Dual core CPU - dividing tasks?

[showtime22]

I got Athlon X2 4200. When I run my favourite game (Everquest II) one of the cores is used in 100%, while the others is used in 0%. Why is the other core not being used? Is it possible to "move some load" from one core to the other?

[Austin642]

I doubt it. It sounds like the game isn't multi-threaded. If it were then the threads would be shared out by the OS.

[KyleGoins23]

Everquest II doesn't support a multi-threaded architecture. But this can be used to your advantage. If you minimize Everquest II you will have another core to run other operations, while the other controls the game. Plus this reduces the risk of lag.

[beagle12]

I've never tried it (though I suppose I could), but this sounds like what you were looking for:http://www.majorgeeks.com/WinLauncherXP_d870.htmlThere was another, command-line tool that could do the same thing, but I can't remember what it was.

[lindsaymacy]

Intel and AMD came up with an idea to have a multiple-core in one processor. They had a theory that if there are 2 cores, which is responsible for processing calculations required for running an application, would double the speed of processing by splitting its task.

[james786]

If you are using Windows, you can divide processes among your CPUs. Open the Windows Task Manager, then go to the processes tab. Select the process you want to assign to a certain CPU, then right click on it. Go to "Set Affinity" and select the CPU you wish the process to run on. Please note that this is usually not necessary, as Windows will distribute your processes across the two cores as necessary. I doubt you will gain much by manually assigning processes to different CPUs, but you can experiment using the above method.