Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 00:32:44 02/21/03
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On February 20, 2003 at 22:07:12, P. Massie wrote: >I'm not an expert on HT, but based on what I've read about it, and what I know >about how computers work I suspect it will be somewhat better than a "normal" >processor for this, but not nearly as good as a true dual. My suggestion would >be a dual AMD or Xeon. Actually, any sort of stuttering/unusability you get from multitasking on one CPU is because of a poor scheduling algorithm in your operating system (or at least one that leaves room for improvement). Because HT presents one processor as two to the OS, that scheduling problem goes away. It would not surprise me if HT chips were dramatically more responsive (although not that much faster) when multitasking, although I'm not saying this is a certainty. I have never used a HT system myself. -Tom
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