It will never go higher than 50%. Newer Pentium 4s have a 2nd "virtual" CPU that Windows sees. This feature is called HyperThreading by Intel.
See here: http://tinyurl.com/4mdnw Prime95 doesn't use the 2nd virtual CPU, so 50% is all you should see, maximum. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Margulies > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 3:58 PM > To: The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search list > Subject: [Prime] Increasing computing fraction for P95 > > I'm running Prime 23.8.1 in Windows XP SP2, Pentium 4, 512 MB > of memory. > > In Windows Task Manager, when no other important programs are > running, I > see that Prime95.exe has 50% of the processor cycles, with 46% or so > going to System Idle Process. > > Is that optimal? Is it possible, or desirable, to increase the > allocation of cycles to Prime95? > > -- > Bob Margulies [EMAIL PROTECTED] Now using Mozilla Thunderbird > > www.palosverdes.com/sbcms > > _______________________________________________ > Prime mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime > _______________________________________________ Prime mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime
