I'm running an X2 4800+ in my new system with XP sp2 and my system seems very slow.
For some reason applications such as quickpar, winrar, photoshop etc only seem to use 1 or 2% of the cpu when running together. The system idle process is almost always above 95%. Surely this cant be right.
I have 10 instances of Quickpar (a parity creation/repair program that uses a lot of processor time usually) open and the cpu usage never goeas above 12%. Still takes ages to complete like with my XP2800+
Now the program may not be programmed to take advantage of a multiprocessor setup, but even so. It SHOULD use most of the cpu time.
I've tried installing the MS dual core hotfix and the AMD X2 drivers. but hasnt changed a bit
Any ideas?
For some reason applications such as quickpar, winrar, photoshop etc only seem to use 1 or 2% of the cpu when running together. The system idle process is almost always above 95%. Surely this cant be right.
I have 10 instances of Quickpar (a parity creation/repair program that uses a lot of processor time usually) open and the cpu usage never goeas above 12%. Still takes ages to complete like with my XP2800+
Now the program may not be programmed to take advantage of a multiprocessor setup, but even so. It SHOULD use most of the cpu time.
I've tried installing the MS dual core hotfix and the AMD X2 drivers. but hasnt changed a bit
Any ideas?