InstantCopy does not like SMP

[Pauly]

Like everyone else I've been trying InstantCopy but I was having problems with the program freezing.
I am fortunate to have a dual XeonHT system which provides my O/S with 4 virtual CPUs.
If I force InstantCopy to only use a single CPU, by setting its affinity to one CPU then it works perfectly.

It's a shame I then have 3 idle CPUs but I guess I could run 4 instances of InstantCopy at the same time;)

Thought this info maybe useful to someone else.

Pauly

[valnar]

Thanks. I have considered a dual setup for quite some time, but was scared away with all the AMD 760MPX problems. Its a shame there are issues with Xeon systems too.

Robert

[snakeman]

Yes, same here using my Dual Proc AMD 2200s. This really sux! I had the same problem using one proc also! :(



snakeman

[h00z]

I haven't had any issues with the demo or the retail version on my dual AMD 2200+ MPs or my dual 2.8ghz XEONs. Running WinXP SP1(a) on both.

It doesn't take advantage of the second (or third, or fourth) CPU, but I haven't had it hang-up or crash on me.

[quadguy]

I haven't been able to get InstantCopy to work on my dual processsor HP Kayak XU800. (It works fine on my single processor machines). But I wasn't sure if the problem is because of the dual processors or because of the video card (Oxygen GVX1).

Whenever I try to run InstantCopy, it hangs after only a minute or less.

Where do you set the affinity of the program to 1 processor (I am running Win2K)? I guess I'll try that first.

Quadguy

[h00z]

Bring up Task Manager, right click on the process for IC7... You should see where to go from there ;)

[Prosper]

Works fine for me, dual 1800xp's, 760MP, 1GB RAM, win2k SP3.
Still only uses one processor, tho. This program is certainly _not_ multithreaded.

[Tictoc]

Tried demo and retail version.
Works fine with my dual 1600XP's, Tyan S2460, 512MB RAM, WinXP Pro.

[lusid]

Works fine for me as well. Dual 1600MP.
Average movie takes just over 2 hours to encode on my machine, but on a friends P4-1800 it takes over 4. Seems like dual helps, even if it's not specifically coded for smp.

[timekills]

Thunder K 7 with 2x2400s, works fine

MSI 694 D Pro-AR with 2 x 933mhz P3s, works fine.

Neither hits > 50% (i.e. one CPU usage), so not SMP aware.

My bud Hooz from 2cpu.co* hasn't mentioned any problems with SMP systems either.