Have you got a Multi Core CPU ?

[kevin]

Have you got a Multi Core CPU ?

Discuss, 

[monkeybot]

its ace

[hartnell]

I'm running on what would be considered an old computer. :) Old enough to say I realize I need a new one.

-- shawn

[reno]

Core 2 Duo E7200 for me ;)

It could be a good feature to coders and for PB promotion :)

[thaaks]

AMD Athlon Dual Core 4400 which is something like 2.3 GHz.
Starts all my applications fast as hell  ;D
First thing I installed after assembling my beast was "Unreal Tournament 2004".
I set all graphic details to maximum and then I switched to my screen resolution of 1680 x 1050 (YES! I own a 22" TFT monitor now!).
And then I heard the voice of UT say "Holy shit!"  ;D

[XpMe_v1.2]

I bought a new Duel Core laptop last month.
HP Pavilion dv2740se Special Edition Notebook.
(AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-62  14 inch  2.1 ghz  4gb ram)
16 million colors,1280x800y max screen rez. with a 4gb readyboost flash memory stick.
Which runs fine with Play Basic.
After I got it set to the way I wanted, I recompiled the games I have created to
PLAY BASIC v1.63v6 and they run just fine under Vista Premium with comes with direct X 10.
I would say that it runs just a little bit slower than my desktop
Pentinum 4 with 3 ghz. speed , 1 gb memory , Win XP.
I now don't use the desktop anymore.

[monkeybot]

i have a similar problem with my new acer 6920g,dual core.vista ran PB projects ok but upon discovering it was rubbish,re-installed XP and lost a lot of 2d performance.i asked kevin and he thinks seeing as it is a DX10 level card they just arnn't investing in the 2d drivers any more.this could have some serious implications for PB,i myself was halfway through my next game using primarily shapes,it now seems as if this was a waste of time as there is NO WAY i am using vista because it is SHIT!

[kevin]

    Yeah, I'd be surprise if DX10 level cards/drivers and beyond bother supporting direct draw.   But anyway, this is less of issue with shifting PB to Direct3D/GL. 

[kevin]

 Ok, all you multi core people can you please check this out.

See: Threading Test In Playbasic

[XpMe_v1.2]

If this helps. I captured this with your test MultiThread.exe

[edit: dead link removed]

[kevin]

thanks. but wrong thread!

[kevin]

    Anybody got a QUAD core CPU here ?

    (assuming those who voted have dual cores ?)

[ATLUS]

Yea me too quad cpu!

[reno]

No !

[kevin]

no what ?