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they do not like more than 1 core CPU's

Aui wrote on 2026-06-14, 01:10:

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Please specify " my machine"
Cpu:...
Ram:...
Video Card (and drivers if you know):...
Sound card:...
HDD:...
CD Drive:..
OS:...

CPU? Acas Motherboard PTGD1-LA(Puffer M-UL8E)

Sound card; Gigabyte GV-NX72G512E2 NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS 256MB DDR2 PCIe DVI Graphics Card

RAM 2.25GB
HDD 160GB
CD drive: speedplus
OS windows XP

zapbuzz wrote on 2026-06-14, 04:15:

they do not like more than 1 core CPU's

i dont know what it is
Shall I remove the heat sink to find out?

zapbuzz wrote on 2026-06-14, 04:15:

they do not like more than 1 core CPU's

I know I used to play both games on my Core 2 duo xp system with no issues back in the day.

zapbuzz wrote on 2026-06-14, 04:15:

they do not like more than 1 core CPU's

dose this include pentium 2, 3 and 4?

Im from Windows wrote on 2026-06-15, 19:39:

zapbuzz wrote on 2026-06-14, 04:15:

they do not like more than 1 core CPU's

dose this include pentium 2, 3 and 4?

Pentium 2 and 3 are single core processors. Pentium 4 processors often have Hyperthreading, which works like a virtual second CPU (It is actually a way to schedule operations from two threads simultaneously, so that the execution units of the CPU have less downtime, this is an oversimplified explanation of course, if your are interested in technical details there are a lot of articles regarding P4 multithreading going into various degrees of detail). There is also the Pentium D which is an actual dual core CPU, as it uses P4 cores sometimes these are referred to as Pentium 4 Dual Cores even if the official designation is Pentium D.

MagefromAntares wrote on Yesterday, 09:27:

Im from Windows wrote on 2026-06-15, 19:39:

zapbuzz wrote on 2026-06-14, 04:15:

they do not like more than 1 core CPU's

dose this include pentium 2, 3 and 4?

Pentium 2 and 3 are single core processors. Pentium 4 processors often have Hyperthreading, which works like a virtual second CPU (It is actually a way to schedule operations from two threads simultaneously, so that the execution units of the CPU have less downtime, this is an oversimplified explanation of course, if your are interested in technical details there are a lot of articles regarding P4 multithreading going into various degrees of detail). There is also the Pentium D which is an actual dual core CPU, as it uses P4 cores sometimes these are referred to as Pentium 4 Dual Cores even if the official designation is Pentium D.

Im not quite so sure what the processor is on this MB. How would I find that out please?

Pentium D. 64 bit right?

Im from Windows wrote on Yesterday, 17:18:

MagefromAntares wrote on Yesterday, 09:27:

Im from Windows wrote on 2026-06-15, 19:39:

dose this include pentium 2, 3 and 4?

Pentium 2 and 3 are single core processors. Pentium 4 processors often have Hyperthreading, which works like a virtual second CPU (It is actually a way to schedule operations from two threads simultaneously, so that the execution units of the CPU have less downtime, this is an oversimplified explanation of course, if your are interested in technical details there are a lot of articles regarding P4 multithreading going into various degrees of detail). There is also the Pentium D which is an actual dual core CPU, as it uses P4 cores sometimes these are referred to as Pentium 4 Dual Cores even if the official designation is Pentium D.

Im not quite so sure what the processor is on this MB. How would I find that out please?

Pentium D. 64 bit right?

You can use CPU-Z to identify the processor:https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

All Pentium D-s are dual core and 64-bit, there are two major variations, Smithfield which is basically two Prescott Cores put into a single package and Presler which is two Cedar Mill cores. While Pentium D-s are dual cores they are not the most efficient implementations of a dual core CPU as they are based on cores originally not designed for dual core usage.

