2 CPU Question

[Geoff]

its normal to have 2 physical CPUs on one board, that is if its a server motherboard like

supermicro.com

they handle 2 xeon cpus, but for regular tasking u wont need that much power of 2 cpus

It's normal for servers and some the AMD FX 7x series, but not for most desktops.

Is the speed on my HT processor including the HT advantage or is it not included,...if it is NOT what do you think its equivalant to in GHZ?(RE: its a Pentium 4 HT 2.93GHZ CPU)

The speed is 2.93Ghz, it doesnt make a difference if it's HT capable or not. it still runs at the same speed.

All HT really does is uses the unused clock cycles to simulate an additional core, which marginally helps out in multi-tasking. But your speed is still the same.

 

[CG man]

I got two Opteron 2Ghz processors in my comp each with it's own 1GB of ram to access at the same time.Their more optimised than dual core as they don't have to share the ram access and share the socket connections. To check if you have a two processor set up take off your side panel and look inside see if theirs two huge processor coolers. More cost effective to go with single processor dual or quad core the motherboards are far cheaper.

 

[2048Megabytes]

My processor is an AMD Athlon 4000+ Socket 939. Everyone I know has a single core processor in their system except my brother. I think he has an AMD Athlon 3800+ X 2 processor.

 

[UriA702]

I have a Pentium 4 HT (3.06ghz) and it is quite impressive to be honest with you, I am running it on an asus board. I guess its about a year and a half now and still runs pretty cool and efficiently (runs 24/7, dual boot fedora 7 and vista ultimate.)

I build systems (about 1 system a month) for clients, and recommend the p4 ht for budget systems. My clients and I have been pleased with it's performance.