WinRAR 3.6x now supports multithreading

[screw3d]

I was wondering why WinRAR 3.51 was only pushing one of my X2's cores, and then found out on Rarlab that multithreading is finally supported in version 3.60 and above (3.61 is a bug-fix release).

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Some crazy speed boosts in unRAR-ing here! I might be a bit late to the party but I'm sure many people don't know this so this is a heads up.

 

[ubercaffeinated]

the betas have been doing this for over an year now

 

[JackBurton]

Very nice. I don't have a multi processor CPU yet, but I will soon, so this is good to know.

 

[Smilin]

nice, I'll upgrade tonight.

It's just a "patch" right? ... as in no need to buy a new copy if you already own?

 

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: Smilin
nice, I'll upgrade tonight.

It's just a "patch" right? ... as in no need to buy a new copy if you already own?

Buy? Oh right, right... buy... :evil:

 

[0roo0roo]

ah a use for quad core🙂 heh

 

[Smilin]

Originally posted by: gorcorps

Originally posted by: Smilin
nice, I'll upgrade tonight.

It's just a "patch" right? ... as in no need to buy a new copy if you already own?

Buy? Oh right, right... buy... :evil:

Yeah, you know I only use Winrar like once a year or something :roll:

Took me a year to save up to buy a copy too. My last tax check and pay bonus got me over the edge so I could get it. :roll: :roll:

But seriously...if you use it enough, buy it. The reason that there IS a 3.6 version available is because of my money...hope you all enjoy 🙂