Running Single Core from Dual-Core

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Running Single Core from Dual-Core

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Name: Steph80
Date: May 6, 2006 at 19:44:29 Pacific
Subject: Running Single Core from Dual-Core
OS: XP pro
CPU/Ram: 2 gig 647
Model/Manufacturer: Dell XPS 600

Comment:

I have a dual core processor, can I shut one down, will it act like a regular core ?

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Response Number 1

Name: Cobra_R
Date: May 6, 2006 at 19:58:11 Pacific
Subject: Running Single Core from Dual-Core

Reply: (edit)

no you can't shut it down. It isn't hyperthreading.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ OC 2.7ghz
2GB Dual Channel DDR 3200
Nvidia 7800GT
SATA II 2x 200gig 7200rpm 16mb cache RAID-0
Gigabyte Nforce 4 SLI

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Name: TMP-Man
Date: May 7, 2006 at 00:20:11 Pacific
Subject: Running Single Core from Dual-Core

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solution
install windows 98, then it won't able to support dual-core...
TMP-Man
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Response Number 3

Name: jackbomb
Date: May 7, 2006 at 16:32:16 Pacific
Subject: Running Single Core from Dual-Core

Reply: (edit)

Laptops have the option to shut down one of the cores when not needed, in order to save battery power. I'm not sure about desktops. (I know for sure that my AMD 4800 doesn't let me shut down one of its cores, but the Pentium D may be different)

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