Thank you HWC!

[headsh0t]

Even with an extra 0.8Ghz???????

[martin_metal_88]

Maybe. You know like me that the FAH client is a wierd world that is hard to understand. Taking also in concideration that the Q9550 have more cache memory that can help in big calculation like that. Here I have a I7 860 and each core do a little less compare to my previous 9550. But the HT allow me to double the client so it's some way better.

[Zero82z]

Originally Posted by headsh0t

Even with an extra 0.8Ghz???????

You're also using two SMP clients instead of one across all four cores, which is reducing your efficiency.

[headsh0t]

Ya I thought maybe the cache might drop the points down a bit but not as much as pure clock speed. Ya I totally wish it was an 860 I won instead lol. Just jokes. Beggars cant be choosers. I'm thinking it may be more efficient to just run 1 VM on 2 cores so that my GPU client(s) have more CPU clocks left for them to get higher PPD out of them. But I'll see how much the 260 is producing with the 2 VMs running later today.

[headsh0t]

Originally Posted by Zero82z

You're also using two SMP clients instead of one across all four cores, which is reducing your efficiency.

That's what I was using with the C2Q was 2 VMs. Is it better to run 1 VM across all 4 cores? I also like the fact if I need to use the computer, or even game on it, I can still let one VM run and use the 2 other cores. I wish I could set it up to use 3 cores.

[LCB001]

Originally Posted by headsh0t

That's what I was using with the C2Q was 2 VMs. Is it better to run 1 VM across all 4 cores? I also like the fact if I need to use the computer, or even game on it, I can still let one VM run and use the 2 other cores. I wish I could set it up to use 3 cores.

All you need is one VM, two is wasting resources like Zero82z said.

If you add these two lines to the .vmx file it won't slow down your gpu's anymore and you won't have to worry about setting the priority in taskmanager, you should probably increase the memsize also as VM's love lot's of memory...

priority.ungrabbed = "idle"
priority.grabbed = "idle"

[headsh0t]

The only resources wasted would be the memory but I had already assigned both VMs to use 1152mb each and I would still have 800mb free so it's not like it's really a problem. Why do the FAH guides on here both say to run 2 VMs then? Are those paramaters in the vmx file already or do they need to be added? Thanks for that tip by the way didnt know you could do that.

[LCB001]

Originally Posted by headsh0t

The only resources wasted would be the memory but I had already assigned both VMs to use 1152mb each and I would still have 800mb free so it's not like it's really a problem. Why do the FAH guides on here both say to run 2 VMs then? Are those paramaters in the vmx file already or do they need to be added? Thanks for that tip by the way didnt know you could do that.

At the time the guide was written VMware was limited to 2 cores only, it was only with the release of version 3.0 that up to 8 cores was possible.

It's not just the memory, running the VM itself uses resources including cpu cycles, a lot of folks have seen gains of 600-800+ ppd from switching to a single VM...YMMV.

You need to add the two lines at the bottom of the .vmx file...

[flightsimnerd]

congrats on winning dude!

[Toyuko]

Woow cool machine!