Quad core...setting processor affinity?

[ridergroov]

HI folks. Just recently bought and built my quad core system. I'm
not too familiar with how I can get the most use out of all the cores
because I know that some programs know how to use them and some
don't. My friend says he assigns certain games to take over a whole
core and it boosts performance...etc. Not sure what is the best way
to do things like this to make this worthwhile. Thanks.

 

[John Weiss]

HI folks. Just recently bought and built my quad core system. I'm
not too familiar with how I can get the most use out of all the cores
because I know that some programs know how to use them and some
don't. My friend says he assigns certain games to take over a whole
core and it boosts performance...etc. Not sure what is the best way
to do things like this to make this worthwhile. Thanks.

You can assign affinity in the task manager, but if you don't have a good
reason to do so, it will likely do nothing good.