MadTrooper Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 HI, I have just noticed looking at my system information that win7 sais that I have 2 Cores and 4 logical processors. Can someone tell me if it is correct ? I always thought that the i7 920 had 4 Cores. Thank you! MT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PropNut Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Hey MT, I too have the Core i7 920, and mine is showing four physical and four logic for a total of eight. Where exactly is it showing that you only have two? Here is a screenshot of what I am looking at: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jediteo Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Disable hyperthreading and you should get 4 cores. HT doesn't do anything for gaming anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators fruitbat Posted October 27, 2011 2. Administrators Share Posted October 27, 2011 it should be 4 cores with hyperthreading disabled and 8 with it enabled. Something else is the matter, check your bios that all four cores are enabled, as they can be individually disabled in bios. i7-920 defiantly has 4 cores. @propnut, i'd (and i have) disable hyperthreading. Jedis right, it does nothing for games, in fact from my testing it can actually cause a few micro stutters. Turn off in Bios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadTrooper Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 HI Guys, thanks for the replies. David, this is what I get on my system I'll try the Bios and see... How I fond out, I went and cliked on Start / All Programs / Accessories / System Tools and then System Information. Leaving the curser on System Summary, look on the info on the Processor on the right. Thanks again. MT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Pooka Posted October 27, 2011 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted October 27, 2011 I'm a i7-920 operator also, just shut down the hyperthreading cause Jedi said so. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadTrooper Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 HI, I went into the BIOS and diseabled Hyperthreading. Now I get this: Its says that I have now 4 cores, 4 logical Processors but the Ressource manager shows me only 3 cores but I guess it is because it count CPU 0 as one so 0,1,2 and 3 would be 4 cores. Why can't I see the 8 x cores like Fruitbat and Propnut ? In the BIOS I did not see anything about turning ON Cores individually. Thanks Guys ! MT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators fruitbat Posted October 27, 2011 2. Administrators Share Posted October 27, 2011 as you surmise, 0=1, 1=2 etc..... with hyperthreading off you should only see 4 cores, 0,1,2,3. to be honest, your better looking at something like OCCT than the windows crud to look at this stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadTrooper Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 as you surmise, 0=1, 1=2 etc..... with hyperthreading off you should only see 4 cores, 0,1,2,3. to be honest, your better looking at something like OCCT than the windows crud to look at this stuff. Yes but I had it ON and windows was showing me that I had only 2 cores :/ I'll try what you said (the OCCT). Thank You very much Fruitbat. MT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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