FS2004 Affinity Tool by Behcet H. Sefkatlioglu

[eneee 0]

So, in clear, easy English, what does this tool actually do? Does it make the use of multicore CPUs better or something? If so, how does it do that?

"this tool saves us the hassle of opening Task Manager and changing affinities manually"

[batchelork 0]

I have the same eror message as Larryf in one of the posts above. My processor is an Intel Pentium Dual CPU E2180.I have downloaded the file .rar file mentione and run it to load FS9. When I checked in Fle manager both CPUs were running and when I checked the affinity both were selected. When I unchecked Processor '0' FS9 ran on processor '1'. New version does not appear to be working. Regards

[windycloud 30]

This looks interesting. What OS do you use? As far as I understand Sefkatlioglu's blog, this tool saves us the hassle of opening Task Manager and changing affinities manually.

WinXP on E8400. What's interesting to me is I can manually assign any combination of affinities I want but FS9 would always max out one core. But using this tool, no CPU core is maxed out anymore. Load is MUCH more evenly distributed between the two cores.

[flyinpilot212121 724]

What does affinity setting do? is it bad for the cpu's?

[scoob 18]

What does affinity setting do? is it bad for the cpu's?

this isn't overclocking ... that can be bad for CPUs.this is assigning which of the CPUs (for chips that have multiple CPUs) are being used for each process/program.FS9 only 'understands' one CPU.the idea is you tell the OS, 'use CPU #1 for FS; and use CPU #2 (or #3, or #4, etc) for all non-FS process/programs.' :( as a result the CPU running FS isn't 'dealing' with all these other demands and FS, being mostly CPU bound, is 'faster' (ie, higher FPS and less stutters). :( :( --

[flyinpilot212121 724]

this isn't overclocking ... that can be bad for CPUs.this is assigning which of the CPUs (for chips that have multiple CPUs) are being used for each process/program.FS9 only 'understands' one CPU.the idea is you tell the OS, 'use CPU #1 for FS; and use CPU #2 (or #3, or #4, etc) for all non-FS process/programs.' :( as a result the CPU running FS isn't 'dealing' with all these other demands and FS, being mostly CPU bound, is 'faster' (ie, higher FPS and less stutters). :( :( --

So do i have to set affinity for all programs? ex: fs9 cpu1 and the rest cpu2?Thanks

[scoob 18]

So do i have to set affinity for all programs? ex: fs9 cpu1 and the rest cpu2?

not if you use the utility.--

[Bigmack 29]

"this tool saves us the hassle of opening Task Manager and changing affinities manually"

So do just run the exe and minimize to desktop or do I need to larch FS9 with this utility???Bill M

[scoob 18]

So do just run the exe and minimize to desktop or do I need to larch [sic] FS9 with this utility???

bill:read here -http://airbustakeoffsetings.blogspot.com/--

[Bigmack 29]

bill:read here -http://airbustakeoffsetings.blogspot.com/--

Thanks ScoobWhat I'm asking, I use fsauto start to shut down programs and launch FS9. Do I launch affinity first and minimize or can I use auto start to run both programs??Bill M

[scoob 18]

Do I launch affinity first ...

bill:did you read the information in link provided above?look for the words

'Just 1.download file , ...(read the rest in the link provided above)

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[Swoop 0]

Really? Typically, I launch Active Sky before I launch FS9 so the Affinity Tool could be launched 2nd and then FS9 3rd. So I guess that doesn't matter? It appears that everyone is saying that it won't matter what order anything gets launched in as long as one uses the Affinity Tool.Does that seem like the truth? Please advise and thanks!Mark

[batchelork 0]

I have the same eror message as Larryf in one of the posts above. My processor is an Intel Pentium Dual CPU E2180.I have downloaded the new '.rar' file mentioned earlier and run it to load FS9. When I checked in Fle manager both CPUs were running with identical loads and when I checked the affinity both were selected. When I unchecked Processor '0', FS9 ran on processor '1'. New version does not appear to be working. Sorry to have posted this again but it still does nothing on my PC. It detects that I have duel CPUs and launches FS9.

[eneee 0]

I have the same eror message as Larryf in one of the posts above. My processor is an Intel Pentium Dual CPU E2180.I have downloaded the new '.rar' file mentioned earlier and run it to load FS9. When I checked in Fle manager both CPUs were running with identical loads and when I checked the affinity both were selected. When I unchecked Processor '0', FS9 ran on processor '1'. New version does not appear to be working. Sorry to have posted this again but it still does nothing on my PC. It detects that I have duel CPUs and launches FS9.

Tyr this file : http://hotfile.com/links/22976120/d265925/...U_ALL_CPUs_.rar . it must be work.If you have Vista or Windows7 try to run it with "Administatro mode"

[batchelork 0]

Tyr this file : http://hotfile.com/links/22976120/d265925/...U_ALL_CPUs_.rar . it must be work.If you have Vista or Windows7 try to run it with "Administatro mode"

Ok tried this version (I think it's the same as the one I tried earlier). Still nothing, FS9 and other applications are still running on both CPUs. Sorry.