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Old 08-25-2011, 09:16 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by BC-Axeman View Post
Just something I remember from years ago on SMP boards that each CPU needed a license in order to unlock the multi-processing. Otherwise it just ran as a single processor system. Muliti-core is like multi-processor so I wasn't sure about this, besides it being commonplace now.
The easiest way to see is open task manager and go to the performance tab. under "CPU Usage History" see how many graphs it shows. I am at work, so I can't guarantee that they haven't bought additional licenses...but I show 4 seperate CPU cores.
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