Multicore setting vs. multithreading

Discussion in 'Windows Virtual Machine' started by Garth W, Apr 29, 2010.

  1. Garth W

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    Due to running Rhino (a 3d design program) with some very large file sizes, I've been trying to tweak out every last bit of performance from Parallels. My computer is a 4-core 27" iMac with 8GB of ram, but the i7 chip also is multithreaded, with 8 threads running. I'm a little hazy on how Parallels works with respect to multithreading, but does this mean that I can bump up the "Processors" setting from 4 to 8?

    It's fairly inconvenient to shut down and boot into windows just to get that last little bit of performance, so any guidance is appreciated.

    Thanks,


    Garth
     

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