Running four tasks simultaneously on a dual-core AMD processor
Message boards : Number crunching : Running four tasks simultaneously on a dual-core AMD processor
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Since last December I've been running an AMD 785G board with a quad-core Athlon II X4 620 (overclocked to 3.12 GHz). Yesterday, I decided to try my luck with the same board to unlock a brand-new Phenom II X2 555 -- that is, to try to get the third and fourth cores on the processor die to work even though the chip is sold as only a dual core.
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Since last December I've been running an AMD 785G board with a quad-core Athlon II X4 620 (overclocked to 3.12 GHz). Yesterday, I decided to try my luck with the same board to unlock a brand-new Phenom II X2 555 -- that is, to try to get the third and fourth cores on the processor die to work even though the chip is sold as only a dual core. Normally running two tasks at the same time on one core will drop speed by half and double the run time (not talking about hyperthreading). So if the jobs are taking less time and it shows 4 WUs running then it would seem that 4 cores are in fact running and all running at the computers clock speed. Well at least that what it appears to me from your description. ____________ 
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Hi Steve and Conan, what does
taskmanager show
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Message boards : Number crunching : Running four tasks simultaneously on a dual-core AMD processor
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