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Microsoft Windows 10 Pro x64 on a system with 4 CPU's

Anonymous
2020-10-10T20:49:52+00:00

Hi!

I know that Win10Pro only supports 2 CPU's - however, I managed to install it on a Dell PowerEdge R815, with 4 AMD Opteron CPU's, with 16 cores each.

In the System information, it says that the system only have 2 CPU's, and only 32 cores are detected - however, in Device Manager, all 4 CPU's and all 64 cores are detected.

So - my questions are:

  1. Is there ANY way to make Windows 10 Pro to recognize all 4 CPU's? (I do a lot of video-rendering work)
  2. Windows Server Standard 2016 detects all 4 CPU's and cores and runs very smooth - but I'm having problem with enabling 3D acceleration and detection of my GPU's. (Two GTX1050 and Two Tesla units, with external power).

Is there ANY way to make Windows Server to run and behave like Windows 10, so I can go ahead and do my job?

Otherwise, I've spent a lot of money on a license for the Server edition and have to switch to Ubuntu Linux - which works flawless, detecting all CPU/Cores/GPU's/Tesla's.

I would really like to remind as Microsoft customer - but limiting hardware is really getting me on my nerves - so if there's any solution, then please help me stay a Microsoft customer - before I delete the partitions and install Ubuntu Linux.

I would be really thankful for any kind of help.

(I have actually 8 servers with the same setup - and if you can help me out, then you've got a customer that's going to buy 7 more licenses - instead of using Ubuntu for free - and also - if possible, I would like to use Windows Server as primary OS, instead of Windows 10, due to more functions - I just need the graphics to work.)

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-10-11T23:59:41+00:00

    Well... Alexios... I don't see any other way?

    I mean - why implementing something so stupid, like a hardware limit in an OS?

    It's like when B.Gates was sure than no one would ever need more than 640 kb memory, and as a programmer, I still have to think about that, when I'm writing codes - specially in Assembly - and that's over 40 years ago - because when addressing memory, I have to take that limitation in account.

    So - yes - sometimes, you need threatening large companies like Microsoft - because my post is going to be visible - for anyone looking for an answer about CPU-limits - which means they will lose customers.

    The Win10 and Server kernel are practically the same - so why implementing a limit on the consumer version - and implementing 3D acceleration limit on the server version? For what good?

    I know now how to enable 3D acceleration in Windows Server - but installing a driver for my graphic card, is like building the next generation manned space vehicle. 

    Do you know how much a license for a 64 core Windows Server edition costs? Try $110 x 32.

    That's what I've paid - 8 times.

    Don't you think think that I then would like to use the full power of my hardware, when I've paid so much?

    So my question is - is there any way to make the server edition, to behave like the consumer version - accepting drivers, etc. without knowledge about how to build a space shuttle?

    Because I've got to use Adobe Premiere, due to other hardware, that's only compatible with that program - and I can't use them in Linux.

    Have you tried rendering almost 2 hours of video, with like 200 different video effects, fades, sound effects, etc. etc.?

    I would save like two weeks, doing it on a R815 with 4 CPU's and 64 cores.

    So - if Microsoft don't care about its consumers, who has paid a fortune - then, well, I should change OS to Ubuntu - as they let me use my hardware as I wish.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-10-10T21:27:34+00:00

    threatening to use Linux over Windows if you don't get an answer to your question is not nice. plus some won't care at all if you switch to Linux.

    now to your question, W10 Pro support 2 physical CPUs with maximum cores of 256.

    so the system is correct, it sees only 2 processors.

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