Just setup my X2 4800+ and

[TheMeekon]

Very impressed so far, game are flying and windows is very smooth but..

I heard u require a hotfix for windows when using service pack 2? I downloaded some kind of fix but it said i had too change the registry which i thought wasnt right. Does anyone have a link on guide too with these chips and performance in windows?

Also when i look in taskmanager and it says CPU on processes page is this displaying the usage? As my "System Idle Process" is constantly on 99 -%?

Thanks in advance

 

[Xplo]

System Idle Process will always be displayed at 99% or near enough when your not doing anything on your pc, that means 1% of your system resources are being used.

 

[Goksly]

yeah - your CPU column should add up to 100... with the idle process hopefully taking the largest chunk unless you are doing some heavy work

 

[TheMeekon]

R.... i see. Should i be doing this Hotfix and registry change though? Everything seems fine atm but if i can more performance from this fix i may aswell.

 

[Dirk]

If it ain't broke don't fix it.

 

[Phemo]

Just to note also - you don't need to do the registry modification. If you look closer at the MS article, you only need to enter the registry key if you want to disable what the hotfix does. If you want the hotfix to be enabled, you just run the hotfix and reboot, job done.

I've noticed that a lot of people haven't actually read the MS article properly and therefore believe that editing the registry is required - it isn't.

Note:

After you install the hotfix that is described in this article, you may use registry settings to disable the new performance state policy behavior. To do this, follow these steps: