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Quadcores and windows versions I am thinking of buying myself a q6600 quad core since the prices have now dropped. Hoowwevvverrr... I really would rather not end up buying vista (the whole 32bit/64bit choice annoys me somewhat). What I do have is a Copy of Windows 2000 (AFAIK it supports 2 physical processors, but how does that work for multicores?) And a copy of XP Home (I have no idea how this works in regards to multicore support). I may also be able to get my filthy hands on a copy of XP Pro, depending on if the disc we have is a Full CD or just a crappy McRecovery disc. So yeah. Do 2k / Home / Pro support quadcores? Should I bite the bullet and get Vista? If so, which version of? I r hardware interested. Software bores me! ;) |
XP home and Pro supports Quadcores. I think there's so fixes for multicore support in SP2, so make sure it's up to date. |
As does Fedora 7,... 64 bit without sacrifice.":O} To be honest, I'd just assumed my 2000 pro would do 4 core if my Bios would, works great on two core, but I really don't know... |
2K Pro supports 2 CPUs, but I don't believe it differentiates between cores and CPUs, thus it won't use more than 2 CPUs unless you run 2k Server (which IIRC supports 4 CPUs out of the box, 8 in Advanced Server, and 16 in Data Center Edition). |
I had suspected that. So of the shelf, 2K only suppors two threads? |
Well, I made a treck through Microsofts knowledge base and found this document = http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...read_brief.doc Essentially, what I think it is saying (it is rather confusing to read) is that XP Home will work on a quad core, but it won't fully utilize the four cores. If anyone else could have a read through and see if they can make more sense of it, I would appreciate it! :) |
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I told you all they were out to get me and no one would believe me!! Fedora, you came just in time!! Imagine my buying a new CPU only to find out Bill doesn't want me to use it! I suspect that Bill hates 2000 Pro because it works! ":O} (How would we know Bill is in charge if he didn't abuse us!? |
I will be putting fedora onto this PC and using the other one for gaming. Unfortunatly the games I like to play are (AFAIK) a PITA to get working under linux. Also as I am on an MS-Centric course, I need a windows box :o Either way I have ordered by kit now, and I will be able to tell you if it works with XP Home or not, tommorrow! Yay! |
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At least, that is my understanding. |
I hear you as far as gaming goes Favu! I've just gotten Q4 up and running "acceptably", which means it works well far more than not, but with a few small quirks. (Q4 is a native Linux program.) I stated playing with Cedega yesterday...have FarCry installed, the spash screen comes up, but I think I'm still lacking in one or two dependencies for it to fully launch. So I guess I'm saying you still need a gaming box, but I also think that this will soon pass and we will run the Games we wish to in Linux, not MS... because MS will always find a way to mess things up....for us and MS! IMHO Cedega |
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Dependencies...sigh..... |
Urgle. Stupid stupid stupid. Ebuyer keep refusing my debit card. So I had to pilfer a credit card from a friend of mine. Last time I take your advice regards e-tailers, AP!!! ;) The practical upshot is that I won't get my kit untill thursday at the earliest now :( |
1 Attachment(s) Well, I got my kit this morning, and I can exclusively report - XP Home works with a quad core! yay!! |
This makes me happy! ":O} Also make me very very curious, hows za bout some benchies!! Yeah!!! LOL |
Heh, well I haven't overclocked this thing at all (yet) and the performance I am getting is more than enough for me! :D |
I've sown the seeds of greed, I've done my part! Enjoy Favu! ":O} |
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100% agree with that!! :) it is like the window is open when you haven't clicked the icon yet! i've seen when i'm working even more than 10 hours , the speed won't get even a bit lower! cpu and ram have made a perfect match !!! the only thing i wonder now is : "so... what would be QX 6700? " |
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XP Home and XP Pro will support all 4 cores. I believe Home only supports 1 CPU and Pro supports 2 CPUs, but they both understand the difference between cores and CPUs, so a single CPU with 4 cores isn't a problem. |
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