Core Confusion!!! Any help please?

[RCAF_FB_Orville]

~S~ All,

Hi there people, I got a new rig in November with the new "Corei7 940" processor, and although it runs IL-2 great, I hate the niggling feeling that maybe I am not getting the best out of it. Now, as I understand it, IL-2 runs on one core only. However, I have seen many posts claiming that on Core duo/Quad processors it is possible to get better performance by tweaking task manager settings for the processor, namely core affinity. I also see that there is a "priority" setting, the uppermost being "real-time". Does this make any difference at all to performance, and is there any verifiable data for this? Though I am a tech Neanderthal (only used single core beforehand so new to this) I suspect it may be a "placebo effect" for some, but please correct me if I am wrong. I have messed around with the confi "Processaffinitymask=" trying numerous different combinations and values, and in very limited testing can see no real difference. Ditto with priority (which is not "saved" for IL-2 for some reason after I restart the computer) Can anybody confirm this for me please, any suggestions for the best settings for IL-2 would be most welcome, and save me a lot of testing and time. Thanks kindly

PS did anyone read that PC Pilot interview with Oleg? He has confirmed that SOW will DEFINITELY utilise both duo and quad technology as well as 6DOF too which was less of a surprise (Hallelujah! My tenuous nehelem gamble has hopefully payed off ) Some of you will probably know this already, but for those who don't, there you go.

Best regards