Only one core in use.

[hypochondriac]

I have a Q6600, which is quad core. But when I'm playing Sim City 4, sometimes it decides to randomly exit. Which is annoying when you havent saved in a while and the fact there's no auto save. But when it exits, my sidebar's tracking of core usage tells me all the cores were idle apart from one prior to the crash. Not very good multitasking if you tell me.
Is it actually my processor causing this? And why is my processor doing this?

 

[hypochondriac]

Oh

Would one core of a multicore processor be less able than a single cored processor?

 

[hypochondriac]

Hmm seen as the processor would probably easily run SC4, then why does it keep crashing? I won't even be doing any taxing tasks then it just exits back to the desktop without warning?
I think the graphics are mobo integrated so it could be that? although SC4 isnt exactly a graphics heavy game :/

 

[hypochondriac]

How do you alter the affinity?

 

[hypochondriac]

cheers it worked