how do i get my quad at 100% load??

[S[H]ady]

I am new to overclocking and new to the quad core scene. i have absolutely no idea how to get all 4 cores going at 100%.
I've seen pics of prime95 with more than 1 instance. how do i set that up? mine only runs one instance.
I really want to know what full load does to this thing.

any advice would be apreciated.

thanks!

 

[tsonka]

2 Instances of Orthos?

 

[mavalpha]

Orthos only takes two cores, no matter how many instances (for some reason). Multiple instances of Prime are triggered through shortcuts- for each instance you want, you create a shortcut to it, with a suffix for each: -A0, -A1, -A2, -A3...

 

[unclewebb]

Prime95 version 25.3 is the new testing utility for Quad processors.

 

[Mr.Pernod]

if you are running windows you can use the taskmanager to set the affinity of the first Orthos instance to CPU 0 and CPU 1 and set the affinity of the second instance to CPU 2 and CPU 3, that way it will put a load on all cores.

(start 2 instances of Orthos, right-click your taskbar, select taskmanager, go to the processes tab, sort the processes by name by left-clicking on the "image name" label, scroll down to the Orthos.exe processes, right-click and select "set affinity", on the first one, remove the checkmarks for CPU 2 and CPU 3, for the second one, remove the checkmarks for CPU 0 and CPU1)

 

[S[H]ady]

if you are running windows you can use the taskmanager to set the affinity of the first Orthos instance to CPU 0 and CPU 1 and set the affinity of the second instance to CPU 2 and CPU 3, that way it will put a load on all cores.

(start 2 instances of Orthos, right-click your taskbar, select taskmanager, go to the processes tab, sort the processes by name by left-clicking on the "image name" label, scroll down to the Orthos.exe processes, right-click and select "set affinity", on the first one, remove the checkmarks for CPU 2 and CPU 3, for the second one, remove the checkmarks for CPU 0 and CPU1)

i tried this last night and i still only had about 65% load.

 

[idiotekniQues]

Prime95 version 25.3 is the new testing utility for Quad processors.

use this, it is the best.

launches 4 worker threads (or if you want less you can do so as well)

 

[Mr.Pernod]

i tried this last night and i still only had about 65% load.

weird, it works like a charm on my xeons

 

[S[H]ady]

Prime95 version 25.3 is the new testing utility for Quad processors.

thank you!!!

i was using 1 version older than that.

 

[jebo_4jc]

I think OCCT natively supports quad core also, doesn't it?

 

[S[H]ady]

I think OCCT natively supports quad core also, doesn't it?

where do i find occt?

 

[Cinge]

I use OCCT too.

http://www.ocbase.com/perestroika_en/index.php?Download

 

[onebelo]

i tried this last night and i still only had about 65% load.

thats weird. i tried that method and i get 100% load on all cores

 

[ChronoReverse]

That's the method I use too and it gives 100%

 

[ND40oz]

SMP client for stanfords folding at home. It runs 4 threads and will max out all 4 cores at 100%, might as well run it all the time. Check out the DC section for more info.

Plus, you get a cool badge: