does anyone please know how many cores can vista run on? im building computer
for man doing rendering, so he needs as many cores as possible but still
needs to run vista. so my question is can vista run for example on 4 CPUs
each Quad core?

Hi:

As far as I know except for the home version the rest will support 2
physical CPU´s max.

System Requirements
Windows Vista recommended system requirements


http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...uirements.mspx

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"Korben Dallas" Korben wrote in message
...
does anyone please know how many cores can vista run on? im building
computer
for man doing rendering, so he needs as many cores as possible but still
needs to run vista. so my question is can vista run for example on 4 CPUs
each Quad core?

"Korben Dallas" Korben wrote in message
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does anyone please know how many cores can vista run on? im building
computer
for man doing rendering, so he needs as many cores as possible but still
needs to run vista. so my question is can vista run for example on 4 CPUs
each Quad core?


Think sockets. The chip in the socket is called a physical processor.
Vista Home Basic and Premium can use one. Any number of cores is OK. Cores
are called logical processors.

Vista Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate can use two sockets. Any number of
cores in each is OK.

Only Windows Server editions can use 4 cpus and up.

Colin Barnhorst;769616 Wrote:
"Only Windows Server editions can use 4 cpus and up.
Huh? I just bought HP quad core w vista home premium. They claim it
works, and you say it doesn't. How can I tell whether it's using all 4
or just 1?


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"Stonewall" wrote in message
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Colin Barnhorst;769616 Wrote:
"Only Windows Server editions can use 4 cpus and up.
Huh? I just bought HP quad core w vista home premium. They claim it
works, and you say it doesn't. How can I tell whether it's using all 4
or just 1?


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A quad core is still only one physical cpu.
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Hey Stonewall
I've got a HP Quad Core running and yes it is only one physical CPU, it is
using all four cores.
I've also got a gadget on the side bar showing quad core usage. You can
Google for Vista gadgets to find a quad core monitor.

Mickey





"Jane C" wrote in message
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"Stonewall" wrote in message
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Colin Barnhorst;769616 Wrote:
"Only Windows Server editions can use 4 cpus and up.
Huh? I just bought HP quad core w vista home premium. They claim it
works, and you say it doesn't. How can I tell whether it's using all 4
or just 1?


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A quad core is still only one physical cpu.
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Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

"Stonewall" wrote in message
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Colin Barnhorst;769616 Wrote:
"Only Windows Server editions can use 4 cpus and up.
Huh? I just bought HP quad core w vista home premium. They claim it
works, and you say it doesn't. How can I tell whether it's using all 4
or just 1?


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I said no such thing. You don't have 4 cpus. You have one cpu with four
cores. Like I said.

Mickey Mouse;774147 Wrote:
Hey Stonewall
I've got a HP Quad Core running and yes it is only one physical CPU, it
is
using all four cores.
I've also got a gadget on the side bar showing quad core usage. You
can
Google for Vista gadgets to find a quad core monitor.

Mickey
Thank you for your excellent reply, particularly for the hint about the
Gadget. I found it, installed it, and it verifies that all 4 cores are
used on my Vista Home Premium HP. This is a very neat, showing what
each of the 4 are doing at any given time.

Reference:

'MultiMeterQ.gadget downloadable here'
(http://cid-4df2492d7f4580a1.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/230+%20Vista%20Sidebar%20Gadgets/MultiMeterQ.gadget?wa=wsignin1.0)'.'
(http://cid-4df2492d7f4580a1.skydrive...?wa=wsignin1.0)


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Stonewall

Wow, they failed to mention the # of processors the OS can use as a
feature. Is there anyway one could upgrade from say Home Premium to
Business? Or have I just fallen victim to the "Way too many Versions"
problem?


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Vista Home Premium works just fine for me to run a Quad-Core processor,
and the Gadget allows you to monitor activity in each of the 4 cores.


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