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Duo Core? - PARAKEET - 07-16-2007
Okay I got 2 monitors and 1 Duo Core (1.86 ghz). I put freelancer on one and Battlefield 2 on the other. It works fine and all but after a while my computer reboots. Is there anyway to devote one core to Freelancer and the other core to Battlefield 2? To prevent it from overloading like that.
Duo Core? - BestFlyerHere - 07-16-2007
I've searched for this too. I want a 3rd party program that will let me control my cores. I don't think there's a way, man.
Duo Core? - McNeo - 07-16-2007
Does it just reboot? just like that? Or does it flash a bit of blue and white writing (IE Bsod). For me, my computer Bsods after its been on for more than a day or the memory is cold. I think i damaged it during OCing though, but thats another story.
If it just decides it needs a reboot, then there is not a way to stop this too my knowledge. Also, forcing the threads to stay in one core each will probably result in some performance degradation because core 0 (ie core number one, dont know why its core 0) handles all the ancillary background programmes. I see the difference in core 0 and core 1 whenever I run 3Dmark06 in the processor stress test.
In a nutshell, I do not think its possible, but if it is, do not expect its implememtation to be perfect. It may cause system instability or loss in performance. This stuff gets really precarious when you mess with the default commands for handling threads.
Duo Core? - PARAKEET - 07-16-2007
Well plan B for me was overclock it to 3.2 ghz and see if that helps. Duo core generate little amount of heat so it shouldn't be that hard. Except for moving the other motherboard into the case.:dry:. I heard that someone overclocked their Duo Core to 7.2 ghz once.
@ McNeo It just reboots and goes thru the normal startup it normally does.
Duo Core? - McNeo - 07-17-2007
Yes and then it displays a message of "Your system has recovered from a critical system error":dry:.
Core 2 Duos can go even higher, but you need insane cooling. Literally, liquid oxygen sitting on the processor, and thats not a joke. Imagine fixing a tube to your processor and filling it with liquid oxygen or nitrogen. Completely insane, but people still do it.
You will probably need very good air cooling to overclock your E6300 to that frequency. Apparently, it becomes unstable when it reaches ~2.7 GHz with the reference cooler.
Duo Core? - Hades-Warpig - 07-18-2007
lol... I have seen some dry ice cooling mechanisms. REALLY cool, as in cold and cool looking.
lol, also that site has a lot of good comp info
Cool cooling
Duo Core? - Hades-Warpig - 07-18-2007
Here are some dry ice set ups..lol
Dry ice set ups
Duo Core? - BestFlyerHere - 07-18-2007
If I have a laptop, and a laptop heatsink which is more efficient than a desktop one, can I safely overclock a Core 2 Duo?
T5200 Core 2 Duo
2GB DDR2 RAM
Intel 945GM Chipset
15.4-inch Widescreen
Stock heatsink
Duo Core? - PARAKEET - 07-18-2007
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 thats what I got.
According to here its says you can.
http://www.techwarelabs.com/reviews/processors/e6300/
EDIT:
I just noticed he's got mad cooling skillz.
@ Hades I can't look at the pics it keeps saying not enough permission or something like that.
Duo Core? - Sidewinder - 07-20-2007
It is not that hard to set the affinty of a core, all you do is bring up both programs and bring up task manager then tab over to "processes" and find the .exe for the games. Then right click and select "set affinity" set one game on cpu zero and the other on cpu 1 (it does not matter which you choose) then reenter the game/s and all those nasty timing issues will be resolved. I should note that this has to be done every time you start up both games as affinty does not save to your settings. You will need to mess with your regestry if you want the changes to save. But I do not recommend doing this unless you have experience with regestry alterations. One more thing, I would not overclock unless you need to or are already planning on it, as overclocking can cause hardwere failure if not configured correctly.
Sidewinder