CPUCores Maximize Your FPS – Achievement Guide

Achievement Guide

Getting all the “Cores” achievements inwards well-nigh whatsoever PC.

For this, y'all volition demand ii things:

Oracle VirtualBox (Freeware)

Any Windows ISO (I used Windows seven for this guide)

First, caput to https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads in addition to download whatsoever of the hosts. Keep inwards heed that this guide is focused on Windows based systems, but nevertheless should run on other Operating Systems.

Once downloaded, install the software past times clicking on Next > Next > Leave custom options enabled > Next > in addition to overstep away along alongside the installation.

Wait for the installation, receive got the ‘Oracle Corporation Universal Serial Bus’ prompt in addition to run the application in i lawsuit it has finished.

Now, nosotros volition demand to configure in addition to install an Operating System.

Go to Tools in addition to New.

Choose whatsoever advert (I’ll telephone phone it Test), a road to shop the virtual machine, in addition to the type in addition to version. My ISO is a Windows seven – 64bit, therefore it should await similar this:

Click on Next, assign whatsoever quantity of RAM (I recommend 1 or 2 GB) in addition to click on Next again.

Choose ‘Create a virtual difficult disk now’ choice in addition to click on Create.

On the novel screen, pick out VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image) in addition to click on Next. Choose ‘Dynamically allocated’ on the novel window.

Assign whatsoever size y'all want, but preferably twenty GB, every bit you’ll demand to install the OS on it.

Your car should await similar this:

Right click on it > Settings > System.

Make certain to tick the “Enable I/O APIC” checkbox inwards the Motherboard tab in addition to uncheck the ‘Floppy’ from the kick gild settings.

Now, caput to Network in addition to construct certain to receive got the next settings:

☑ Enable Network Adapter

Attached to: NAT

☑ Cable Connected (In advanced)

Don’t impact the other settings.

Lastly, click on Storage > on ‘Empty’ nether Storage Devices > on the Disk icon on the rightmost corner in addition to on Choose Virtual Optical Disk Drive to pick out your ISO.

Look for it inwards your files in addition to click on Open in i lawsuit you’ve flora it. This is how your Storage Devices should look:

We’re skillful to go, click on OK to unopen the settings window.

Boot the Virtual Machine past times clicking on the Start Button on the top surface area in addition to overstep away along alongside the installation.

Once the OS is installed, nosotros tin overstep away along alongside the adjacent step.

Open the browser included past times the OS, download whatsoever other (because IE sucks in addition to won’t permit y'all access to Steam) in addition to download the Steam customer alongside your construct novel download Browser.

Install in addition to run the Steam client.

Login alongside your work concern human relationship in addition to download CPUCores. Keep inwards heed that it mightiness bring a few tries to successfully log in. It took me a skillful five tries to lastly construct it my work concern human relationship (but that seems to live based on games owned).

We’re well-nigh there. Shut downward the machine, nosotros demand to produce i to a greater extent than configuration earlier launching the software.

Head to Oracle VM VIrtualBox installation folder, unremarkably in:

Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox

And on the address bar type “cmd”, without quotes.

This volition opened upwards a ascendancy draw interface at the same location.

Mine looks similar this:

Once there, type

“vboxmanage modifyvm “machine name” –cpus 10″ (without quotes), where car advert is the same advert that y'all gave to your machine. In my case, it was “Test”, therefore it would destination similar this:

vboxmanage modifyvm “Test” –cpus 10

If everything was done correctly, y'all should run across a “Processors: 10” nether the System department on the right side.

Boot upwards the Virtual Machine in addition to verify that y'all receive got 10 cores past times opening the problem director (right click on taskbar in addition to click on Task Manager) in addition to going to the functioning tab.

This is how it should look:

(apologies for the Castilian text inwards my image, but for only about argue my ISO was inwards that language).

Now, y'all tin safely launch Steam in addition to run the application.

This should unlock all the “Cores” achievements, but most importantly, this one:

10 CPU Cores

Your arrangement has 10 or to a greater extent than CPU Cores.

Which seems to live the i that most people is struggling to get.

Remaining Achiements

These are pretty self explanatory in addition to shouldn’t gain anyone whatsoever troubles, but I’ll nevertheless explicate them, for the sake of a consummate achievement guide.

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