Hyper threading - BIG WHITE ELEPHANT ?

From: AlexJHill (AlexJHill_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/11/05 

Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 09:43:11 -0800

Hey i wanted to know if anyone out there has noticed much difference with
hyperthreading on or off?

 i mean xp pro is designed for 2 processors thats great but HT surely doesnt
split the cache in half so while 1 "processor" is being hammered the other
seems to have no or little load so to me i think HT is a big white elephant
Intel brought out. should have gotten the FX AMD chip.. why oh why did i
leave AMD for Intel!

i think this should be the same for games as not many programs are written
for dual processors..... so i'd be kind of effectivley using 2GHz of my 4 Ghz
prescott :(

ANy comments welcome!

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