AMD X2 question

[TitusTroy]

I heard that when using a dual core system, especially when playing games that are single threaded, that you need to set the affinity to use a single core...and that doing this will improve performance...is this true?...doesn't that pretty much mean that for 95% of the current games out that one would need to change this affinity since barely any games out are multi-threaded at the moment?

which CPU would I need to disable, CPU 0 or CPU 1, or does it not matter?...does this only need to be done for games or do other applications require changing the affinity setting as well?

 

[Unkno]

download X2 amd driver, then download the microsoft hotfix. Everything is solved, no more setting affinity.

 

[BroadbandGamer]

Originally posted by: Unkno
download X2 amd driver, then download the microsoft hotfix. Everything is solved, no more setting affinity.

Does the hotfix show up on windows update or is it a seperate download? Do you have a link if it's a seperate download?

Thanks,

 

[pulsedrive]

Originally posted by: BroadbandGamer

Originally posted by: Unkno
download X2 amd driver, then download the microsoft hotfix. Everything is solved, no more setting affinity.

Does the hotfix show up on windows update or is it a seperate download? Do you have a link if it's a seperate download?

Thanks,

Yeah I have wondered this myself. I have never had any problems with my X2, so I am assuming that I had already gotten the update from MS in another bundle. But I couldn't ever find a solo download either.

 

[evilharp]

Hotfix available here: AMDZone

You can get it from MS, but you have to call them and deal with a rep to beg for the patch. Some people claim that MS wanted to charge them for it. It is not a "Windows Update" item yet (probably waiting for SP3).

 

[Rythan]

HL2 would consistently crash on me at random (usually in the 5-20 min range) running on my X2 3800+ until I set the processor affinity - the amd driver + hotfix had no effect. Everything else is stable and happy.

 

[Markbnj]

I have the hotfix mirrored here as well:

http://www.perambula.net/res/WindowsXP-KB896256-v3-x86-ENU.exe