[quote=“YingFan”]It’s normal and is in this case called hyper-threading. In short it’s a way of dual CPU emulating giving up to like 30% performance gain at the most.
YingFan[/quote]
Ah ha, yes my processor has hyper-threading, but geez I didn’t realize that it would show up as hardware like that.
Thanks - is F.com great? less than 30 mins and now I can sleep at night again.
[quote=“YingFan”]It’s normal and is in this case called hyper-threading. In short it’s a way of dual CPU emulating giving up to like 30% performance gain at the most.
YingFan[/quote]
It’s also possible you’ve been visited by processor gnomes.
[quote=“miltownkid”][quote=“YingFan”]It’s normal and is in this case called hyper-threading. In short it’s a way of dual CPU emulating giving up to like 30% performance gain at the most.
YingFan[/quote]
It’s also possible you’ve been visited by processor gnomes.[/quote]
The gnomes are dangerous.
Step 1: Trick Truant into thinking he has 2 processors.
Step 2:?
Step 3: Profit!
[quote=“Frost”][quote=“miltownkid”][quote=“YingFan”]It’s normal and is in this case called hyper-threading. In short it’s a way of dual CPU emulating giving up to like 30% performance gain at the most.
YingFan[/quote]
It’s also possible you’ve been visited by processor gnomes.[/quote]
The gnomes are dangerous.
Step 1: Trick Truant into thinking he has 2 processors.
Step 2:?
Step 3: Profit![/quote]
man, you gotta think of step two to be able to fool me.
Hmm… no chance of dual-core. It must be hyper-threading.
BTW, I’ve found that in Windows 2000 the performance is actually lower when you enable hyper-threading (at least in some applications).
It seems that only Windows XP and recent Linux distributions take advantage of hyper-threading.
Hmm… no chance of dual-core. It must be hyper-threading.
BTW, I’ve found that in Windows 2000 the performance is actually lower when you enable hyper-threading (at least in some applications).
It seems that only Windows XP and recent Linux distributions take advantage of hyper-threading.[/quote]
it is a Prescott 2.8E processor with 800mhz FSB, 1mb L2 cache. Oh and Hyperthreading.
I am running XP OS.
18 months ago, this processor was the shit. But what’s that law in IT?:What you thought was the shit 18 months ago, is just shit now.
Anyway, here is a picture I took of it last night. (geez that macro feature on the digicam is good) I’m sure this picture holds all the answers I am looking for…
Good thing you provided that picture. I think I’ve spotted the problem. There appears to be a little dust on the left side of the CPU. Clean that off, and it should be fine.
I honestly have no idea what to tell you about your “problem” since I’ve never used hyperthreading before. However, it does make a little bit of sense that the hyperthreading would be the reason why you have 2 CPUs appearing. What did your google searching turn up about hyperthreading and 2 CPUs?
[quote=“scomargo”]
I honestly have no idea what to tell you about your “problem” since I’ve never used hyperthreading before. However, it does make a little bit of sense that the hyperthreading would be the reason why you have 2 CPUs appearing. What did your google searching turn up about hyperthreading and 2 CPUs?[/quote]
[quote=“truant”]18 months ago, this processor was the shit. But what’s that law in IT?:What you thought was the shit 18 months ago, is just shit now.[/quote]That’s Moore’s law, but he didn’t quite put it that way. They had lost it, and Intel made an appeal to find it, luckily someone found it hidden under his floorboards
[quote=“truant”]Anyway, here is a picture I took of it last night. (geez that macro feature on the digicam is good) I’m sure this picture holds all the answers I am looking for…
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Wow… you actually took your cpu apart! :bravo: Nice camera, BTW. Does it look anything like this?
Anyway, be careful when you put the cpu back together - you have to refill it with smoke and replace the smoke seal.
[quote=“Andre”] Nice camera, BTW. Does it look anything like this?
Anyway, be careful when you put the cpu back together - you have to refill it with smoke and replace the smoke seal.[/quote]
no it looks more like this:
I put the CPU is the freezer first, so the smoke is still there in a frozen blob. I think my hammer is too big to put it back in tho.