Quad Core? lolFollow

I just bought a new PC and it has some kind of intel i7 thing that's supposed to be really good, or something. Anyways, my friend says that by default my "quad core" processor only has one core active, and that I'd have to go into the BIOS and activate the other ones manually. Now , personally, I think this guy is a ******* that probably does not know what he is talking about. I went into the BIOS and couldn't figure out a way to "activate cores" so I'm assuming he just didn't know what he was talking about but I would really like to get the best performance possible out of my new PC so any experts please reply.

I also got a 1 gig Nvidia 250 GTS video card, or something like that. Do I need to do anything special to make it work better? So far this PC doesn't seem that much better than my old e-machine(have yet to install any games) but my old e-machine sounded like a lawn mower when it was running and this new PC is very quiet.

Sounds to me like you purchased more computer than you know what to do with, ill take it off your hands.

Also, turn in your nerd license for this statement:

All four cores should be running when you get your box. Your friend has no idea what he's talking about.

On the other hand, the OS may not be optimized to take advantage of all four cores. Are you running a 64 bit OS? A 32 bit OS on that processor is like trying to navigate dirt roads with a Formula 1 race car. Sure, it gets the job done, but it's a waste of potential.

Make sure that you have Intel's Turbo Boost and Hyper Threading active. I'd assume that they are either OEM on the machine or downloadable from the Microsoft website.

This white paper may be relevant to your interests: http://download.intel.com/design/processor/applnots/320354.pdf?iid=tech_tb+paper

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It has nothing to do with the fact that they keep the lights on in my apartment. Nothing at all.



























Buy HP stuff anyway.

Make sure that you have Intel's Turbo Boost and Hyper Threading active.

Both are marketing fluff that are pretty much completely useless.

It's STILL largely just a waste of electricity to have more than two cores on a CPU in nearly all cases.

At any rate, your friend is a moron, ignore him.


So far this PC doesn't seem that much better than my old e-machine(have yet to install any games)

There's a certain point where you don't really derive any benefit from more computing horsepower. This point with non gaming applications occurs around the point processors start to cost more than $24 and GPUs start to cost more than $50.

Every dollar more you spend on a CPU after that is to allow for it's use in either extremely specific situation, math heavy sim games (not "The Sims"), video encoding, etc. Every dollar more you spend on a GPU is largely to allow for playable frame rates at high resolutions in games.

Good luck.

Kao, that picture is a lie, unless the 3 guns in the fore fire without smoke and fire.

Good eye, but it's actually just a split second before the shells exit the barrel. You can see the shockwaves int he water fromt he other two turrets and if you look really close you can see the third turret shockwave just starting to form.

The addgadget meters. http://addgadget.com/ Specifically the All CPU meter and the Wired network meter. I also use their button control.