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bronxblaza117 · 02-19-2005, 05:30 PM

no the 2.8 isnt hyperthreading - thats the thing and neither is the 2.0 that im using right now - my mobo only supports the 3.06 northwood hyperthreading and i cant find that anywhere- if i get the 2.8 non-hyperthreading will i still see a good increase?

phosho510 · 02-19-2005, 06:33 PM

didnt you post something like this already?
it does not really matter, hyper threading just let you run more programs at the same time at the same rate. but it is still okay 2.8ghz is already fasy enough, but i suggest you get the 3.0ghz.

VIII · 02-19-2005, 07:02 PM

northwoods arent made nemore, the only chance uve got is to find one 2nd hand

Apokalipse · 02-19-2005, 07:12 PM

when you boot, see if you can get into your BIOS setup usually by pressing F1, del or esc (it varies between different motherboards)
and you should be able to enable it in the CPU options
if not, you may need a BIOS upgrade to use it

Hyperthreading is not always a good thing, and sometimes actually decreases gaming performance
it makes the OS believe that you have 2 CPU's, so it will send an instruction to the "second CPU" while the "first CPU" is already processing one. this way, the CPU can process more than one thing at a time

but a lot of applications, particularly games, are not optimised to take advantage of dual processors.

02-19-2005, 05:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
bronxblaza117 True Techie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 135	nooo no the 2.8 isnt hyperthreading - thats the thing and neither is the 2.0 that im using right now - my mobo only supports the 3.06 northwood hyperthreading and i cant find that anywhere- if i get the 2.8 non-hyperthreading will i still see a good increase? __________________ Pentium 4 630 (3.0ghz) 1 gb PNY DDR2700 ATI 9600XT 128 mb Hitachi 160 gb ABIT AS8 Socket T (LGA 775)

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VIII Monster Techie Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,019	northwoods arent made nemore, the only chance uve got is to find one 2nd hand __________________ Sig reinstated. SigSanta

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Apokalipse Multicellular Eukaryote Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 12,884	when you boot, see if you can get into your BIOS setup usually by pressing F1, del or esc (it varies between different motherboards) and you should be able to enable it in the CPU options if not, you may need a BIOS upgrade to use it Hyperthreading is not always a good thing, and sometimes actually decreases gaming performance it makes the OS believe that you have 2 CPU's, so it will send an instruction to the "second CPU" while the "first CPU" is already processing one. this way, the CPU can process more than one thing at a time but a lot of applications, particularly games, are not optimised to take advantage of dual processors. __________________ 1 + 1 = 3 if you define 3 as a result of 1 + 1

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02-19-2005, 06:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
phosho510 Ultra Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 876	didnt you post something like this already? it does not really matter, hyper threading just let you run more programs at the same time at the same rate. but it is still okay 2.8ghz is already fasy enough, but i suggest you get the 3.0ghz.