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Subject: Re: HyperThreading & Comp v Comp matches

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 09:49:12 11/22/04

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On November 22, 2004 at 12:11:58, Steve Maughan wrote:

>Bob,
>
>Thanks for the reply
>
>>It is difficult for _any_ program to figure out what is going on, since
>>hyper-threading makes the O/S think there are two equal CPUs, when there
>>really is not...  for engine vs engine you should turn it off in the BIOS...
>
>I tried to turn it off in the Bios and it didn't seem to be possible.
>
>Steve


My dells call this "logical processor" and it can be on or off.  Off = no
hyperthreading.

I can also tell linux to turn it off when it boots.  No idea about windows
however...




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