frobro390
01-10-2007, 11:33 AM
Ok so I've been using this computer for a few months now and I am curious as to why I'm only able to use 50% of the CPU at any given time. This includes times when I am using multi threaded software like Adobe Photoshop CS2. It seems no matter what I do the load is always distributed between the two cores.
Now I am running Win XP Pro, and I am observing the CPU usage through the performance tab of Task Manager. I have in the past used XP 64 and the CPU was reporting better usage all around, including when I was running applications that were only single threaded.
My question... Is this a limitation I will have to live with as long as I use Win XP, will this issue really be solved by using a 64 bit OS? Is this really a not an issue at all???
I just looking for clarification, because if I am really only using half of my CPU I would surely like to do something to speed things up.
Any help is appreciated!
Now I am running Win XP Pro, and I am observing the CPU usage through the performance tab of Task Manager. I have in the past used XP 64 and the CPU was reporting better usage all around, including when I was running applications that were only single threaded.
My question... Is this a limitation I will have to live with as long as I use Win XP, will this issue really be solved by using a 64 bit OS? Is this really a not an issue at all???
I just looking for clarification, because if I am really only using half of my CPU I would surely like to do something to speed things up.
Any help is appreciated!