Setting core usage.

BEAM · July 23rd, 2008

I remember reading somewhere (I think it was on this forum but I am not sure) that it is possible on an 8 core system to set 6 cores for rendering and leave the other 2 for working on other programs.

Is this possible? And if so, how would one go about doing this?

Tommy Burns · July 23rd, 2008

Open up task manager go to process and find max. Then right click on this and Set Affinity. Now just untick how many processors you don't want.
Hope this is clear

BEAM · July 23rd, 2008

Thanks for you quick answer. Quite simple, really.

Slinger · July 24th, 2008

just remember for every program you have open/running, you will have to do this. It would be nice if someone could write some sort of script to automatically do this.

July 23rd, 2008	#1 (permalink)
BEAM Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Vienna Posts: 58 Name: Jason Bergeron	Setting core usage. I remember reading somewhere (I think it was on this forum but I am not sure) that it is possible on an 8 core system to set 6 cores for rendering and leave the other 2 for working on other programs. Is this possible? And if so, how would one go about doing this?

July 23rd, 2008	#2 (permalink)
Tommy Burns Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Dublin Posts: 261 Name: Thomas Burns	Re: Setting core usage. Open up task manager go to process and find max. Then right click on this and Set Affinity. Now just untick how many processors you don't want. Hope this is clear

July 23rd, 2008	#3 (permalink)
BEAM Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Vienna Posts: 58 Name: Jason Bergeron	Re: Setting core usage. Thanks for you quick answer. Quite simple, really.

July 24th, 2008	#4 (permalink)
Slinger Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Dallas Age: 31 Posts: 133 Name: Chris Ortiz	Re: Setting core usage. just remember for every program you have open/running, you will have to do this. It would be nice if someone could write some sort of script to automatically do this.

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