assigning a process to a core

2007-04-01 03:47:45

#1

TimmmmaaaaH: Damn, I... had something for this; +725|6905|Brisbane, Australia

I was just playing 2142, and well, I wasn't impressed with my performance. I know another gig of RAM would help me, but I am not in the position to get another atm.

Is there a way to assign all processes except 2142 to core 1, and assign 2142 to core 0/2?

The reason i ask is that I have heard that this may help performance, particularly in the titan as 2142 is not designed for dual cores.

thanks

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2007-04-01 03:53:01

#2

TehMyke: 8======D; +343|7175

ctrl alt del > processes > right click > set affinity

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2007-04-01 03:53:25

#3

some_random_panda: Flamesuit essential; +454|6856

Yes. Go to task manager, right click on program and select "go to process"
Then right click on process and click "set affinity"
Set affinity
Done.

It will take a while setting all other processes to the other core, though.

Last edited by some_random_panda (2007-04-01 03:54:41)

2007-04-01 03:55:04

#4

TimmmmaaaaH: Damn, I... had something for this; +725|6905|Brisbane, Australia

some_random_panda wrote:
Yes. Go to task manager, right click on program and select "go to process tree."
Then right click on process and click "set affinity"
Set affinity
Done.

thanks panda and mike, but i was looking for a more "permanent" solution? I found that out on google shortly after posting th thread, but wanted something more long term. thanks for the help though really appreciated

2007-04-01 03:56:26

#5

some_random_panda: Flamesuit essential; +454|6856

TimmmmaaaaH wrote:
some_random_panda wrote:
Yes. Go to task manager, right click on program and select "go to process tree."
Then right click on process and click "set affinity"
Set affinity
Done.
thanks panda and mike, but i was looking for a more "permanent" solution? I found that out on google shortly after posting th thread, but wanted something more long term. thanks for the help though really appreciated

Isn't it permanent? I set my antivirus to one core and it hasn't changed.

2007-04-01 03:59:25

#6

TimmmmaaaaH: Damn, I... had something for this; +725|6905|Brisbane, Australia

some_random_panda wrote:
TimmmmaaaaH wrote:
some_random_panda wrote:
Yes. Go to task manager, right click on program and select "go to process tree."
Then right click on process and click "set affinity"
Set affinity
Done.
thanks panda and mike, but i was looking for a more "permanent" solution? I found that out on google shortly after posting th thread, but wanted something more long term. thanks for the help though really appreciated
Isn't it permanent? I set my antivirus to one core and it hasn't changed.

well i was under the impression it wasn't, but i guess you could be right. I will try it now.

2007-04-01 04:03:02

#7

some_random_panda: Flamesuit essential; +454|6856

TimmmmaaaaH wrote:
some_random_panda wrote:
TimmmmaaaaH wrote:

thanks panda and mike, but i was looking for a more "permanent" solution? I found that out on google shortly after posting th thread, but wanted something more long term. thanks for the help though really appreciated
Isn't it permanent? I set my antivirus to one core and it hasn't changed.
well i was under the impression it wasn't, but i guess you could be right. I will try it now.

Oh. You're right. Hmm.

2007-04-01 04:51:52

#8

TimmmmaaaaH: Damn, I... had something for this; +725|6905|Brisbane, Australia

some_random_panda wrote:
TimmmmaaaaH wrote:
some_random_panda wrote:

Isn't it permanent? I set my antivirus to one core and it hasn't changed.
well i was under the impression it wasn't, but i guess you could be right. I will try it now.
Oh. You're right. Hmm.

hmm indeed

2007-04-01 05:04:56

#9

CrazeD: Member; +368|7138|Maine

Try this:

First, download this:
http://www.beyondlogic.org/solutions/pr … ess203.zip

Extract it's contents (Process.exe) to your system root folder (C:\Windows\system32\).

Now, open Notepad, and place this inside:

Code:

@echo off
"YOUR GAME INSTALLATION DIRECTORY" -applaunch 240
process -a bf2.exe 01

Replace "YOUR GAME INSTALLATION DIRECTORY" with ... your game installation directory.

Save the notepad file as something like "bf2.bat", then double-click it to start the game.

I have no idea if this works. I don't have dual-core so I can't test it.

Note: I didn't make this, and I don't know who did (I found it a long time ago).

It's worth a try.

Last edited by CrazeD (2007-04-01 05:05:23)

2007-04-01 05:25:41

#10

TimmmmaaaaH: Damn, I... had something for this; +725|6905|Brisbane, Australia

CrazeD wrote:
exactly what i was looking for

+1 thats what I was after thanks a lot crazed.

2007-04-01 07:08:36

#11

CrazeD: Member; +368|7138|Maine

So, did it work?

2007-04-01 14:54:47

#12

TimmmmaaaaH: Damn, I... had something for this; +725|6905|Brisbane, Australia

CrazeD wrote:
So, did it work?

haven't had time to try yet will tell you when i do.

2007-04-01 18:13:59

#13

TimmmmaaaaH: Damn, I... had something for this; +725|6905|Brisbane, Australia

the link didnt work in any case, i think it is a RAM issue. I will just have to get another gig to bring me up to 2 - it probably should have been done long ago. thanks for all the help

2007-04-01 18:16:00

#14

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7309|Alberta, Canada

So if you Set Affinity, it moves that process just to one core? Neat. Don't think I'll use that, but that's pretty cool.
Won't it 'clog' up the core though? Like one core would be really slow, and the other one quite fast? Unless you can remove it from the one core.

Last edited by Ryan (2007-04-01 18:17:37)

2007-04-01 18:30:55

#15

LT.Victim: Member; +1,175|7028|British Columbia, Canada

Ya, Don't the cores share some Applications, so if you moved it to one core, then you would have to move everything else to the other, not just setting BF2142 to core two..

you'd have to go threw the whole list, and Check off Core one for everything else.

2007-04-02 03:26:03

#16

CrazeD: Member; +368|7138|Maine

LT.Victim wrote:
Ya, Don't the cores share some Applications, so if you moved it to one core, then you would have to move everything else to the other, not just setting BF2142 to core two..

you'd have to go threw the whole list, and Check off Core one for everything else.

It doesn't really work that way.

It doesn't really balance between the cores. Everything defaults to core 0 until core 0 is "full", and then new apps get switched to core 1.

If a program is multi-threaded, then each core will run part of that program.

2007-04-02 03:29:19

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some_random_panda: Flamesuit essential; +454|6856

CrazeD wrote:
LT.Victim wrote:
Ya, Don't the cores share some Applications, so if you moved it to one core, then you would have to move everything else to the other, not just setting BF2142 to core two..

you'd have to go threw the whole list, and Check off Core one for everything else.
It doesn't really work that way.

It doesn't really balance between the cores. Everything defaults to core 0 until core 0 is "full", and then new apps get switched to core 1.

If a program is multi-threaded, then each core will run part of that program.

Which is why Call of Duty 2 runs much smoother on my new computer.

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