Author: Peter Kasinski
Date: 06:26:41 02/21/03
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On February 21, 2003 at 03:32:44, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >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 Indeed, this continues to be my main observation based on the comparison btw P4 3.06GHz and a dual P3-933. Not the raw speed, but responsiveness (under W2k). PK
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