Is RM6 designed to run on single, dual or quad processor cores?
Processor cores
Started by Ludlow Bay, Jun 12 2013 01:42 AM
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Posted 12 June 2013 - 07:44 AM
What prompts the question?
I doubt RM6 is designed to use more than one processor. Even though the Delphi platform can support multicore, I think the developer has to include controls to detect their presence and take advantage of them and that would be extra effort... There is no mention of multicore that I can find in connection with the database engine DISQLite3; maybe it would be illogical to have multiple connections to the database file.
I doubt RM6 is designed to use more than one processor. Even though the Delphi platform can support multicore, I think the developer has to include controls to detect their presence and take advantage of them and that would be extra effort... There is no mention of multicore that I can find in connection with the database engine DISQLite3; maybe it would be illogical to have multiple connections to the database file.
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app, a growing bundle of RootsMagic utilities.
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Posted 12 June 2013 - 09:27 AM
What prompts the question?
In the absence of any benchmarks, I seem to detect a performance boost by aligning the affinity of RM to only one core.
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Posted 12 June 2013 - 09:42 AM
How do you do that?
You are using a SSD, iirc? I wonder if core affinity is of greater effect given the high speed drive.
You are using a SSD, iirc? I wonder if core affinity is of greater effect given the high speed drive.
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Posted 12 June 2013 - 10:24 AM
How do you do that?
You are using a SSD, iirc? I wonder if core affinity is of greater effect given the high speed drive.
SSD ... yes. To set affinity on an ad-hoc basis, open Task Manager and select the Processes tab. Highlight the RM executable, then right-click and select Affinity menu item. De-select <All Processors> and select one of the individual cores. Setting affinity on a permanent basis involves appending the target command-string in the application shortcut icon. More info here: http://www.tech-reci...er-performance/
