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Hi there,

Ive tried using the Gatwick Sim tool but it only supports 8 cores.

Does anyone know how to work out / provide me with a affinity mark for 18 core / 36 thread CPU? 

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Lew

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Lew, it's actually pretty easy to figure out for youself, as it follows a standard decimal coded binary scheme.

That said, you can also Google for a Binary to Decimal Converter and a Decimal to Binary Converter. Just use 1's for core on and 0 for core off, and remember that it works LEFT TO RIGHT, not RIGHT TO LEFT.

Hope this helps.

 


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Here's an Affinity Mask calculator that can be downloaded and saved.  Doesn't require installation (portable), can be set to any number of cores, and can be set to calculate AM with HT on or off.  Read the entire first post in the forum thread... the Media Fire download requires a password (must be super secret stuff :biggrin:).

https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php?topic=32520.0

Super easy to use!

HTH,

Greg

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Is a entry for AM useful in P3Dv4?

If I recall, it was needed in FSX.


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Affinity Mask works in all Windows programs which are written to take advantage of multiple cores, so technically the answer is yes.

That said, only the user would know if Affinity Mask is beneficial with any ESP derivative as (particularly with P3DV4) it's use is based on what other software is running and what the person wants to accomplish by assigning specific cores to specific software.

I run at least 7 other programs while running P3DV4 under an i7-4770K running at 4.3GHz with a GTX 1080 and I have yet to find any benefit to manually assigning cores, but again it depends on what software someone is using and generally speaking someone's system specs.

I found using Affinity Mask was not beneficial under FSX:SE as well, though it made a difference with FSX:MS.  The reason is that DTG found and eliminated some dual thread processing of autogen, and this made processing more streamlined.

Best wishes.

 

 

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Thanks Dave,

Very helpful information.


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Most welcome!

 


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15 hours ago, DaveCT2003 said:

and remember that it works LEFT TO RIGHT, not RIGHT TO LEFT.

Dave, I have to ask what you mean by this?  for example in a 4 core machine with HT on (8 LPs) 254 = 11 11 11 10 so the RIGHT most bit (LSB) is LP0 and the rest go RIGHT to LEFT.  I know I am missing what you mean, your advice is always a must read.


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42 minutes ago, bbuckley said:

Dave, I have to ask what you mean by this?  for example in a 4 core machine with HT on (8 LPs) 254 = 11 11 11 10 so the RIGHT most bit (LSB) is LP0 and the rest go RIGHT to LEFT.  I know I am missing what you mean, your advice is always a must read.

 

Hello my friend,

Here is a terrific thread that explains what I mean. We may be saying the same thing (forgive me for not taking too much time at the moment, I'm neck deep in testing).

 

 

 


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AffinityMask is not needed at all and especially with P3D and Windows 10.  All of your cores are operating at 100% in Windows 10 when P3D is running.  It use to be just one core was at 100% and the other cores were at 0.  Microsoft fixed.  To verify, click on the Windows key + R, type resmon, start up P3D, in resmon, click on CPU tab and make sure the P3D box is enabled so you will know it is just monitoring P3D.  Look to the right and you will see that every core is being used 100%.  In Resource Monitor, it will also show what each core is doing.  Cool stuff...

EDIT:  It even works for FSX.


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15 minutes ago, Jim Young said:

AffinityMask is not needed at all and especially with P3D and Windows 10.  All of your cores are operating at 100% in Windows 10 when P3D is running.

This is not accurate, at all!  Dave said it best above:

...only the user would know if Affinity Mask is beneficial with any ESP derivative as (particularly with P3DV4) it's use is based on what other software is running and what the person wants to accomplish by assigning specific cores to specific software.

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My very good friend Jim's technical advice and expertise is top notch, so I must have misunderstood what he means.  I'm currently running P3DV4 in testing, and you can see below that several cores are under utilized (not at 100%).

I'll say again that I don't USUALLY use AF with P3DV4, however there are circumstances where it would be beneficial to use for P3D and other programs as well. I usually set this via a BAT file which loads with the software, however Process Laso is also another good means.

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3 hours ago, lownslo said:

This is not accurate, at all!  Dave said it best above:

...only the user would know if Affinity Mask is beneficial with any ESP derivative as (particularly with P3DV4) it's use is based on what other software is running and what the person wants to accomplish by assigning specific cores to specific software.

Greg

 

I would also agree with that statement - if you do not know what you want to accomplish, you may as well leave out any AffinityMask, since you are likely to make it worse, not better..

Having said that, I find that I get a smoother ride when I move P3D off the first core and give it it's very own place to run.. Windows will always run other housekeeping processes in the background which can interfere with smooth operation.  On the other hand, for every core that you set aside, you are taking away CPU power from the pool that Windows assigns work to..  :happy:


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1 hour ago, Bert Pieke said:

I would also agree with that statement - if you do not know what you want to accomplish, you may as well leave out any AffinityMask, since you are likely to make it worse, not better..

Having said that, I find that I get a smoother ride when I move P3D off the first core and give it it's very own place to run.. Windows will always run other housekeeping processes in the background which can interfere with smooth operation.  On the other hand, for every core that you set aside, you are taking away CPU power from the pool that Windows assigns work to..  :happy:

Why move it off of the first core?  Before all cores were being used with Windows 10, we had to use the AF tweak to get it to use some of our other cores.  Now it is using all of the cores (the person who has the most cores wins) and some cores are more active than others indicating some cores are processing Windows chores, P3D is using other cores but the main point is that all cores are being used and that's what the AF tweak was set up to do.  I have seen so many crashes while using this tweak in the past and many members are confused, very confused.  I like the fact all cores are being used now.  Moving P3D off the first core is probably just a waste of time as the benefits, if any, will be minimal.  I think we need to get away from members risking the chance of putting in the wrong parameters for AF and subsequently crashing occasionally and move on to the future.

Best regards,

Jim


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