msconfig Advanced Boot Option-Enabling All Cores

[will_crump]

Is there any advantage to be gained by going into the advanced boot options of msconfig and turning on the maximum number of processors recognized? By default msconfig recognizes 1 CPU even though it's dual-core. I can uncheck the box and select 2. Is there any real advantage?

I am using a Dell Inspiron 570 with a dual-core Athlon running at 3.0 GHz.

 

[androbourne]

Well depends on how much you have left over from your PC purchase. But cheapest I would go with, is something like this.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0ZX7ZG4069&ignorebbr=1&cm_re=video_cards_for_desktop-_-14-150-784-_-Product

If you can afford better then start looking into GTX 1050 or GTX 1050 TI, in AMD ranges something like https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137124&ignorebbr=1&cm_re=video_cards_for_desktop-_-14-137-124-_-Product then 1050s would be next jump up from there.

 

[will_crump]

Well depends on how much you have left over from your PC purchase. But cheapest I would go with, is something like this.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0ZX7ZG4069&ignorebbr=1&cm_re=video_cards_for_desktop-_-14-150-784-_-Product

If you can afford better then start looking into GTX 1050 or GTX 1050 TI, in AMD ranges something like https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137124&ignorebbr=1&cm_re=video_cards_for_desktop-_-14-137-124-_-Product then 1050s would be next jump up from there.

Nice! Not too expensive. It would be nice if there was a card like that with two DVI ports.

 

[will_crump]

New Egg's chat support is about as useless as tits on a boar hog!

They can't tell me whether or not the newer ATI cards require a system with UEFI BIOS or if they'll run on a legacy system.

 

[androbourne]

All I know is it will say something like "UEFI Ready" or similar on the GPU box. If you can find a model of GPU you are interested in then post it here. I'm sure we can look it up.

I'm going to go on a limb and say that most newer GPU's are going to require UEFI. But still need to look up each card in question to make sure.

 

[will_crump]

All I know is it will say something like "UEFI Ready" or similar on the GPU box. If you can find a model of GPU you are interested in then post it here. I'm sure we can look it up.

I'm going to go on a limb and say that most newer GPU's are going to require UEFI. But still need to look up each card in question to make sure.

Thanks! Isn't it amazing all the ways these companies can find to force consumers to abandon their current computer for something newer and more expensive?

A real computer with a discrete graphics card (at least 4 GB GDDR5), a decent amount of memory (at least 16 GB), USB. 3.0 or 3.1, a hard drive of at least 2 TB, with at least a quad-core CPU running no less than 3.4 GHz costs out the wazoo when purchased new.

 

[androbourne]

Yeah it really does, thats why used or refurbs are really the only option when budget is a concern.