[simpits-tech] windows question

[Sean Galbraith]

Gidday Justin,
We did some testing at work using different cominations of XP and 
Vista, FS9 and FSX on a dual-core machine.
(Admittedly the machine was Intel, not AMD)
We found that the Vista/FSX combo worked really really well, and with 
the latest patches FSX does take advantage of multi-core 
processors.  The increase in performance of FSX under Vista, over XP 
Pro was staggering, I honestly didn't believe the difference!

Hope that helps :)

SeanG

At 05:50 p.m. 30/10/2007, you wrote:
>Also, unless the game is written to multi-thread a super fast single core
>will beat any dual core.
>Apps that multi-thread do great the Windows OS will multi-thread, so will
>photo, audio, and video editing apps.
>
>I had a PC crash a while back and went multi-core running x64 Vista.
>Half-Life2's Lost coast timedemo ran at 32FPS, other games would not even
>run.
>Went back to XP x86 (32bit) and the same time demo ran at 68FPS.
>
>Best idea is to look up what you will be playing and read if anyone else is
>having problems.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of Gene Buckle
>Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 8:08 PM
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>Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] windows question
>
> > I have a dual core amd pc. which is better for running
> > games - win xp 32 bit home or win xp 64 bit pro? Would
> > the 64 bit handle FS x better?
> >
>The games really won't benefit from the 64 bit version of XP, but you're
>better off with a pro vs home edition.
>
>g.
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