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AMD Dual Core Optimizer
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No, pretty much the driver was to keep the cores in sync for some games that had issues with dual cores in XP. I think it was automatically placed in Vista.
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After a little more research on my part, you are correct. The optimizer doesn't need to be installed with Vista.
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What does the dual core optimizer do in XP though? I'd like to know 
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What does the dual core optimizer do in XP though? I'd like to know
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Does Intel have/need a dual core optimizer? Or is this AMD-only?
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What does the dual core optimizer do in XP though? I'd like to know
AMD Dual-Core Optimizer - The AMD Dual-Core Optimizer can help improve some PC gaming video performance by compensating for those applications that bypass the Windows API for timing by directly using the RDTSC (Read Time Stamp Counter) instruction. Applications that rely on RDTSC do not benefit from the logic in the operating system to properly account for the affect of power management mechanisms on the rate at which a processor core's Time Stamp Counter (TSC) is incremented. The AMD Dual-Core Optimizer helps to correct the resulting video performance effects or other incorrect timing effects that these applications may experience on dual-core processor systems, by periodically adjusting the core time-stamp-counters, so that they are synchronized.
Source: AMD.com
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oh I have vista and I have it installed regardless, oh well.