Pentium 4 3.00Ghz Hyper-Threading

Mez

Mez

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So, I recently acquired a Dell Dimension 3000 with a Pentium 4 3Ghz HT CPU.

I looked in the BIOS and Hyper-Threading was disabled... If I enable it would it make the computer run faster?

If not, what does Hyper-Threading do?
 
So for me, its pretty much like having a Dual-Core, with a Single-Core processor?
 
Well, not quite. In the netburst architecture sometimes threads could get hung, and then cause slowdowns. Its not nearly as effecient as a dual core processor, but it allows you to run two processes at the same time- which can bring anywhere from no benefit to 30% or so of a benefit;)
 
It will make multi-tasking more efficient, but on the flip side, if you're running a heavy duty process that isn't multi threaded, you're essentially cutting your processing power in half.
 
CardboardSword said:
It will make multi-tasking more efficient, but on the flip side, if you're running a heavy duty process that isn't multi threaded, you're essentially cutting your processing power in half.
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Well, it doesnt actually cut processing power in half... Superpi times can prove that, my times were faster on my p4 with it on than off and superpi is single threaded;)
 
I still have an "SL7e4" and it runs much faster with the HT enabled. I personally would select it on, Yes.
 
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Another "proof" of how it improves performance, is that intel has re released the hyperthreading into the latest i7 processors;)
 
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