Is AMD Dual Core Optimizer Actually Necessary In Windows 7?

[bgunner]

As teh title describes Is this driver necessary in Win 7? Here is what AMD has to say on the subject:
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AMD Dual-Core Optimizer Version 1.1.4
AMD Dual-Core Optimizer Version 1.1.4
The AMD Dual-Core Optimizer can help improve some PC gaming video performance by compensating for those applications that bypass the Windows API for timing by directly using the RDTSC (Read Time Stamp Counter) instruction. Applications that rely on RDTSC do not benefit from the logic in the operating system to properly account for the affect of power management mechanisms on the rate at which a processor core's Time Stamp Counter (TSC) is incremented. The AMD Dual-Core Optimizer helps to correct the resulting video performance effects or other incorrect timing effects that these applications may experience on dual-core processor systems, by periodically adjusting the core time-stamp-counters, so that they are synchronized.
This driver is for Windows XP only.
Released: 7/31/2008

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Well Since this is suposed to be just for Win XP, why is it bundled with in with the Vista/7/8/8.1 drivers? Do these operating systems still need this Driver to circumvent the RDTSC or has this issue been resolved?

 

[junkeymonkey]

well don't know back awile there was a deal where there was a intel cripple amd issue with windows and a lawsuit followed and all that was to be fixed so in the mean time amd came out with that to patch that issue

heres something to look at to start

http://www.osnews.com/story/22683/Intel_Forced_to_Remove_quot_Cripple_AMD_quot_Function_from_Compiler_

so I would think that is a old patch for older chips its kinda dated now ??

 

[junkeymonkey]

so I guess there is still a lot of xp users with older 2 core chips they still feel it needs to be in there for them look at all the crap you get that's not needed by you but you get it from them anyway [one driver fits all]

 

[bgunner]

There is a different version of the driver for XP though, meaning Video driver. This thing is in the start up menu and starts every time I start my system. I am trying to figure out if it is really necessary for Win 7 or not. If not I will flush it down the software toilet and not look back.

That was a good read BTW. I'm not to sure if this driver helps that ( Intel's Defective Compiler ) or it is actually a type of patch to upgrade the XP OS to be more compatible with Multi-core CPU's. I know very little of programming and trying to figure it out on my own for now. Since I know so little about it Google is not being my friend right now. lol

 

[junkeymonkey]

amd removed a lot for that cause I went to look something up that I remembered from my althon 2 and vista and all the support for that has been removed it was not just foe xp but it seems that's all amd now has on it .. the one thin though is that xp did not support multi core well or at all ..


this deal with amd dropping stuff and support from there site is why I now left them I built nothing but amd for just over 14 years and now I just went intel

so you brought this up and I knew there was amd stuff on it but this is all I now get from them

http://www.amd.com/Pages/PageNotFoundError.aspx?requestUrl=http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_9485_13041,00.html

so here I still got running amd chips that I go to amd for any support on them and get that?? well thanks amd for leaving me to hold the bag on your stuff ..

anyway there was a lot more to it then what your getting on it now

 

[junkeymonkey]

ps ,, amd bundles these things in there vid card drivers like me running intel there amd chipset drivers and all that has nothing to do with intel comes right along with the cards driver package weather I want it or not just the way it is unified driver package one driver fits all

anyway vista was patched and should be no issues with windows above that

 

[junkeymonkey]

did some more looking around and it seems most all been buried but the stuff for ver 1.14 found this at Microsoft but I guess its now just one of those things that you got from amd weather you want it or not ..

from Microsoft ....

there are a few games out there that where coded a bit ruff on there usage of multi threaded CPU,s. There dual core optimizer updated for vista was to allow it to be run in vista when used with these games. The optimizer was and is less optimization then timing fix. Vista SP2 was said to include the optimization timing fix for dial triple and quad cores that was placed into win 7.

Therefor = No longer needed.

vista SP1 = needed & not needed (some optimization pre included)

Vista SP2 = not needed (pre included)

Win 7 = not needed (pre included)

 

[bgunner]

A sweet find. I have been giving it some real long and hard thought and I remember seeing this being installed with some programs and not with the Video Drivers. Now I know the optimization is already built into all the OS's I own, I will proceed with the forced eviction notice and flush the turd down the toilet.

Thank you Junkey for your help and time searching on this issue. 2 Thumbs up to you.

 

[junkeymonkey]

I got to wonder if all the block/removed/gone info on this was due to the lawsuit between amd and intel as part of the settlement agreement as is we will pay you off if you remove the slander ????

 

[bgunner]

That is an interesting thought for sure.

 

[junkeymonkey]

well I don't guess its a issue but its just there if something was to need it so .....