AMD Quad Core vs Intel

[UFOS]

I have quad phenom 9650 and works fine )))

Just need in task manager use other 2 cpu after run wow )))) and after run 5 client wow my cpu 78%

[zanthor]

I have quad phenom 9650 and works fine )))

Just need in task manager use other 2 cpu after run wow )))) and after run 5 client wow my cpu 78%

That would be accurate, yet the Phenom 9600 requires a significant amount of research and hacking to make work as well as the 9600. I've been working with computers since 1984, did my first OC on my Amiga 500 which required a physical hardware hack... and brought it to a whopping 14mhz... The 9600 is the first CPU I've ever purchased that left me truely disappointed. It was a SERIOUS sidegrade from my X2 6000 until I found the information about the TLB eratta and was able to disable the "fix" they put out. And still, my machine has a risk of crashing now, but I'd rather crash extremely rarely than have a high end chip reigned in...

I'd hate to think about all those folks out there with Phenom 9600 chips that don't have the resources to fix it... for that matter, I'm anxiously waiting for a 3.0ghz phenom, only 400mhz to go from their current best-of-breed chips, so hopefully I can see something before Christmas.

[Thulos]

First off, the Q6600's rock!

And as far as setting cpu affininity goes, In Octopus under the Profiles configuration dialog you add a new Config.wtf modification named processAffinityMask the values are a bit mask so Processor 1 = 1, Processor 2 = 2, Processor 3 = 4, Processor 4 = 8. If you wanted to set processor 1&2 you would set it to 3. You can't assign affinity to more than two cores. I'll leave figuring out bitmasking up to you, but here's a little hint: It's additive!

A good affinity assignment for 4 shamans on one box is 2, 4, 8, 8, which leaves core 1 100% available to the OS and background tasks.

[UFOS]

I have quad phenom 9650 and works fine )))

Just need in task manager use other 2 cpu after run wow )))) and after run 5 client wow my cpu 78%

That would be accurate, yet the Phenom 9600 requires a significant amount of research and hacking to make work as well as the 9600. I've been working with computers since 1984, did my first OC on my Amiga 500 which required a physical hardware hack... and brought it to a whopping 14mhz... The 9600 is the first CPU I've ever purchased that left me truely disappointed. It was a SERIOUS sidegrade from my X2 6000 until I found the information about the TLB eratta and was able to disable the "fix" they put out. And still, my machine has a risk of crashing now, but I'd rather crash extremely rarely than have a high end chip reigned in...

I'd hate to think about all those folks out there with Phenom 9600 chips that don't have the resources to fix it... for that matter, I'm anxiously waiting for a 3.0ghz phenom, only 400mhz to go from their current best-of-breed chips, so hopefully I can see something before Christmas.

Aye know this all... i have Phenom E3 steping and i nont have a problem TLB... and i have ASUS m3a32-mvp deluxe for full use my cpu. But I used many different tests and I will tell that if I knew earlier that would buy Intel Q6600. The Same money, and productivity above on 20 %