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Subject: Re: Hyper-Threading question for Crafty Smp and Windows XP Home

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 17:33:37 03/22/04

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On March 22, 2004 at 05:24:22, Dragon wrote:

>On March 20, 2004 at 22:56:53, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On March 19, 2004 at 08:41:02, Dragon wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I posted on Arena Forum a test on Crafty SMP 1 and 2.
>>>I have P4C 3.2Ghz/Motherboard P4C800EDL and Windows XP Home.
>>>
>>>My test shows that I have about the same result with the command
>>>"bench" with HT=on.
>>>
>>>I read on the net that XP Home can do Hyperthreading.
>>>
>>>Why I have not the same good result than others persons with HT ?
>>>I think that all is perfect with my HT. I have two cpus screens
>>>in my "task manager" and I have the option on my motherboard.
>>>
>>>Somebody can say to me where I am wrong ?
>>>
>>>Bruno LUCAS
>>
>>
>>did you add mt=2 to tell crafty to use a second thread???
>>
>>If not it will only use 1...
>
>Yes ! I use mt=2. Crafty says [2 cpus].
>
>I think that Hyperthreading works because in the task manager, I have the two
>screens. One for each logical procs.
>This last week end. I retry the test and I have always the same result.
>I use Crafty-1910 SMP from the site of Dan Corbit.
>
>Bruno LUCAS


start crafty.  No .craftyrc file at all.  Type "bench" and record the NPS.

restart.  Type "mt=2" and "bench".  NPS should rise by 30% or so...




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