"Bytesback" <Bytesback.2nn6zs@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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> Robert Moir;236365 Wrote:
>> "troy marrs" <trmarrs@longviewcomm.net> wrote in message
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>> > Is this a usefull option. It can be found in task manager. It appears
>> to
>> > allow to let yoiu assign certain tasks to one the the processors in
>> the
>> > dual core processor. I have an athlon live 64 c2 4200+ am2 socket.
>> How
>> > should I use it to the most benefit if it is worth using?
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>> You should leave it alone. For general use the computer is far better
>> at
>> deciding how to spend its resources than we are.
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> Ye Gods !!! With this attitude we wont learn anything !
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> Just as an example, If I have downloaded a huge RAR file, and I want to
> unpack it but still use the computer ( Normally it tie up all the
> resources until its fininshed ) I would set affinty to one of the
> processors and allow the other one to carry on with everything else.
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How do you go about doing this?
Do you set affinity for every process to one cpu first?
Do you leave it that way? Or do you then set every process back to dual
affinity?
Seems like a lot of keystrokes/clicking.