I recently thought my CPU had fried so I bought a 939 4200+ dual core 64 it's a 2.2mhz. I had a 3500+ AMD 64 that was also at 2.2mhz. I now realize that the 3500+ is still good and that the issue was my power supply. I wound up getting Vista along with a new motherboard(I'm keeping those) but the 4200 dual core cost me $70 and I can send it back for a full refund. Since both processors are at 2.2mhz should I just send back the 4200. From my recall when I ran the Vista beta last year my 3500+ was just as fast but I've also recently heard that you need Vista Ultimate to run 2 core's. If I'm get nothing out of the 4200 AMD 64 then I might as well get my $70 back but if I'm getting better multi threading(doesn't seem like it) then I'll keep it. I have Vista Home Premium does it run dual core or am I screwed since its OEM and I can't return it, I'd got Ultimate if I knew I had to have it to run dual core. Anyway 3500+ at 2.2mhz and get my $70 or stay with the 4200+ at 2.2mhz.
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All flavors of Vista (as well as XP) are multi-core aware, and the OS will take advantage of multiple processors. You don't need Ultimate.
Personally, I would send back the X2 anyway and start saving up for a new system. Socket 939 is dead.
Personally, I would send back the X2 anyway and start saving up for a new system. Socket 939 is dead.
Well if Vista home is multi core able then I'll keep it for when I run anti-virus. I had a OCZ PS with a five year warranty so that was covered. The PS was the first thing I checked but I took it CompUSA and they powered it up and it ran, but I later found out after my new motherboard didn't fix the problem that you have to put a load on the PS to see if it's truly dead. My whole problem could have been fixed for $10 shipping but I was fooled by the tester at CompUSA, what a joke when the consumer knows whats wrong and professional says no your PS is good. I don't plan to upgrade for another 12 months as I'm mainly just a net surfer, but I am enjoying the stability of Vista only one crash in 3 weeks and that was a websites fault, love the sleep mode to it's very fast and automatic. I'll keep it and sell my other MSI Motherboar, XP and the 3500+ on ebay.