Andrew E. said:
Actually hyper-threading is a must for Dual-Core,for Dual-Core is really
2
processors stacked together,w/o HT,only one is active...Youre BIOS enables
it,
to verify,download the processor id utility from
intel,downloads/processor/software
Also,make sure you installed the chipset installation utility for youre
chipset
:
Hyperthreading is implemented with 2 virtual processors on a single core
to allow two threads to run concurrently. Both virtual processors share
a single cache, ALU, etc. A dual core processor is two independent CPUs
in one package. The only thing shared is the level 2 cache. The BIOS
HT setting has no bearing on dual core processors. In fact, on my ASUS
P5B Dlx MB running a Core 2 Duo, the BIOS HT setting does not even
appear as it is irrelevant. It does appear if a Pentium 4 with HT is
installed.
If dual core processors had HT, 4 CPUs would show in Task Manager.