How many cores

[behzad]

How many cores does xara uses? Also it claims that it uses multiprocessing which I do not believe it does.

Clarify me on this Xara.

[Egg Bramhill]

You can investigte this yourself Behzad, but I doubt Xara will ever really need to break into a sweat re this.

https://www.google.com/search?client...HB8gLrmKDIDQ16

[Acorn]

Moved to the Dear Xara forum.

Acorn

[behzad]

Thanks Egg. From my analysis, processing a complex 40 page website, it seems only one core is being fully utilized. So the answer is no, it does not use multi cores. Also Upgrading to SSD and memory did not improve overall performance with Xara either. I believe all the heavy work is done only with the central processor.

[handrawn]

Thanks Egg. From my analysis, processing a complex 40 page website, it seems only one core is being fully utilized. So the answer is no, it does not use multi cores. Also Upgrading to SSD and memory did not improve overall performance with Xara either. I believe all the heavy work is done only with the central processor.

sorry Behzad you cannot draw that conclusion

multicore capability is simply that... and the capability is managed by the operating system; xara designer cannot just stamp it's foot and insist on using resources, even if nothing else is, if windows is not inclined to release them

and how windows organises resources is as much a function of your setup as it is absolute

there are ways to tweak this, but that is very geekish, and may not be worth the effort, and will in any case not be a one-set-of-tweaks-fits-all senario

I ran a test and here is a screen shot of the resources manager [split so it is readable under TG size limit]



ignore 'not reponding' that just means the program itself is too busy to be accessed in itself - you can see 6 cores are being used and the average usage is 4.4

the operation was a 10 pass photographic trace of an image 4128 by 3098 pixels which took about 5mins - back in the day it would have taken forever or just failed

core usage remained at 6, but the average usage maxed out at 6.24

I have an amd processor with 8 physical cores [16 virtual]

it is also worth bearing in mind that what is a complex operation to the computer may not equate to what a human thinks is complex

here is a [smaller] version of the photograph:



beatrice the bee has, this last week, been nosing a lot around our back conservatory and had got 'buried' in a pile of plasic bags [recycling for the use of] - maybe looking for a new nesting place; she was buzzing like crazy for ages so eventually I fished her out and she stayed on my hand resting long enough for me to get some single-handed photos

note for those thinking of doing this at home: be very careful - whilst [european] bumble bees are usually safe to cup in your hand if you need to move them, take care not to exert any pressure, they can sting, and they retract the sting so they can do it again like wasps, though fortunately no where near as short of fuse

[behzad]

Nice. Thanks. Also your a brave soul for letting a bee near you.