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NiceMedTexMD
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just downloaded wcg to a new machine.. I was under the impression it would use 4 cores, but have 8 work units running.. what am I doing wrong?
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Core i7 has hyperthreading, so yes the OS sees 8 cores.
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NiceMedTexMD
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is my hyperthreading not activated then? how does one activate it?
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It's activated because your OS sees 8 logical cores instead of the physical 4.
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NiceMedTexMD
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If it sees 8 cores, then how come it's running only 4 work units? i'm missing something again.. :(
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If it sees 8 cores, then how come it's running only 4 work units? i'm missing something again.. :( Dr. Mike.. Oops thought you were saying you have 8 running and didn't know why. Does task manager show 4 or 8 cores? |
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NiceMedTexMD
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boinc only shows 4 work units running.. not sure about task manager.. (feeling pretty computer illiterate at the moment..)
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boinc only shows 4 work units running.. not sure about task manager.. (feeling pretty computer illiterate at the moment..) Dr. Mike.. Windows I assume? CTRL+ALT+Delete or right click the task bar --> task manager. then click the performance tab. the number of cores will be the number of blocks in the CPU part. |
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NiceMedTexMD
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not sure what to do with the task manager..
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not sure what to do with the task manager.. Click on the performance tab. Do you see 4 blocks (like this picture) or 8?  |
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