Sluggish Dual Core Performance

[defiantsf]

With only one core under heavy use yet the system responds sluggishly when multitasking.

E6600 OC'ed with 4 GB RAM running 32 bit XP. Is this an XP problem? I haven't used Vista much since its installation. Thought that the extra core would eliminate the sluggishness. Guess there are bottle necks elsewhere.

 

[MarcVenice]

And you do have the dualcore patches/hotfix installed, righto ? Should be no need to do so in Vista, but I think it has to be done in XP. Dunno it it'll fix the problem though. What's being sluggish, what apps you using?

 

[defiantsf]

I have done all the Windows Update. Is there a specific dualcore patch to check for?

Just surfing and running some downloads in the background (bittorrents and P2P). Or gaming and surfing on 2nd monitor. By sluggish, I mean the system is slow to switch between active windows and updating them. Network bandwidth isn't the issue either. Drives are fully defragged. OS is driven by a pair of Raptor-X in Raid 0.

 

[pinecone]

Is the dualcore patches/hotfix on Win XP SP2 necessary if you are not gaming? Any improvement or necessity for general apps or web surfing?

 

[JustaGeek]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896256

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936357

 

[defiantsf]

Thanks Justa for posting the dualcore hot fixes.

 

[joejccva]

Originally posted by: JustaGeek
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896256

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936357

Should everyone that has dual/quad cores be downloading and installing these fixes just as a precaution?

 

[AllGamer]

ah cool, i was aware of only one of those patches, but did not know about the 2nd KB

 

[sjetexas]

So these patches are not made available in WinXP Windows Update correct? Any reason not to download? I don't have any performance issues, but if this speeds me up more or prevents a future issue I will install them.

 

[joejccva]

Originally posted by: sjetexas
So these patches are not made available in WinXP Windows Update correct? Any reason not to download? I don't have any performance issues, but if this speeds me up more or prevents a future issue I will install them.

This is exactly what I would like to know as well.

No issues here, but if downloading these helps in anyway...will be the first thing I do when I get home.

 

[omerome]

Originally posted by: joejccva

Originally posted by: sjetexas
So these patches are not made available in WinXP Windows Update correct? Any reason not to download? I don't have any performance issues, but if this speeds me up more or prevents a future issue I will install them.

This is exactly what I would like to know as well.

No issues here, but if downloading these helps in anyway...will be the first thing I do when I get home.

Ditto. Well after I get new ram I RMA'ed, I'll be downloading these patches as well.