Quad core...setting processor affinity?

HI folks. Just recently bought and built my quad core system. I'm
not too familiar with how I can get the most use out of all the cores
because I know that some programs know how to use them and some
don't. My friend says he assigns certain games to take over a whole
core and it boosts performance...etc. Not sure what is the best way
to do things like this to make this worthwhile. Thanks.

"ridergroov" <ridergroov1@comcast.net> wrote...
> HI folks. Just recently bought and built my quad core system. I'm
> not too familiar with how I can get the most use out of all the cores
> because I know that some programs know how to use them and some
> don't. My friend says he assigns certain games to take over a whole
> core and it boosts performance...etc. Not sure what is the best way
> to do things like this to make this worthwhile. Thanks.

You can assign affinity in the task manager, but if you don't have a good
reason to do so, it will likely do nothing good.