MagefromAntares wrote on Yesterday, 18:26:

You can use CPU-Z to identify the processor:https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

I was more thinking along the lines of actual looking at it, its selft to tell me what it is. or viewing system requirements or something in the BIOS rather then a 64 bit program that will not run on my machine

MagefromAntares wrote on Yesterday, 09:27:

Pentium 4 processors often have Hyperthreading, which works like a virtual second CPU (It is actually a way to schedule operations from two threads simultaneously,

zapbuzz wrote on 2026-06-14, 04:15:

they do not like more than 1 core CPU's

I found out! its a Pentium 4 . so no good then? unless anyone knows how to trick it in the BIOS?

Im from Windows wrote on Yesterday, 19:46:

MagefromAntares wrote on Yesterday, 18:26:

You can use CPU-Z to identify the processor:https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

I was more thinking along the lines of actual looking at it, its selft to tell me what it is. or viewing system requirements or something in the BIOS rather then a 64 bit program that will not run on my machine

Actually 32-bit versions of CPU-Z is still available, it is only the default which is 64-bit, in-fact there is a vintage edition for Win9X computers too. However if you have WinXP and you just want to check if the CPU has HT or multiple cores you can open the "Task Manager", click on the "Performance" tab and if there is more than one graph under the CPU usage history it means there are either more than 1 Cores or in case of HT more then 1 thread of execution.

Im from Windows wrote on Yesterday, 20:38:

MagefromAntares wrote on Yesterday, 09:27:

Pentium 4 processors often have Hyperthreading, which works like a virtual second CPU (It is actually a way to schedule operations from two threads simultaneously,

zapbuzz wrote on 2026-06-14, 04:15:

they do not like more than 1 core CPU's

I found out! its a Pentium 4 . so no good then? unless anyone knows how to trick it in the BIOS?

If it is a Pentium 4 that supports HT, chances are that the motherboard BIOS contains a setting to disable Hyperthreading, motherboard BIOS manufacturers like to put it into different options however so you might have to look around for it in the BIOS a bit. Most often it is called by its Intel name, Hyperthreading or shortened to HT, but sometimes it goes by the name of "Core Multi-Processing" or something similar when MB makers get creative with the naming.

The interesting thing is that WinXP lets you pin a process to a single core in the "Task Manager", but only after it is started, so if the program cannot start that feature doesn't help, Windows 2000 came with a utility called IMAGECFG.EXE which let you set an executable to be pinned to certain cores on a multiprocessor system, but weirdly Microsoft decided to not include it in WinXP. Also even more weirdly after they realised that programs might need to run on a single core when starting they made a utility called "psexec" that supported setting this, but that utility only supports Win 8.1 or later, so they kinda left WinXP users to disable Hyperthreading in BIOS or use third-party tools.

MagefromAntares wrote on Yesterday, 23:49:

However if you have WinXP and you just want to check if the CPU has HT or multiple cores you can open the "Task Manager", click on the "Performance" tab and if there is more than one graph under the CPU usage history

Where is the task manager please?

MagefromAntares wrote on Yesterday, 23:49:

If it is a Pentium 4 that supports HT, chances are that the motherboard BIOS contains a setting to disable Hyperthreading, motherboard BIOS manufacturers like to put it into different options however so you might have to look around for it in the BIOS a bit. Most often it is called by its Intel name, Hyperthreading or shortened to HT, but sometimes it goes by the name of "Core Multi-Processing" or something similar when MB makers get creative with the naming.

I can tell you that when i boot it says its a "HP Invert v3.06" and a pentium 4. And that when i go into the BIOS its self it says "v02.54 copy write 1985-2004 American megatrends inc"

Im from Windows wrote on Today, 16:09:

Where is the task manager please?

Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc at the desktop and it should appear.

Im from Windows wrote on Today, 16:12:

I can tell you that when i boot it says its a "HP Invert v3.06" and a pentium 4. And that when i go into the BIOS its self it says "v02.54 copy write 1985-2004 American megatrends inc"

Unfortunately I'm not that familiar with that BIOS version and HP sometimes did some customization to it, so I cannot say where and how that option is exactly named or if it present at all, maybe someone with more specific knowledge about this configuration can tell where to look.