to the a processor become a bottle neck in any real world systemGC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
Are you out of your mind? Xeons are same as any other desktop CPUs, they just can be put into multi-CPU setups.
In fact I would have bought a Xeon if I had got my hands on one, because it was slightly better overclocker on average than i7 920.
And not in a million years does it bottleneck anything in a system.