Guest joe Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 Hello I just got a mother borad and a Q6600 quad cpu. I read in a few posts that w2k pro only supports 2 out of 4 cores. I also read that in few ocations the motherboard died. Do I have to upgrade to xp to run a quad cpu? I will be getting my quad today and I might end up runny linux and w2k on a virtual machine. Any suggestions?
Guest Colon Terminus Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 Re: quad cpu on w2k "joe" <jcharth@gmail.com> wrote in message news:83368619-e36b-4a21-bfa4-2306c37b874c@v67g2000hse.googlegroups.com... > Hello I just got a mother borad and a Q6600 quad cpu. I read in a few > posts that w2k pro only supports 2 out of 4 cores. I also read that in > few ocations the motherboard died. Do I have to upgrade to xp to run a > quad cpu? I will be getting my quad today and I might end up runny > linux and w2k on a virtual machine. Any suggestions? You'll need to upgrade to a Server version of Windows to take advantage of all four processor cores. No desktop verson of Windows, not even Vista, supports more than two processors. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service ------->>>>>>http://www.NewsDem
Guest John John Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 Re: quad cpu on w2k Colon Terminus wrote: > "joe" <jcharth@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:83368619-e36b-4a21-bfa4-2306c37b874c@v67g2000hse.googlegroups.com... > >>Hello I just got a mother borad and a Q6600 quad cpu. I read in a few >>posts that w2k pro only supports 2 out of 4 cores. I also read that in >>few ocations the motherboard died. Do I have to upgrade to xp to run a >>quad cpu? I will be getting my quad today and I might end up runny >>linux and w2k on a virtual machine. Any suggestions? > > > You'll need to upgrade to a Server version of Windows to take advantage of > all four processor cores. No desktop verson of Windows, not even Vista, > supports more than two processors. The OP is talking about multi-core processors, not multiple processors. Technically Windows 2000 should be able to handle quad-cores but I have never seen or tried it so I can't say how well or not it would work. Windows XP (Home & Pro) and Vista should be able to handle quad-cores without any problems. The XP Pro and Vista Business versions should be able to handle two quad-core processors, which in effect would give the user 8 virtual processors. My hunch is that Windows 2000 should also behave in the same manner but I can't confirm that. John
Guest John John Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 Re: quad cpu on w2k You could try it and let us know! I doubt that trying to install Windows 2000 on a quad-core board would cause any damage to the board or processor. And for absolute certainty installing it in a VM would absolutely not harm the hardware because the virtual operating system does not have direct access to the hardware! The interaction with the hardware is all done by the host operating system. John joe wrote: > Hello I just got a mother borad and a Q6600 quad cpu. I read in a few > posts that w2k pro only supports 2 out of 4 cores. I also read that in > few ocations the motherboard died. Do I have to upgrade to xp to run a > quad cpu? I will be getting my quad today and I might end up runny > linux and w2k on a virtual machine. Any suggestions?
Guest ***** charles Posted February 3, 2008 Posted February 3, 2008 Re: quad cpu on w2k "joe" <jcharth@gmail.com> wrote in message news:83368619-e36b-4a21-bfa4-2306c37b874c@v67g2000hse.googlegroups.com... > Hello I just got a mother borad and a Q6600 quad cpu. I read in a few > posts that w2k pro only supports 2 out of 4 cores. I also read that in > few ocations the motherboard died. Do I have to upgrade to xp to run a > quad cpu? I will be getting my quad today and I might end up runny > linux and w2k on a virtual machine. Any suggestions? The limitation about which you speak is for SOCKETS not cores. I have a friend with a new quad core cpu and it has Vista Basic 64 on it and it "sees" all 4 cores just fine. W2K can handle up to 2 SOCKETS per motherboard. It comes from a time when each cpu had only one core. I am unfamiliar with the compatibility of multi core cpu's and W2K Pro. I think it should work just fine with dual core single socket systems but as to four core systems, someone else will have to provide us with real world experience. I don't have the time/money do to the experimentation. later.....
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