Can Win XP use the both cores of the processor.

Hi all,

I just bought a new computer. AMD Athlon X2 5000+ Dual Core 2.6G on the MB
ASUS M2A-VM. Someone told me that Win XP does not know how to use the both
cores simultanuously. Is it true?

Thanks in advance for the help.

gm

 

Ask the place you bought it from.

You can set the affinity for a running app.

You didn't mention which ver of XP.

XP Home 1 core is supported.

XP Pro supports 1

It's suspected you mean what apps run on multi core. OS support is 1
thing apps not having the ability to run on 2 is another.

Like this sort of help

www.google.com
windows xp multi processor

Results 1 - 10 of about 4,930,000 English pages for
windows xp multi processor
.. (0.27 seconds)


That looks easy, then you get -

Multicore Processor Licensing
A processor containing multiple cores, leveraging its ability to execute
multiple tasks, ... Microsoft Windows XP Home supports one processor.
....
www.microsoft.com/licensing/highlights/multicore.mspx - 12k - Cached -
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- oh and these as well as many more,

Windows XP Comparison Guide
Compare the features of Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP
Professional. ... Scalable processor support – up to two-way
multi-processor support. ...
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/choosing2.mspx - 20k - Cached -
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Does XP support multiple processor cores?
While Windows XP Home does not support more than one physical processor,
there's a lot of confusion about whether or not it supports multiple
processor ...
http://searchwincomputing.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid68_gci1189223,00.html
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Computers that are running Windows XP Service Pack 2 and that are ...
Windows XP SP2 is required on computers that have multiple CPUs that
support ACPI processor performance states. This requirement includes
computers that ...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896256 - Similar pages



Me

 

Thank you for the info. From the link about confusion seems to follow that
my processr is supported even by XP Home which is a good new to me. : (

 

The PC I have is a dual core (Intel), and XP Pro makes use of both cores.
Don't know about XP Home.