Quad core in Windoze XP

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Cal Vanize said:
Any issues with upgrading to a quad core processor in WinXP?

TIA
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No I have one running at 2.57MHz.

I am gradually clocking it up and monitoring temps. Not that this really
bothers me as the std speed is great anyway, I am just tinkering.

The only drawback is I bought it 3 weeks ago for £330 now they are
£180........still who cares I like it.

dj
 
Noozer said:
XP Home... Only uses one core. With Pro you're good.
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I'm using XP Home SP2 and not having any problems with an Opteron 175.
Daughter using an Ath 64 4200X2 with Home - no problems.

Both show two cores in Task Manager and the cores show different levels
of activity.

Am I missing something?
 
XP Home... Only uses one core. With Pro you're good.
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XP Home only uses one CPU, but it will run as many cores as you have.
It's the 9x series (including ME) that only uses a single core (and
single CPU)
 
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