Feb 2, 2006 #1 R Rudager Gawd Joined Oct 31, 2005 Messages 520 If you're running Prime95 or SP2004 to check the stability of your overclock...is it a good thing to run two iterations of either program to work both cores?
If you're running Prime95 or SP2004 to check the stability of your overclock...is it a good thing to run two iterations of either program to work both cores?
Feb 2, 2006 #2 Q quadnad Supreme [H]ardness Joined Oct 24, 2005 Messages 7,656 run two iterations of prime 95 and make sure to set the "affinity" setting to one cpu each. that way it will test the stability of both the cores.
run two iterations of prime 95 and make sure to set the "affinity" setting to one cpu each. that way it will test the stability of both the cores.
Feb 2, 2006 #3 kirbyrj Fully [H] 2FA Joined Feb 1, 2005 Messages 31,347 Yes, run two instances of it.
Feb 3, 2006 #4 AthlonXP Fully [H] 2FA Joined Oct 14, 2001 Messages 20,694 you guys run the latest version of prime at what settings??
Feb 3, 2006 #5 Q quadnad Supreme [H]ardness Joined Oct 24, 2005 Messages 7,656 Small FFTs is the setting usually used for proc stability. For dual cores, run another instance and set each instance's affinity to one core each.
Small FFTs is the setting usually used for proc stability. For dual cores, run another instance and set each instance's affinity to one core each.