I'm new here, so please bear with me if this post is in the wrong section or place. I am currrently using a Dell Precision 690 with 2 physical CPUs and a total of 4 cores. Win 7 x64 handles this with no problem. I am looking to obtain a new unit with a quad AMD Interlagos CPU with a total of 64 cores. Because there are 4 physical CPUs on board Windows 7 x64 will see and use only half of them. Windows server 2008 will support this system, but it is a clumsy solution for running a number of graphics programs. I don't need to make the switch immediately, so there's time to wait for a public release of Windows 8. My question is this: Will Windows 8 64 bit support 4 or more CPUs on the AMD system? I know it will handle up to 640 logical cores. But, I cannot find anything that states the PHYSICAL processor limit for Windows 8. Would someone please clear up the confusion for me. Thanks.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 7 x64
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Precision 690
- CPU
- Dual Xenon dual core
- Motherboard
- Dell
- Memory
- 8G
- Graphics Card(s)
- nVidia F1800