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Message 234198 - Posted: 20 Jan 2006, 15:07:39 UTC

I'm slowly building myself a new server which will have 2 AMD Opteron 275 CPUs. Since each 275 is a dual-core, I will effectively be running 4 CPUs. Depending upon which OS I go with (Server 2003 or XP 64), can anyone tell me if BOINC will be able to utilize all 4 cores properly? Thanks...


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Message 234204 - Posted: 20 Jan 2006, 15:18:36 UTC

I have seen up to 64......
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