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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

16 or 32 cores w/Windows Server 2003

Michael Morlan said:
Can Windows XP Pro (workstation, not server) support multi-cores? I know it handles multi processors but didn't know if it would recognize a quad-core processor.

I have about $2000 to build an on-set data wrangling station for an upcoming feature in February.

Michael
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It will but you have to properly configure it via patches for XP. It doesn't just work correctly out of the box (though it looks as if it does). Many retail and OEM PCs are not properly configured with those patches so you must look to see what is what on your PC if you get it from a company. These patches are NOT available through Windows Update so you will have to manually download them from Microsoft.
 
Thanks Rob/Lexicon,

I'm doing a scratch-built system so I'm sure I'll need to find the patches you mention. I found this thread on the subject of MS patch for dual-core:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=60416

The article notes it is applicable to:

---- Intel: Pentium 4 w/ HT, Pentium D, Core Duo, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, Multi Core Xeons
---- AMD: Athlon 64 X2, Turion 64 X2, Multi Core Opterons

Michael
 
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