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[Guest]

I know this proably isn't the right spot for this but here is the question. I
have an AMD 64-bit processor and it supports Hyper transport technology and I
was wondering when u have a p4 with hyperthreading it shows as two processors
and this amd dosn't does that mean something is worng or it just shows as one
but works the same and also I ran a cpu id on the processor and it says that
it dosn't support HYPERTHREADING now does this also mean that it dosn't have
hyper transport or something like that?

 

[Guest]

I know this proably isn't the right spot for this but here is the question. I
have an AMD 64-bit processor and it supports Hyper transport technology and I
was wondering when u have a p4 with hyperthreading it shows as two processors
and this amd dosn't does that mean something is worng or it just shows as one
but works the same and also I ran a cpu id on the processor and it says that
it dosn't support HYPERTHREADING now does this also mean that it dosn't have
hyper transport or something like that?

hyperthreading may? be shut off in your bio's

 

[Guest]

Um.. I'm not sure I understand you but "transport"
and "thread" are not the same word/meaning/technology.
Just because they hyped em up by putting "hyper" in front
doesn't make them them same.

Is that what you meant?

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

A hyperthreading cpu is reported as two cpus by the system.

 

[Andre Da Costa]

Its possibility that this is AMD's way if marketing the product as utilizing
resources of the processor in different way, where Intels Hyperthreading
emulates two processors.

I think you might also need to have Windows XP SP2 to have it enabled.

Andre

 

[Public posting]

I know this proably isn't the right spot for this but here is the question.
I
have an AMD 64-bit processor and it supports Hyper transport technology
and I
was wondering when u have a p4 with hyperthreading it shows as two
processors
and this amd dosn't does that mean something is worng or it just shows as
one

HyperTransport is just AMD's term for the type of bus connection it uses.

It's not at all the same as Intel's "HyperThreading", which pretends to be
two cpu's.

Don't worry about it. Although hyperthreading sounds great on paper, the
reality is that it doesn't really produce that much extra performance in
real world stuff. And in some cases, it'll actually reduce performance. It
exists mostly because the P4 was so poorly designed.

If you really want more than one cpu, AMD will be comming out with dual-core
chips in the not too distant future. The AMD64 was specifically designed
for that. (Where as Intel is having to try and retrofit it into their
future P4's, now that they admit they can't get them faster than 4ghz.)

 

[NoNoBadDog!]

Ignore all the other posts, as they don't know what they are talking about.
An AMD64 processor will not show up as two processors, because
Hypertransport is a hardware solution related to the on-die memory
controller. Your computer is fine just the way it is. Your hypertansport
will give you real world benefit all the time, with all software, instead of
the misleading hyperthreading, which only works with a very very few pieces
of software. Dell and several manufacturers announced last week that they
will be shipping their remaining P4 machines with hyperthreading disabled
because of the performance hit it causes in everyday usage. Be happy that
you have an AMD with hypertransport.

Bobby