x2 getting hammered?

[Sniper82]

When I am ripping a movie or something task manager shows both cores being used alot. Is this normal?

 

[ForumMaster]

umm, as teenagers say, duh. video ripping/encoding is multi-threaded and is very CPU intensive. so quite obviously the CPU is working hard.

 

[Sniper82]

well from what I read/heard I thought dual core was for multitasking. If ripping/encoding is gonna hammer both cores instead of one then that doesn't leave much room for multitasking? I'm not a computer newb but when it comes to dual core I sorta am. So even though I got a dual core its not a good idea to do other things while ripping/encoding? I know it wasn't a good idea with a single core.

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: Sniper82
well from what I read/heard I thought dual core was for multitasking. If ripping/encoding is gonna hammer both cores instead of one then that doesn't leave much room for multitasking? I'm not a computer newb but when it comes to dual core I sorta am. So even though I got a dual core its not a good idea to do other things while ripping/encoding? I know it wasn't a good idea with a single core.

I wonder if you would limit the ripping to a single core and use the other core for other stuff. It's worth a try. The ripping would be slower, but you could multitask.

 

[tatteredpotato]

If thats what you want to do, you can set Affinity in the ask manager. Just find the process, click set Affinity, and uncheck one of your cpus

 

[Sniper82]

Originally posted by: BlameCanada
If thats what you want to do, you can set Affinity in the ask manager. Just find the process, click set Affinity, and uncheck one of your cpus

Didn't know you could do that. Heh I could tell a difference with the ripping/encoding speed when I disabled one of the cores 😀.

Thx

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: Sniper82

Originally posted by: BlameCanada
If thats what you want to do, you can set Affinity in the ask manager. Just find the process, click set Affinity, and uncheck one of your cpus

Didn't know you could do that. Heh I could tell a difference with the ripping/encoding speed when I disabled one of the cores 😀.

Thx

Are you going to use both cores for one task though, because it really would slow down massively running on one core.

 

[fire400]

well with what program and what settings? you can encode a smaller 600x480 video with extreme sound enchanements and the processors will still be doing a lot of work.

 

[BOLt]

A multithreaded application will actually use both cores to do the work. This is where dual cores really shine over single core chips. Yeah, dual cores are also good for multitasking, but IMO, the real reason to get a dual core chip is to improve CAD, Maya, encoding/decoding, etc.: REAL multithreaded applications with real performance benefits.

If you do a lot of ripping/encoding, for heaven's sake let the dual core chip do its thing! It's like telling a world class sprinter to jog the race instead of run his/her ass off, otherwise...

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: BOLt
A multithreaded application will actually use both cores to do the work. This is where dual cores really shine over single core chips. Yeah, dual cores are also good for multitasking, but IMO, the real reason to get a dual core chip is to improve CAD, Maya, encoding/decoding, etc.: REAL multithreaded applications with real performance benefits.

If you do a lot of ripping/encoding, for heaven's sake let the dual core chip do its thing! It's like telling a world class sprinter to jog the race instead of run his/her ass off, otherwise...

Good way to put it.