Does anyone have this installed and can you give me a brief explaination of what this tool does exactly.?
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/..._13118,00.html

It's mainly intended for WinXP systems that are having issues with dual core functions. I'm running WinXP-pro-SP2 here with no optimizer and it runs fantastic. Best not to install it unless you are trying to solve some relevant issue.

Thanks CDan, I thought it was something along those line but was not sure.

Yo Alan-

When I changed my AMD 64 3800 to the dual core 4400+ - I installed the AMD program and everything has worked stunningly for over a year-eh!!

Hi bigmike7, I downloaded it and installed it. But it does nothing. Does it just run on its own when installed. Is their no GUI to this program?

Yes it runs on its own in the background, it makes sure that the 2 cores run in synch. Take the game painkiller for instance without the optimiser the game runs really weird (like the character is skipping instead of running) with it the game runs properly, but there are still some programs that you need to go and set affinity for.

@CDan
It has nothing to do with the os your using its meant for programs that usually only run on one core but run badly on two.

Thanks slayerking. That answers alot of my questions. Even though I am not a real gamer I guess it cannot hurt to leave it running.

Alan, I have it installed on my system and it runs rock solid. I have never seen any problems from installing the optimizer.

AMD 4200+ X2

I have asked this quite a few times, and the answer has always been YES, but you guys seem to know more about what the AMD Dual Core Optimizer does... so... here I ask again:

Will it work on Intel processors? Is it a Windows XP issue, not specific to AMD processors? I am running an Intel Pentium D (dual core) 3.00GHz 830 processor.

Thank you!

It's not intended for Intel CPUs and why would you need it in the first place?
//Danne