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Need quick help: Just upgraded to an X2 4600

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Machine boots fine and in Windows Task Manager I see two boxes under cpu usage history.

The first thing I wanted to try was to encode a dvd for my iPod. On my old setup (AMD 3000+) it would encode a dvd in about 35 min. maybe more. Now, it's taking the same time. I just thought maybe things would be quicker. Was I wrong to assume that? Also, just typing this and encoding the vid. is using 70-80% of my CPU usage in WTM. Seems high. I read reviews of people playing a game, installing a game, encoding video and having a low usage %.

I've installed the AMD drivers for x2 and the optimizer.

I saw something in a search that said to flash my MB bios, but I couldn't find the right thing to download on EVGA's site. Very confusing. I figured I'd try it without flashing first to see if it works.

Also, FYI: Running 2 gb ram.

Any insight would be helpful. Thanks in advance.
 
I installed the 2 AMD drivers, but couldn't seem to find the right flash for my motherboard. That, and the fact that I'll have to go buy a floppy drive to flash my bios. (Or is there another way?)

I'm going to try the MS Hotfix tonight I guess. But otherwise, I guess I uninstall the drivers, put the A64 3000 back in and flash the bios, then start over.
 
The AMD Optimizer and hotfix are legit fixes but what about the nforce drivers for the board?

Also, did you upgrade using your same xp setup or fresh install. Sometimes the old install won't take upgrades too good. I used to have an X2 4800 and I had to freshly install winxp w/sp2 to get it to run smooth. Just a thought.
 
That had crossed my mind too. It's about time for a fresh install. But there goes a whole Sat.

As far as the nforce drivers, I couldn't find the right one. It was very confusing to me. And their forums were no help either.
 
Go to Nvidia site. Select Download Drivers. Select Platform / Nforce drivers. Pick your Chipset. Pick your OS. Done.

You'll probably get better help if you go post your system details in your sig. Brand and model of everything you've got. Check out some other sigs for examples.
 
Those drivers may be helpful, but I'm in need of the correct bios flash. Not sure that nforce driver will help my situation.

Oh, updated sig. Thanks for the advice.
 
Which program are you using for encoding? Not all programs are multi-threaded and some that supposedly are don't perform much better anyway.

If you want to do a quick benchmark to see your CPU performance get Cinebench and do the single and multi-threaded renders, if you get close to 2x the performance then your two core are functioning properly.
 
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