bypass07:
Thanks Lonnie but how do you increase virtual memory ?
Go to {Control panel _ System Properties _Advanced_Performance}
andyson:
More power usage means higher CPU
temps. I doubt that will be a problem playing WGT as it is not CPU
intensive but could be a problem playing other games or streaming while
playing WGT.
There is also the opinion that unparking CPUs will
potentially reduce CPU life since more CPUs are being used. Well yeah
of course! But, these CPUs are designed to run together and we
are likely to upgrade the PC before reaching that point! A better
statement IMO is parking CPUs extends the life of the CPU, unparking
CPUs will give you the CPU life it was designed to give you.
Windows 10 and 8.1 unpark the cpu automatically, but you still see a slight improvement in W 8.1, like 15 FPS....
The
"big" problem with this is the CPU runs hotter and the "average" user
doesn't understand, or have a clue how easily the heatsink on a laptop
gets clogged up and they burn up the CPU...
Look at the bottom of
your laptop, you will see the Windows registration sticker(like
pink/light blue in color)...it is located over a small opening, if you
see a "burned spot" on it your CPU is/or has been running hot....(I personally think this a way for them to get around warrenty issues as I have never seen or had one that didn't have the "hot spot")
On
a lot of the older desktop towers, there is a "exhaust" fan of course,
but there is a 2nd fan inside the tower that blows directly on he
heatsink/cpu...those go out and the user doesn't know it all the
time...that's why "Gaming" computers have several fans visable, he!! the
even have "water" cooled heatsinks lol
If you unpark
the CPU, I would put a small fan in front of the tower at the very
least, and clean the heatsink on a laptop often....