Quick prime question

[Peter450]

Should you run prime one test at a time, or load up prime 3 times and have a all 3 tests running at once? does it make a differance? is there a best way of doing it?

 

[setter]

For a dual core cpu run orthos, 1 instance, for a quad use prime95 latest version and it will test all 4 cores.

 

[Peter450]

I have a dual core, whats wrong with using prime on a dual cores?

 

[setter]

I have a dual core, whats wrong with using prime on a dual cores?

Theyre basically the same thing, when testing a dual core i always used orthos as it tests 2 cores, i think previous versions of theese programs involved opening multiple instances of the program depending on your cpu, eg 4 instances of p95 with a quad whereas now you just need the latest version that will test all four cores at once.

 

[Peter450]

Ok cool, i got my dual core to 3.8 on 1.28 volts which i'm happy with, seems stable and plays games fine, just wanted to do a an hours prime or so just for peace of mind that it's all solid, thx for help guys